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Offline Bleach

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kindof a wierd thing
« on: August 10, 2007, 06:19:33 PM »
For somereason Halo wants to freeze my comp after I quit one game. I recently installed XP Pro 64 Bit and someother upgrades aswell. I reinstalled Halo onto a sata hard drive and for some reason it started doing that.

I want some help with the problem. Ill try reinstalling halo again and see if it persists but plz give me Ideas on what I should do about it..

also im waiting for the vent pass and someone knew on the old forum but now im not sure if anyone remembers anymore.
anyway.. plz help and ill keep u all posted on if it gets fixed or something. thnx

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Re: kindof a wierd thing
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2007, 02:16:45 AM »
Quick question, is your processor a 64-bit processor, or did you just upgrade to XP Pro 64 because it looks better than your original? 
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Re: kindof a wierd thing
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2007, 01:26:39 PM »
ye its a amd Athlon X2 64bit 6000+
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Re: kindof a wierd thing
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2007, 04:30:09 PM »
So to clarify you did not install XP Pro 64 over XP Home SP2, you installed XP Pro 64 cleanly on the SATA drive instead, then put Halo on it?  Sounds more like the original graphics/audio/mobo/optical drivers that you had on XP Home weren't updated to XP Pro 64, or were broken when you did the upgrade (incompatible 32 vs 64-bit).  When was the last time you went to Windows Update and updated everything possible?
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Re: kindof a wierd thing
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2007, 07:10:06 PM »
ok what exactly happened was as follows,

I tried my old XP hime SP2 with my mobo and my dad had recently brought o=home  Xp pro 64bit and my home install didnt want to work.
so what I did then was reformat my IDE hard drive and I installed XP 64bit on that hard drive. the whole install then worked except for that one thing
and on the SATA drive is where I installed Halo.
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Re: kindof a wierd thing
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2007, 08:55:55 PM »
Quote from: bleach984 on August 25, 2007, 07:10:06 PM
I tried my old XP hime SP2 with my mobo and my dad had recently brought home Xp pro 64bit and my home install didnt want to work.  so what I did then was reformat my IDE hard drive and I installed XP 64bit on that hard drive.

Quote from: BFM_Chaindog on August 25, 2007, 04:30:09 PM
So to clarify you did not install XP Pro 64 over XP Home SP2, you installed XP Pro 64 cleanly on the SATA drive instead, then put Halo on it? 

Quote from: bleach984 on August 25, 2007, 07:10:06 PM
the whole install then worked except for that one thing and on the SATA drive is where I installed Halo.

Quote from: BFM_Chaindog on August 25, 2007, 04:30:09 PM
Sounds more like the original graphics/audio/mobo/optical drivers that you had on XP Home weren't updated to XP Pro 64, or were broken when you did the upgrade (incompatible 32 vs 64-bit).  When was the last time you went to Windows Update and updated everything possible?

Again, consider that Halo PC is not a 64-bit game, and that you may have to run it in 32-bit compatibility mode.  Also refer to my above quote about the original drivers. *poke, poke*

*Oh, and keep in mind that MANY games are broken once you try to play them on Vista.  NOT compatible at all until things get updated by their creator.
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Re: kindof a wierd thing
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2007, 02:19:10 PM »
from what ive read AMD Athlon 64bit processors can do that automaticly.
How do u get legacy(or compat mode) to work?
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Re: kindof a wierd thing
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2007, 07:56:59 PM »
Heh, remember that this is Micro$oft we are really talking about, not AMD.  While the processor may do it, it may also be that the processor line was created before Vista was officially rolled out (and may not be 100% thereof).  But the key is that it is Windoze Vista that is where the compatibility issue lies.  As for how to set it in Vista, if it isn't like WinXP's options then neither myself nor Mxy deal with Vista and would have no clue (except to Google it for you).   :LOL:
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Re: kindof a wierd thing
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2007, 01:37:25 AM »
umm somehow I think you got the impression that I have vista...well I dont I have XP Pro 64 bit edition
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Re: kindof a wierd thing
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2007, 01:47:50 PM »
Quote from: bleach984 on August 25, 2007, 07:10:06 PM
ok what exactly happened was as follows,

I tried my old XP hime SP2 with my mobo and my dad had recently brought o=home  Xp pro 64bit and my home install didnt want to work.
so what I did then was reformat my IDE hard drive and I installed XP 64bit on that hard drive. the whole install then worked except for that one thing
and on the SATA drive is where I installed Halo.

Chain, re-read. :o ;D d_b :cop:
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Re: kindof a wierd thing
« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2007, 07:27:18 PM »
ROFL!  That's what I get from replying to too many mixed threads.   :LOL:   Yeah yeah, lemme take a day off and re-read my weird reply to your Pro 64 problem.   :doh:
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Re: kindof a wierd thing
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2007, 07:34:06 PM »
 :LOL: ok let me know when u get ur mind back in order :P
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