New PC but cannot install SHIII

Dave Kay · 09-29-06, 04:28 PM

Just bought a kick-butt Dell XPS laptop and when I try to install SHIII from the original DVD (USA) which is pristine by the way, it stops at a certain point everytime and after a several minutes, (quite a few!) there is no more HDD activity and I'm dead in the water. No error message or anything. Searched the forum for similar and I haven't come up with anything... so far.

Looked into the Star Force thing but as near as I can tell that is not an issue because SF launches only when you actually play the game and not during install. Went to SF's site as well and downloaded the update only to discover that since the game isn't installed, SF is not on this computer and it tells you that. I should add, this PC is virgin-like in that I haven't put a thing on it since it's arrival and other than the software that came loaded it's a clean machine.

Dell XPS 1710
Core 2 Duo 2.16Ghz 4Mg L2 cache
2GB RAM Dual channel DDR2
512MB NVIDIATM GeForceTM Go 7900 GTX Graphics Card
8X DVD+/-RW with Dual-layer DVD+R write capability
100gb 7200rpm SATA HDD
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy

Anyone had this problem, either laptop or desktop?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dave

P.S. I should also mention that I've had SHIII since it's release and it's worked perfectly fine on my desktop... go figure!

09-29-06, 04:28 PM	#1
Dave Kay Gunner Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 93 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	New PC but cannot install SHIII Just bought a kick-butt Dell XPS laptop and when I try to install SHIII from the original DVD (USA) which is pristine by the way, it stops at a certain point everytime and after a several minutes, (quite a few!) there is no more HDD activity and I'm dead in the water. No error message or anything. Searched the forum for similar and I haven't come up with anything... so far. Looked into the Star Force thing but as near as I can tell that is not an issue because SF launches only when you actually play the game and not during install. Went to SF's site as well and downloaded the update only to discover that since the game isn't installed, SF is not on this computer and it tells you that. I should add, this PC is virgin-like in that I haven't put a thing on it since it's arrival and other than the software that came loaded it's a clean machine. Dell XPS 1710 Core 2 Duo 2.16Ghz 4Mg L2 cache 2GB RAM Dual channel DDR2 512MB NVIDIATM GeForceTM Go 7900 GTX Graphics Card 8X DVD+/-RW with Dual-layer DVD+R write capability 100gb 7200rpm SATA HDD Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy Anyone had this problem, either laptop or desktop? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Dave P.S. I should also mention that I've had SHIII since it's release and it's worked perfectly fine on my desktop... go figure!