Medal of Honor Allied Assault Locking up

[randmo]

Re: Medal of Honor Allied Assault Locking up

Running Win2K SP4 - Athlon 1.4 - 512 RAM - Gigabyte Radeon 9200 AGP w/ 128mb DDRAM (tried updated drivers from both Gigabyte and ATI) - Creative AWE 64 sound card - ABIT KT7A Raid board w/ A9 bios - VIA 4.49 - Running system @ 32 bit true color, 800 x 600, DX 9.0b

game starts, then either blacks out screen or locks up. I've applied patch 1.11v9 and tried to run it in the games safe mode -
Suggestions?

[randmo]

just tried to install return to castle wolfenstein and it's having problems also

A thought:

This board seems like it's always been power hungry - was in another box in the house and I had to upgrade to 450W PS when I put a 128mb video card in it.
Installed the board in this box with a 400w PS and a 32mb video card and had an occasional lockup. Just installed the GigaByte Radeon 9200 w/ 128mb and now the problem is worse
Do I need more power?
If so, how much more?
Buying cheapies a no-no?
Please recommend good sources or brands or both
Thanks

[comp_nut]

your problem is you video card,delete drivers in contol panel
add or remove programs,next check in device manager that
drivers for your video card are gone if not remove them,do not restart computer reinstall the latest drivers from ati and restart
computer

http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

pick your os


i had your problem and this is how i fix it:t

[randmo]

Thanks for the response. ATI had some newer drivers and it helped but didn't cure. I've ordered a 550 w PS and I really think that will fix it.
I'm running 3 case fans, a hd cooler, and 2 hard drives besides the dvd, floppy, nic and sound card. I think the addition of the 128mb video card put it over the edge.