"Tzar Sasha" <tzar_sasha@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> "Theta Sigma" <thetasigma@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:hk5Zd.44707$%Y4.6639@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> I'm hoping that someone has encountered this before or might know what
>> is causing this...
>>
>> I bought Civilization III and installed it on a 64mb machine and it
>> worked fine. Recently I install another 256mb of RAM to a total of
>> 320mb. At the same time, I also installed a new 52x CD-RW drive. Since
>> these changes, I
> can
>> attempt to start Civ3 and the initial "splash" screen will appear and
>> then immediately disappear but at no point in time does the game
>> attempt to
> start
>> past this splash screen.
>>
>> The scenario editor works fine. My new CD-RW drive works fine & my
>> other games work fine as well.
>>
>> System Specs:
>> Compaq Presario
>> Windows Millenium Edition
>> 40gb HDD
>> 320mb DDR RAM (originally 64mb)
>> 8mb NVIDIA TNT2 Video Card
>> 52x32x52 Pacific Digital CD-RW (originally the factory Compaq CD-ROM)
>>
>>
>>
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>
> Well, you tried my suggestion of reverting back to the original config.
> But with all those changes, have you ran scandisk, defrag, did virus
> check, and a spyware check?
> Can you do anything else when this happens? Is the computer totally
> locked up?
> My computer did things like that on occasion before I upgraded from
> 256mb to 512mb ram. I always ran my checks and started the game with a
> fresh reboot. Usually worked fine after that. Sometimes I had to
> disable a bunch of non-essential stuff from the startup routine.
>
>
>
Thanks for the reply Tzar. I have a habit of defragmenting and running a
full
scandisk once a week. I use 4 different spyware programs (Spysweeper,
Spybot,
Ad-Aware Pro, & McAfee) and three different AV programs (McAfee, Panda, &
AV), all of which I run every 4 days to a week.
The hardware is completely compatable (as it was recommended specifically
by
Compaq) and works fine. My RAM is detected by the PC (and BIOS) and
checks
out ok when tested with a program that runs via bootable floppy (tested
for
18 hours). It's just that when I click "Play" or use the shortcut, I get
the
splash screen and then nothing. The game will not load.
All of my other games work fine. Even my other Safe Disk 2 copy-protected
games install and work flawlessly. I'm still at a loss here :(
~Theta Sigma
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