Problem loading game... what can I do

[rich_espenant]

Has any one ever had a problem loading this game. It's worked perfectly untill I bought a new motherboard (EP-mvp3g-M) and proccesor (AMDk6-400)

Heroes Might & Magic III
this is the message when I try to load the game on the computer._INS5576 caused an invalid page fault in
module CHKREQS.DLL at 015f:01543b15.
Registers:
EAX=00000008 CS=015f EIP=01543b15 EFLGS=00210246
EBX=00000190 SS=0167 ESP=006cea2c EBP=006cea4c
ECX=c0000087 DS=0167 ESI=00000190 FS=2347
EDX=00000190 ES=0167 EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
0f 32 89 45 fc 66 61 8b 45 fc 5f 5e 5b 8b e5 5d
Stack dump:
01900000 ea3cea4c 01900190 00084930 00000000 00000190 00000190 00000000 006cf558 01543e2f 00000000 006cedc4 0000001f 00000008 0000000c 00000000

[Mntsnow]

What version of Windows are you running? If you are running 95 you need to download and install the AMD patch for processors faster than 300mhz.

Mntsnow

[rich_espenant]

I am using Windows 98.

[U-96]

I make no claim to be a hardware expert, but if you have merely installed a new mobo, keeping everything else intact, then it could be that the game created some type of config file which was customized for the old board, but the new board has messed things up. I'm guessing that it could have stored stuff like IRQ settings and addresses that your new mobo has reassigned, especially if it's the type of game that has a multitude of video and sound parameters for you to configure. It could also be that the AMD 3dNow! features are screwing with it if it is still expecting Intel CPU features.

My suggestion would be to re-install the game if you haven't tried it already.
If your savegame files are obvious, copy them somewhere - sometimes uninstallers are kind enough to leave them alone, sometimes they wipe the whole directory.

Good luck

U-96

[This message has been edited by U-96 (edited 10-08-99).]

[The_Mastermind]

I had the same problem with a similar game once. I think the problem is because the game is not 100% (or should i say 101%) compatible with your motherboard.