bernyeh Posted June 25, 2000 Share Posted June 25, 2000 I'm having problems with getting CM to run on my Dell Inspiron 5000 laptop with ATI Rage Mobility-P AND Super XGA screen (ie 1400x1050 max resolution) Basically, after the game loads the 3D engine, after some time scrolling through the landscape (usually less than 1 minute), the game hangs, ie can no longer scroll, buttons no longer works, can't exit to windows, can't ctrl-alt-delete, have to power down and power back up. I've tried various resolutions (800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024) and they all eventually hang. I've tried disabling the full screen scaling for lower resolutions. Windows98 is reporting the presence of 2 monitors, (the other is I think the S-Video out) and I've tried disabling the other monitor in hardware. Combat Mission is also reporting 2 display drivers for each resolution, and I've tried both. I've tried both versions of the drivers available at the Dell site. I've updated directX to 7a, and then reinstalled the video and sound drivers. I've updated my mouse drivers (tried both synaptic touchpad drivers, and logitech mouse drivers w/externally attached mouse). I've tried reducing hardware acceleration 1 notch (2 notches forces software mode). I've tried monitor tricks described previously on this board. None of the above have resolved the problem. Software rendering does work, though, so it appears really to be a problem with the video drivers. Haven't tried any other 3D games on it yet, so I can't tell if it's CM only or something more global. So any other suggestions, or is it wait for new drivers from Dell and see if they work? Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernyeh Posted June 25, 2000 Author Share Posted June 25, 2000 As a follow up, I tried Soldier of Fortune on this machine, and it appears to work just fine without any special modifications. (running it at 1024x768 with full screen scaling) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Time Software Posted June 26, 2000 Share Posted June 26, 2000 What about trying drivers from ATI? www.atitech.ca Charles 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernyeh Posted June 26, 2000 Author Share Posted June 26, 2000 Yes, I've tried ATI's site. They don't appear to provide drivers for Rage Mobility chipsets. They point you to the laptop vendors. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NameLessOne Posted June 26, 2000 Share Posted June 26, 2000 This sounds like the same problem that I'm having with my PM 8500 (as posted in a diferent thread). I'm using an ATI XCLAIM 3D+ video card at 1152x870 resolution. I've tried the latest ATI drivers, too, but that hasn't fixed the problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernyeh Posted June 28, 2000 Author Share Posted June 28, 2000 Another generalized plea for help. If anyone out there has Win98 running with dual-monitor support on, are you having trouble running CM? I'm trying to narrow down what the potential problem with the drivers are. Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldgamer Posted June 28, 2000 Share Posted June 28, 2000 I've had the same problems with my Inspiron 5000 (regular XGA screen). My problems happened primarily during the replay, which made it rather useless. Didn't matter what tweaks I made. However, my experience was only with the demo - don't have the real deal yet. Got so bad, that I gave up and moved to my desktop where I've experienced no similar problems (not one lock up yet). I'm attributing it to 3D rendering, as I've not encountered any similar problems with any other games/apps. Sorry, not much help here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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