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Kapitan 09-04-05 07:08 AM

a no go for me :(
 
a sad day comrades for we shall never sail together in the battle no more fo i cannot oparate sh3 on my machine yet

i have installed it and this window comes up with ticks and crosses i got 2 crosses in two boxes gets to the loading page and it dumps any ideas ?

cheers

Takeda Shingen 09-04-05 07:10 AM

Do you have a DVD drive?

Kapitan 09-04-05 07:12 AM

i sure do its my only drive on this pc tried it on my laptop also (which has dvd drive also) and both are no go's

The Avon Lady 09-04-05 07:13 AM

Is your SH3 DVD disk scratched or dirty? Try washing it with cold water and dish soap and drying with nonabrasive tissue paper.

Oberon 09-04-05 07:20 AM

What was the boxes that were crossed? It could be that your machine isn't powerful enough to run SHIII, I had a couple of X's in mine, and I managed to run the game...but with tie-die coloured crew and a minus frame rate.

Needless to say, I'm stuck with SHII :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Kapitan 09-04-05 07:25 AM

i cant remember but my machine is more than capible of taking SH3 probly just the crap on it

Takeda Shingen 09-04-05 07:27 AM

What are your system specs, Kapitan?

Kapitan 09-04-05 07:41 AM

er cor blimey hang on a sec ...................

windows xp sp2

celeron cpu 2.80ghz

2.79 ghz 992mb ram

aint got a clue what that means

The Avon Lady 09-04-05 08:25 AM

What graphics and audio adapter? Are both drivers updated?

C'mon! You know the routine! :yep:

Kapitan 09-04-05 09:00 AM

wish i did but no sorry i not a computer buff

greywulfe 09-04-05 09:33 AM

Sorry man - you gave to pick up a book and learn a little about computers in order to help yourself.

It's like you asking why your car stopped running and I ask you to check your battery connection and you say "I dont know about that, I'm not a car buff".

You need to learn some basics. Otherwise you have to stick with console gaming rigs where you dont have to worry about drivers and hardware specs.

Ula Jolly 09-04-05 10:04 AM

Go to the Start menu, and choose "Run".
In the field, enter "dxdiag.exe" and press enter. Should bring up a bunch load of information.

Kapitan 09-04-05 10:08 AM

it did now what ?

Takeda Shingen 09-04-05 10:09 AM

Its okay Kapitan, we've all been new to this at one point.


To find out what your soundcard its, go to:

START>CONTROL PANNEL>SOUND, SPEECH AND AUDIO DEVICES>SOUNDS AND AUDIO DEVICES.

Your card should be listed at the top, right above 'Device Volume'


To find out what your video card is:

Right click on your desktop. Then go to PROPERTIES and click on the tab that says SETTINGS. Your card will be located in a drag-down bar right below the monitor size icon.

You will likely have to supply your RAM as well. Go to your desktop and right click on My Computer, selecting properties. The RAM information will appear near the bottom.

Beery 09-04-05 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Avon Lady
Is your SH3 DVD disk scratched or dirty? Try washing it with cold water and dish soap and drying with nonabrasive tissue paper.

Just an FYI from a person who's had some training in archival and restoration techniques: there is no such thing as non-abrasive tissue paper. The wood pulp used in common tissue paper is very abrasive on a microscopic level. I'm not sure about how damaging such scratches actually are on a DVD/CD, or if such scratches are damaging at all - I think it takes quite a lot of diffraction to cause skipping. But to avoid scratches altogether it's best to use 100% cotton with no impurities (cotton wool balls are good, but they must be 100% cotton).

I just thought it might be good to share the small amount of knowledge I have on this issue, since we gamers use these CDs/DVDs a lot.


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