Collin Mc'Rae2 REFUSES TO WORK!

G@MeBoY

I have this weird problem, I've downgraded to from XP to Win 98 with Format c: since that was only solution to remove ntfs particion, freshly installed win98,updates and stuff and Collin Mc'Rae rally doesent work, giving me thoese illigal ops at EAX:0000000 EBB,ECC and other stuff erorrs. I'we tryed reinstalling win98, drivers, etc etc, but nothing new. Everithing else seems to be working fine, acctualy everithing else works great. Today my friend told me that collin mc'rae rally doesent work with my r9000 under win98 (I have played it under XP)... Is there any solution to this ? I downloaded the latest patch from codemasters but erorr is the same, i reccently changed my mobo, thinking that it might be due to ECS K7S5A mobo, now having ASUS and same stuck erorr !!! Is there any sort of solution for this (except installing XP again, I dont like XP, takes lots of memory and works much slower with mem than win2000 and 98, that is if you have less than 512, and I dont).

10X in advance

G@MeBoY

And I wrotte to ATI today, they later replyed with some mambo jambo answer that ATI needs some shit for OLD VESA GAMES ?! well, Colin Mc'Rae is not OLD and not VESA. here is the whole replay It is very funny acctualy, if they send this to all of their customers, no wonder how other companies sell more ATI products than ATI itself...

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Based on our experience,Â*games issuesÂ*using ATI's latest RADEON products are
due usually to system configuration errors and we believe that following the
steps could solve your problem.
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Many older DOS/Windows based games make use of VESA VGA display modes.Â*
Earlier ATI products required that a TSR be run in order for these display
modes to be available.
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Rage 128 and later products. No additional software/driver is required for
VESA VGA modes to be available for use.
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http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
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Drivers (not supported); The Special Purpose Drivers areÂ*undergoing final
qualification tests before general release and so thereÂ*are not supported at
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* If you are using any 'Tweaker' or overclocking software, please un-install
those before trying any troubleshooting.

1.) Please be sure you are running the CURRENT system BIOS.Â*Please refer
toÂ*your motherboard maker's website for details.Â*Install all suggested
drivers and patches from that website, including AGP drivers, possible
system BIOS updates and related patches.
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2.) Check IRQ.
Windows 9x/ME.
Go to Control Panel > System > Device manager > Computer
Check down the list that the graphic is on its OWN IRQ (if it is shared with
PCI Steering, this is ok)
If not, physically move the OTHER card / device to another PCI slot.
Windows 2000.
1_ Right click on My Computer and select Properties
2_ Select the Hardware tab and select 'Device Manager'
3_ Click on 'View'
4_ Go to 'Resources by Type'
5_ Click on the "+" sign beside 'Interrupt Request (IRQ)'.
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and type DXDIAG into the command line; Press ENTER] that:
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system (Our experience shows that uneven numbers of DirectX versions tend to
be more stable than even numbers).
- 3D acceleration (Direct3D and Directdraw) is set to ENABLED
- Sound card drivers are DirectX 7.xÂ*or higher certified
-Â*3D Hardware Acceleration isÂ*set to ENABLED.

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download it from Microsoft's websiteÂ*at;
http://www.microsoft.com/directX/

Please bear in mind,Â*a version of DirectX must be installed before
applyingÂ*ATI graphicsÂ*drivers.

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(CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM > PERFORMANCE > GRAPHICS ADVANCED SETTINGS).

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DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
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add X=C000-CFFFÂ*to the end of this line and let a space between EMM386.EXE
and X=C000-CFFF.
Your line should now look like:
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE X=C000-CFFF
Save the change and exit.

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Setup ProgramÂ*[CMOS/BIOS] when the system boots up.

7.) A correct monitor must be chosen.

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Use the following steps to select a Monitor :
Open DISPLAY PROPERTIES from the Windows CONTROL PANEL.
Select the SETTINGS tab and click the ADVANCED button.
Select the MONITOR tab and then click CHANGE.
NOTE: If you are using Windows 98 the Update Device Driver Wizard will
appear.
Click NEXT, select "Display a list of all the drivers in a specific
location", then click NEXT again.
Select "Show all hardware" and then your monitor under MANUFACTURERS. Choose
the monitor type from the models listed. Click NEXT.
Click NEXT again and wait for the process to complete. Click the FINISH
button when it appears. Click APPLY, then OKAY, then OKAY again in the
DISPLAY PROPERTIES panel.
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8.) Please insert "devbmp=0" in the [Display] section of the SYSTEM.INI
file, as follows:

Open the system.ini file for editing (Click Start, Run, type "system.ini"
and click OK - this will open the system.ini file in Notepad).
Scroll down to locate the [Display] section header in the system.ini file.
Insert a new line under the [Display] header which reads exactly as follows
: devbmp=0
Save your changes by clicking File, Save, then exit Notepad by clicking
File, Exit.
Shutdown Windows 9X and restart.
If the header does not exist please create it. You can add it just after the
[386enh] paragraph. It should look like this:
[Display]
devbmp=0

9.)Â*Check the ATI TabsÂ*inÂ*the 'ADVANCED DISPLAY PROPERTIES' tabÂ*of the
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Layden

Not tried it myself, but the only solution I've heard is to set up your system to run 2 displays and then play the game on the second display.

Apparently that game detects 2 displays and tries to open the gaming window on the second display and if you don't have one then the game bombs.

I've heard of no other solution. Omegadrive says that no driver fix can solve the problem. Codemasters themselves need to fix it, but they are more interested in newer games I guess. It's a pisser, as I have the game myself but I can't play it either.

Russe

If you have TV-out connected, just enable the second display and select
"Extend windows desktop to this device" (or something like that can't remember it exactly). Then you can start CMR2 without errors. Works fine with my Hercules 8500LE.

Layden

Damn, too bad I gave the game away to a (non ATI owning) friend.