-=RA=- DarkMan -Pvt- 0 Posted January 10, 2002 Hi everyone! I've got a real prob wth OpFlash 1.4 - I love the game to bits but just can't get it to start half the time... Nearly every time I try to start (particularly via GameSpy 1.08) the CD has problems spinning up and just freezes or I get persistent "Illegal Operation" warnings... I'm running Win98 , 256 Mb RAM, ATI Rage Pro 128, PIII 450 It's getting really frustrating as sometimes it works fine, but it seems to be a complete lottery as to when it decides to play OK... What should I do? Please help as I'm desperate to get fragging! DarkMan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted January 10, 2002 Let's start with something simple. Since you've only got 128MB of RAM, make sure that nothing else is running in Windows, except for Explorer, Systray and any memory manager, if you're using one. Let us know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-=RA=- DarkMan -Pvt- 0 Posted January 10, 2002 Hi Avon. Thanks for the reply - I've got 256Mb RAM on board - surely that should help! Any ideas what to try next? Dark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted January 10, 2002 Have you gone through The FAQ's INSTALLATION and TROUBLESHOOTING sections? Checked out your motherboard, BIOS, DX and drivers install, ASPI level? Does file Flashpoint.rpt in your OFP directory have a report of these errors? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-=RA=- DarkMan -Pvt- 0 Posted January 10, 2002 Avon, Thaks very much for the reply again...I looked at your FAQs - but the link to the ASPI checker was broken. I also don't know how to run the .rpt file/app... OpFlash seems to work marginally better when I have DMA enabled on my CD drive! I'm running Red Hammer if that's any help... Cheers! Dark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted January 10, 2002 This ASPI link is on The FAQ's ASPI item and it's up: http://www.goldenhawk.com/ide.htm File Flashpoint.rpt is a text file. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-=RA=- DarkMan -Pvt- 0 Posted January 10, 2002 These were the last two reports from the .rpt file : ===================================================================== == C:\PROGRAM FILES\CODEMASTERS\OPERATIONFLASHPOINT\OPERATIONFLASHPOINT.EXE ===================================================================== Exe version: Tue Dec 25 22:21:18 2001 file: CUR_MP world: abel campaign: battle: mission: ===FROZEN====>>>>>>BEG Version 1.40 Fault address: 004545A0 01:000535A0 C:\PROGRAM FILES\CODEMASTERS\OPERATIONFLASHPOINT\OPERATIONFLASHPOINT.EXE Prev. code bytes: 02 04 3F 42 3C 99 7F 02 04 20 2C 3F 3A C8 75 08 Fault code bytes: 84 C9 75 DC 33 C0 5E C3 0F BE D0 0F BE C1 2B C2 Registers: EAX:10075961 EBX:00000017 ECX:13941D61 EDX:1007599D ESI:1007599D EDI:00000958 CS:EIP:018F:004545A0 SS:ESP:0197:0099EEA4 EBP:10075998 DS:0197 ES:0197 FS:1277 GS:1366 Flags:00000246 ===FROZEN====>>>>>>END What do they mean? Dark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-=RA=- DarkMan -Pvt- 0 Posted January 10, 2002 OK - I think my ASPI setup has gone to sh*t - here isthe report from ASPIcheck: LOG0143: ***************************************************************** LOG0144: Starting ASPICHK1 installer on Thu Jan 10 13:03:57 2002 ASPICHK0438: OS = Windows 95 (4.10.2222) UPGRADE1004: c:\windows\system\wnaspi32.dll dated 04/23/1999 22:22:00, 36864 bytes. UPGRADE1062: c:\windows\system\wnaspi32.dll version 1.0.0.1 UPGRADE1004: c:\windows\system\winaspi.dll dated 04/23/1999 22:22:00, 3536 bytes. UPGRADE1062: c:\windows\system\winaspi.dll version 1.0.0.65 UPGRADE1004: c:\windows\system\iosubsys\apix.vxd dated 04/23/1999 22:22:00, 29497 bytes. UPGRADE1062: c:\windows\system\iosubsys\apix.vxd version 4.0.0.952 UPGRADE0965: File c:\windows\system\aspienum.vxd does not exist UPGRADE0369: No existing file to compare, upgrade recommended ASPICHK0522: Inconsistent version numbers among components ASPICHK0592: ASPI installation has problems LOG0218: Closing installer log on Thu Jan 10 13:03:57 2002 LOG0219: ***************************************************************** What the hell do I do now - I don't know the first thing about this! Dark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 28 Posted January 10, 2002 Avon feel free to use this mirror for  ASPI check and the latest ASPI drivers, it also includes a fix for 2k/xp (although I never noticed there was a problem installing them myself). http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ps/Aspi/aspi.win_98.me.2k.xp.zip -=RA=- DarkMan [Pvt] I suggest you download either my file or one from Avon's FAQ and install ASPI again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted January 10, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (placebo @ Jan. 10 2002,18:57)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Avon feel free to use this mirror for  ASPI check and the latest ASPI drivers, it also includes a fix for 2k/xp (although I never noticed there was a problem installing them myself). http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ps/Aspi/aspi.win_98.me.2k.xp.zip<span id='postcolor'> The ASPI.TXT file says "Installing ASPI Layer in Windows 2000/XP". I take it the instructions are for all version of Windows, correct? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 28 Posted January 13, 2002 The aspichk.exe and aspi32.exe are the exact same ones as used for win 98/me, the additional files are solely for win 2k/xp as those version can have problems installing, I reinstalled xp over the weekend and I got the same error that KekoJones reported, when I tried to install aspi it said "no adaptec hosts detected" (or something like that), so I had to install the aspi files manually Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
