I can't play Games!

[Ron Rector]

If you are using drivers for your hercules that are
marked 16.055 you must have Windows XP service pack 1
installed on your machine. If you do not have SP1
installed download the older driver from the hercules
site.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hiya everyone,
>
>I have a strange problem with my comp right now and I've
had it since I
>installed XP Home Edition two months ago, that is I
can't play any games.
>
>I have all the correct divers for my hardware and still
when I go to a game
>either it will hang or the sound will be really
distorted, I first though it
>might be an issue with my graphics card (a Hercules 3D
Prophet 4000XT) but I
>have all the correct divers although now I can't get
anything to start on
>it. I am beginning to think it might have something to
do with my new
>monitor which was purchased at the same time as XP.
Being a LCD monitior it
>has a refresh rate limit of 72Hertz at 1024x768 so I am
thinking maybe the
>games require a faster refresh rate.
>
>Besides that I decided to install some older games to
see if they ran, Tomb
>Raider 2 and Sim City 3000 for example. They ran
graphically fine but the
>sound was damn awful...again all the drivers are fine
for the sound card so
>nothings wrong there.. or is it? The card is a Gamesound
Muse Lt made by
>again, Hercules.
>
>If anyone can throw some light on to this matter I would
much appreciate it.
>
>Regards,
>Mark.
>
>
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[Mark Boothman]

Thanks for the reply, yeah I have service pack 1 installed, sorry I should
have mentioned that...

Mark

"Ron Rector" > wrote in message
...
> If you are using drivers for your hercules that are
> marked 16.055 you must have Windows XP service pack 1
> installed on your machine. If you do not have SP1
> installed download the older driver from the hercules
> site.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hiya everyone,
> >
> >I have a strange problem with my comp right now and I've
> had it since I
> >installed XP Home Edition two months ago, that is I
> can't play any games.
> >
> >I have all the correct divers for my hardware and still
> when I go to a game
> >either it will hang or the sound will be really
> distorted, I first though it
> >might be an issue with my graphics card (a Hercules 3D
> Prophet 4000XT) but I
> >have all the correct divers although now I can't get
> anything to start on
> >it. I am beginning to think it might have something to
> do with my new
> >monitor which was purchased at the same time as XP.
> Being a LCD monitior it
> >has a refresh rate limit of 72Hertz at 1024x768 so I am
> thinking maybe the
> >games require a faster refresh rate.
> >
> >Besides that I decided to install some older games to
> see if they ran, Tomb
> >Raider 2 and Sim City 3000 for example. They ran
> graphically fine but the
> >sound was damn awful...again all the drivers are fine
> for the sound card so
> >nothings wrong there.. or is it? The card is a Gamesound
> Muse Lt made by
> >again, Hercules.
> >
> >If anyone can throw some light on to this matter I would
> much appreciate it.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Mark.
> >
> >
> >====================================
> >
> >IF YOU WISH TO REPLY BY EMAIL YOU'LL NEED TO REMOVE
> THE "NOSPAM" INSERT
> >FROM THE EMAIL ADDRESS.
> >
> >
> >.
> >