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Get Nvidia drivers tweaked for games : http://www.omegacorner.com/ nvidia_wxp_omega_1182.exe ... tweaked the 3082. Now removed. nvidia_wxp_omega_14072.exe ... tweaks the 4072. Now available.

VIA 4in1 Drivers : http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2

Get the patch to version 2.3 and upgrade game files : www.irrationalgames.com/shock2/files/shkpatch.exe Apply unSafeDisc 1.55 : http://masku.rdx.net/gf/pt/unsafediscv1.5.5.zip Rename Testme.exe to SHOCK2.EXE and use the no CD patch : http://gcw.webmediadirect.com/games/pc_system_shock_2.shtml

That may occur due to overclocking or wrong memory options in the Bios.

Get d3d8.dll here: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~dpitly1/amddirectx/d3d8.dll Copy this update file to these directories: C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache C:\WINDOWS\system32\

Neverwinter Nights ranks low as a D&D game. Predictable, boring and very buggy even after patch no. 20; the player's statistics (or inventory, or weapons, etc.) still disappear although not due to sickness; the fights are often scripted or unrelated to abilities. Game engine is defective and the necessary (corrupted) reloadings due to bugs make this a game to drop unfinished. The use of third edition rules improve on Pool of Radiance ROMD (the Ranger dual-wields weapons, summons a favorite animal and uses low magic). Morrowind is excellent and Dungeon Siege a nice game. Wizardy 9 too is technically superior all around.

XP already includes an UDF reader, less tolerant than the Roxio one. Get a free MRW reader here: http://www.softarch.com/us/products/cdmrw.html

InCD offers CD-MRW (Mount-Rainier) useful with latest Lite-On firmware and new drives. The latest version solved glitches with XP. Simply upgrade to this and keep Nero 5.5. If overclocking, check the Dram Timings & Control page in the Bios and disable «Read around Write» and «Continuous Dram Request». Those advanced Turbo options are a nuisance to proper CD-RW operation. Dismountable media delay can be accessed in My Computer, Right click, Manage, Removable Storage, Libraries, Right click CD-RW, Properties though it is better to let it be. Portable and desktop do not hold the same kernel driver libraries and the second problem was also devised as a normal XP operation.

System Shock 1 Fallout 1 Jane's Longbow 1 Unreal Freespace 2

Try "chkdsk" first.

Paul's Unofficial Abit FAQ explains all about that Abit PCI-Irq Table. "What on earth is the interrupt pin assignment table in the manual all about?!": http://www.viahardware.com/faq/kg7kr7/bios.htm Take note that most Asus motherboard have an Asic for control of PCI sharing activated only by enabling PnP OS in the Bios. 1394a (i.e. "Firewire", "I-Link") as network solution with Internet Cable Modem plus USB2 and ADS USB Turbo Quad bring a clear slowdown on ACPI. These tools go far to solve the lack of sufficient IRQs. Standard PC is then more efficient and recovers the one Gigabyte HD space otherwise lost to hiberfile.sys.

Windows XP Network Troubleshooting: http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/

Some guesses: -stop Screen Saver; -unmark "Enable CD Recording on this drive" in Computer, CD-RW, Properties; -remove Fraunhofer IIS Mpeg Codec in Device MAnager, Sound Video and Game Controllers, Audio Codecs. Lowering resolution is right because 32 bits and even 16 bits steal the bandwith from the video overlay which operates solely in the remaining video memory. 8 bits has been recommended for DVD playback.

Avoid any Ms-Dos version and use real mode IBM PC-Dos to play Crusader. Install Windows 98 SE for Dual Boot. Use Audigy CD to install the Dos Driver emulation. Check the PDF Manual for configuration with the SBESET utility. Prepare a PC-Dos boot diskette with Files = 60, Buffers = 45 and no Smartdrv. Include all SBINIT lines in Config.sys and Autoexec.bat. Manage upper memory blocks to allow 610K to play Crusader. Choose SoundBlaster 16 during setup.

Uninstall Intellitype Pro or any other keyboard software.

Check the PNP/PCI Bios Page. Find it near the PNP OS line.

Lots of abandonware, classic games, manuals and keycodes: http://www.the-underdogs.org/

Install CloneCD with Tray Icon. Right click Icon and mark "Hide Atip identification". Check if this allows playing game fron the CD-RW. Of course, install all the Microsoft updates for Nero and for CD-protection. Install updates for Nero and InCD because they used to provoke these kinds of problems. Also login as administrator rather than Power user.

Adjust PCI Latency Timer Clock in Bios within range 64-128 and use Nvidia Detonators 27.70 or 28.32 for stability.

The advanced graphics controls are on CD-1 and not installed by default.

Ripper relies on Vesa unavailable in Windows 2000. Two patches here: http://www.gamespot.com/adventure/ripper/downloads.html

Try an increase of the non-paged pool size. Read Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) article Q126402 about this at www.microsoft.com.

To really uninstall ECDC: http://www.cdrinfo.com/tips/cdr_and_win2k.shtml

This Registry hack should restore Nvidia Control Panel: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak] "CoolBits"=dword:ffffffff "NvCplEnableRotatePage"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nv\Device0] "NvCplEnableHardwarePage"=hex:01,00,00,00 "NvCplCpqConfiguration"=hex:01,00,00,00 "NvCplEnablenForcePage"=hex:01,00,00,00

It never had any problem with Windows 2000 either. Kenwood offers Firmware upgrades which are probably included in a new 72X drive.