i think Deus EX hates me

[drzaius]

Deus Ex is the only game that i own that locks up (serious sam use to but that was the beta's). im not talking about once or twice after several hours of play, no, im talking about within 10-30 mins of playing.
yes i do have some things o/c'ed but i've tried the game when nothing is, and still locks.

does anyone else have probs with deus ex or any other game, or does deus ex just hate me?

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Slow people are easy to pass, it's people who drive fast that are hard.

[Lucid]

I had a similar problem with SWAT 3 when the G400 was sharing IRQ with another device..

[EvilDonnyboy]

are u using the latest patches?

[drzaius]

yes i have the latest patches, and G400 drivers

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Slow people are easy to pass, it's people who drive fast that are hard.

[Lucid]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Lucid:
I had a similar problem with SWAT 3 when the G400 was sharing IRQ with another device..

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Actually it was the soundcard that was sharing IRQ.. I ran the DirectX tests and they revealed that the soundcard wasn't functioning properly.. Other games worked ok, but SWAT 3 kept crashing my PC..

[Grego]

More details about your system please. I have never encountered a single problem with Deus Ex on my system, but in order to have any chance of helping I need info!

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System:
Asus A7V rev. 1.01p bios 1007
AMD Thunderbird 800@824 fsb 103
SBLive retail with liveware 3.0
Matrox g400 MAX pd 6.51
LG Flatron 795FT 17" monitor
IBM 13.5 GB 7200 hdd
Pioneer 103-s dvdrom
WinME
directx 8.0a
128mb pc133

[drzaius]

specs? or IRQs?

well i know my specs off hand so:

Abit ZM6
celeron 566@850 (crashes at both speeds)
256meg cas2 (crashes with cas3)
G400 32meg @150/200 (haven't tried playing at default) with 6.51
SB live (latest drivers and Liveware3)
Maxtor 30gig
3com network card
win98se (updated as much as possible)

i've also noticed that when running winamp, IE 5.5 and quicktime or mediaplayer (7) it usually crashes.

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Slow people are easy to pass, it's people who drive fast that are hard.

[Grego]

Ok I cant help noticing that you have oc'ed both the cpu and g400, it might be heatrelated - then again maybe not since you have also tried running it non-oc'ed...

How long have you been running with your current install? It could be time for a format c:, it never ceases to amaze me how fast windows runs afterwards

Can you post an irq-list?

[drzaius]

i'll pst IRQ list once i get home, but if i do recall, the G400 is on #11 and so is osme IRQ steerng thing. i'll doulbe check that though.

i've been running the 6.51 drivers snice they came out (last month i think)

i would like to format c: soon (although i did do it 3-4 months ago) but i have a lot of work to do on it right now and can't give up a night or 2 to fix it, i will once exams are over though.

i'll try putting everything back down to normal levels again, just to make sure.

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Slow people are easy to pass, it's people who drive fast that are hard.

[drzaius]

ok im home now..

IRQ list: (whole thing)

00 - system timer
01 - keyboard
02 - programmable interupt controller
03 - com2
04 - com1
06 - floppy controller
07 - LPT1
08 - system CMOS
10 - 3com Network card
10 - IRQ holder for PCI steering
11 - Creative SB live
11 - IRQ holder for PCI steering
12 - sweet sweet Matrox G400
12 - IRQ holder for PCI steering
13 - Intel bus master
14 - primary controller
14 - Intel bus master
15 - secondary controller

i shortened some of the names, as you may have guessed but these are the things i have in there, just ask me if something doesn't make sence.

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Slow people are easy to pass, it's people who drive fast that are hard.

[DentyCracker]

What kind of mouse are you using? PS/2 usually wants IRQ 12

[drzaius]

USB mouse

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Slow people are easy to pass, it's people who drive fast that are hard.

[Grego]

Im running out of ideas.

On big M's site their techpeople say that the g400 should run on irq 9,10 or 11 - I do not think however that this would cause your problems!?

Have you tried lowering the clock of your g400 to standard-speeds or mounted a fan on the heatsink? (Your signature says you haven't)?

[drzaius]

there's a blue orb on the G400 right now, the cards doesn't feel hot.
i a couple of days i may take it off, lap it and reattach it, but don't think that will solve the prob.

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Slow people are easy to pass, it's people who drive fast that are hard.