Nascar3 & hardware problems

I recently bought N3 and I am having a problem with the game suddenly disappearing and returning me back to my desktop as though I was running nothing at all. The screen flicks to black and an instant later the desktop re-appears. I am able to run N3 or any other software afterwords. I don't have to re-boot. The problem seems to crop up when the graphics are intense, but not always. I recently bought a VooDoo3 2000 PCI card w/16MB. I downloaded the lateest drivers from the 3dfx website. It still does the same thing. Where to start ? I have a AMD K2-350 SoundBlaster 512 PCI 128 MB ram fresh install of Windows 98 Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Make sure you do not have any screen savers set to come on after so much time. It is possible that it thinks your computer is idle, then kicks on the screen saver which then drops you back to your desktop. You would never actually see the screen saver cause as soon as it kicks you out, your computer would think you were active again.

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> I recently bought N3 and I am having a problem with the game suddenly > disappearing and returning me back to my desktop as though I was running > nothing at all. The screen flicks to black and an instant later the > desktop re-appears. I am able to run N3 or any other software > afterwords. I don't have to re-boot. > The problem seems to crop up when the graphics are intense, but not > always. > I recently bought a VooDoo3 2000 PCI card w/16MB. I downloaded the > lateest drivers from the 3dfx website. It still does the same thing. > Where to start ? > I have a AMD K2-350 > SoundBlaster 512 PCI > 128 MB ram > fresh install of Windows 98 > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

Since you just installed new hardware and new drivers, I recommend "freshening" your system (especially the VXD) files as described here: http://www.mcs.net/~revolutn/vxdfaq.htm It's a bit of a tough read, but they do have a batch file that will take care of this automatically. I had similar problems and used the manual method, so I can't vouch for their batch file, but I DO know that what they say makes sense AND works. -- JB

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>I recently bought N3 and I am having a problem with the game suddenly >disappearing and returning me back to my desktop as though I was running >nothing at all. The screen flicks to black and an instant later the >desktop re-appears. I am able to run N3 or any other software >afterwords. I don't have to re-boot. >The problem seems to crop up when the graphics are intense, but not >always. >I recently bought a VooDoo3 2000 PCI card w/16MB. I downloaded the >lateest drivers from the 3dfx website. It still does the same thing. >Where to start ? >I have a AMD K2-350 >SoundBlaster 512 PCI >128 MB ram >fresh install of Windows 98 >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Before you buy.

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> I recently bought N3 and I am having a problem with the game suddenly > disappearing and returning me back to my desktop as though I was running > nothing at all. The screen flicks to black and an instant later the > desktop re-appears. I am able to run N3 or any other software > afterwords. I don't have to re-boot. > Where to start ? > I have a AMD K2-350 > SoundBlaster 512 PCI

Well, I would look at this^^^^ first. Make sure you have the updated SB512 drivers. The stock ones from the cd will crash the game. Look for a file in the Nascar3 directory called debug.txt. It will log any errors that happened before the game dumped. And as somebody else has said, make sure either your screen saver is turned off or, go into the properties of the shortcut and turn off 'allow screen saver', if possible. Later. -Mark Gums