F1 2001 crashing

Hey guys... Well, after a few days, I really like F1 2001. It drives great, looks and sound superb. Not so sure about the AI yet as I haven't done enough racing. But, I'm having real problems with it crashing all the time! Every ten minutes or so, it just freezes completely, and I have to do a 'hard reset'. I have a PIII 866, 256 ram, Matrox Milenium 450. I've never had any problems with any other sims (GPL, N4, SCGT, GP3 etc...) but F1 2001 crashes. It sound like a heat problem thing, but I tried running at the lowest graphics, screen res. and sound quality, as low as it goes, and it still crashed. Does anyone have any ideas??? Thanks in advance.. James Pickard

On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 11:56:04 GMT, "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hey guys... > >Well, after a few days, I really like F1 2001. It drives great, looks and >sound superb. Not so sure about the AI yet as I haven't done enough racing. > >But, I'm having real problems with it crashing all the time! Every ten >minutes or so, it just freezes completely, and I have to do a 'hard reset'. > >I have a PIII 866, 256 ram, Matrox Milenium 450. I've never had any >problems with any other sims (GPL, N4, SCGT, GP3 etc...) but F1 2001 >crashes. It sound like a heat problem thing, but I tried running at the >lowest graphics, screen res. and sound quality, as low as it goes, and it >still crashed. > > >Does anyone have any ideas??? > > > >Thanks in advance.. > > >James Pickard >

Drivers? DX maybe? Just stabbing in the dark, but it sounds very driver sensitive... Rafe Mc

I bet you overclocked the processor.Am i right! I had the same problem.Not sure but to me,it sounds like processor overheating.This game seems extremely demanding on the cpu.Mine is overclocked from 600/800MHz.First,make sure your cpu and power supply fans are clean and close all the programs running in the background(Ctrl+Alt+Del) except Explorer and Systray. Let me know if it solves the problem or helps ! Bruno

I have exactly the same problem James. I've been through about half a dozen different nVidia drivers and all bring up different problems. Was this game beta tested? Tim "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:oNfx7.146809$[email hidden]... > Hey guys... > > Well, after a few days, I really like F1 2001. It drives great, looks and > sound superb. Not so sure about the AI yet as I haven't done enoughracing. > > But, I'm having real problems with it crashing all the time! Every ten > minutes or so, it just freezes completely, and I have to do a 'hardreset'.

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> > I have a PIII 866, 256 ram, Matrox Milenium 450. I've never had any > problems with any other sims (GPL, N4, SCGT, GP3 etc...) but F1 2001 > crashes. It sound like a heat problem thing, but I tried running at the > lowest graphics, screen res. and sound quality, as low as it goes, and it > still crashed. > > > Does anyone have any ideas??? > > > > Thanks in advance.. > > > James Pickard > >

That's true Bruno. It is weird however, because mathematical software working through large databases also demands a lot of the CPU. But the software does not crash. My solution was very simple. I simply opend up the pc on one side, letting the air in. But it did not solve the problem. Than I increased the voltage on the cpu wat .o5 volt and all's well. Closing the pc immediately locks the pc after using any graphics intensive game after 5 minutes ( F1RC also). So from now on my pc is openend on one side until I find a better solution. And yes, keep the fans clean, certainly the one you use with the graphics card if you use any. Good luck James. scrcs "Bruno" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht news:ZFix7.4508$[email hidden]... > I bet you overclocked the processor.Am i right! > I had the same problem.Not sure but to me,it sounds like processor > overheating.This game seems extremely demanding on the cpu.Mine is > overclocked from 600/800MHz.First,make sure your cpu and power supply fans > are clean and close all the programs running in thebackground(Ctrl+Alt+Del)

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> except Explorer and Systray. > > Let me know if it solves the problem or helps ! > > Bruno > >

scrcs, Opening the case on one side solved the problem for me. I'm running this little program called Rain1.0 in the background.It's a small utility that makes the cpu run cooler.Maybe you and James can try it,because it seems to work for me.Or you can add extra fan in your pc case. You can download Rain 1.0 at http://www.slottweak.com/ in the Misc/Utilities section Hope this helps Bruno "scrcs" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: 9q6gd9$hp4$[email hidden]... > That's true Bruno. It is weird however, because mathematical software > working through large databases also demands a lot of the CPU. But the > software does not crash. > My solution was very simple. I simply opend up the pc on one side, letting > the air in. But it did not solve the problem. Than I increased thevoltage > on the cpu wat .o5 volt and all's well. Closing the pc immediately locksthe > pc after using any graphics intensive game after 5 minutes ( F1RC also).So > from now on my pc is openend on one side until I find a better solution.And

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> yes, keep the fans clean, certainly the one you use with the graphics card > if you use any. > Good luck James. > > scrcs > >