ArmA -> Can't run game.

[xMaro 0]

Can't run... game crash after ^

SPEC:

XP SP2

512/ATI X1600/AMD2000+/Audigy

Drivers:

Catalyst 7.1 - bad, 6.5 - bad

Audigy - newest, off from control panel, still nothing

DX - 9.0c, test - good, changed optimizations options - bad, still game not running.

Whers the problem?

[desertfox 2]

Update the chipset drivers of your mainboard.

[xMaro 0]

got newest Windows XP - Unified Driver

Version: 5.10

Release Date: September 17, 2004

:/ game without sound devices still can't run so i dunno

[desertfox 2]

Asus mainboard with nForce shipset ?

*EDIT* Try disabling game mode in the audigy settings.

[malden 0]

Im getting a similar Error, icant start the game, getting Error!

Do ihave to upgrade my Mainboard driver? And how do i upgrade it?

[Blaber 0]

Me also

[xMaro 0]

Asus mainboard with nForce shipset ?

*EDIT* Try disabling game mode in the audigy settings.

SOLTEK SL-75FRN-L

I have audigy 1 + SBAX_WBUP2_LB_2_09_0016j.exe (from creative website) and here is only Creative Audio Console, i try disable eax effect and make some change in dxdiag but nothing happen.

[kaja000 0]

hi all

got same problem as xMaro here too.........sounds like it could be a common problem .........is there any idea yet that would

could be the cause of this issue and is there a fix for it.

many thanks for any help in resolving this issue.

[fubarno1 0]

it might be related to the winmm.dll file, I had 1.02 installed got given 1.04 today (brothers are nice sometimes) uninstalled 1.02 removed all the files from that install, installed 1.04 started it and it crashes with the microsoft run error telling me that the problem is arma.exe and winmm.dll.

going to try re-installing 1.02 again to see if I get it back working again.

Quote[/b] ]AppName: arma.exe AppVer: 1.4.0.5121 ModName: winmm.dll

ModVer: 5.1.2600.2180 Offset: 0000c9db

[desertfox 2]

@ xMaro

Download these drivers and check if it solves your problem.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_udp_winxp_5.10.html

Malden, what mainbord do you have ?

[kaja000 0]

thanks for the info fubarno1 .........but i get no error mes

just the same as xMaro ............... i get to the last two tick boxes ................game trys to load but just get black screen

in task manager says game not responding ???

would love to get to the bottom of this if possible.

[xMaro 0]

@ xMaro

Download these drivers and check if it solves your problem.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_udp_winxp_5.10.html

Malden, what mainbord do you have ?

Quote[/b] ]Posted: Feb. 17 2007,15:56

got newest Windows XP - Unified Driver

Version: 5.10

Release Date: September 17, 2004

:/ game without sound devices still can't run so i dunno

That same Ive got this one...

Older (from CD) dont help too...

[kaja000 0]

thanks for the driver info Desertfox but would they be ok to use on vista? ................running vista here.

all other games working fine that i have tried on vista.

[malden 0]

Desertfox, i have:VIA KV2 k8t880 Pro

[fubarno1 0]

bugger it looks like the uninstall of 1.02 has buggered things up, I have tried to re-install 1.02 and I get the same problem  

Oh well...... yet another re-install of XP on the cards.

**edit**

Got to love system restore when it works right

OK I got 1.02 back working OK, tried uninstalling 1.02 again then reinstalling 1.04, it would seem that there is a problem with the 1.04 I have as it still comes up with the winmm.dll error, I'm going to see if I get the same error with a clean drive too......I'll keep you updated

[xMaro 0]

ok...

1.Disable Audigy

2.Install ftp://download.nvidia.com/Windows....hql.exe

- Support for nForce, nForce2, nForce3, and nForce4 including dual-processor systems

3.http://developer.creative.com/articles/article.asp?cat=1&sbcat=31&top=38&aid=46 no problem with install....

Game run... now i go try enable AUdigy disable nforce and maybe will be cool

___

Yep!

4. disable nfroce enable audigy and be happy, game run

[desertfox 2]

Okay that might indeed have been the problem.

Could the ones who still get the winmm.dll error on startup try disabling their onboard sound-chips in the BIOS ? Only if you have a mainboard with onboard sound and an additional soundcard of course.

@ Malden, you can check here for drivers for the VIA KV2 k8t880

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2

@ kaja: Those are nForce2 drivers. And they are for Windows XP. You need Vista drivers for the chipset you have got. What mainboard have you got ?

I am pretty sure this is a driver problem here, somehow connected to mainboard components. I had exactly the same problem when I bought Arma and fixed it by installing new chipset drivers.

[OHM 0]

Can't run... game crash after ^

SPEC:

XP SP2

512/ATI X1600/AMD2000+/Audigy

Drivers:

Catalyst 7.1 - bad, 6.5 - bad

Audigy - newest, off from control panel, still nothing

DX - 9.0c, test - good, changed optimizations options - bad, still game not running.

Whers the problem?

Weird, after I have restarted my computer once the game won’t start anymore. “ArmA has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.â€

“Error Signature - AppName: arma.exe AppVer: 1.4.0.5121 ModName: kernel32.dll

ModVer: 5.1.2600.2945 Offset: 00012a5bâ€

Thou if i uninstall ArmA, reinstall it works till next time i restart my computer >_<

P4 3.2ghz

2gb ram

X850XT PE 256mb

Catalyst 7.1

I also have really BAD gliching difficulties (http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard311/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=68;t=57978) Thou I guess I don’t have anything to do with each other

[kaja000 0]

hi all

hi xMaro .....glad you got aa to run on your system.

hi Desertfox.......system specs here are

an8-sli delux motherboard.

sound card is a x-fi elite pci card.

i did disable the x-fi card in the device manager .........but i have the exact same problem on loading aa the last two boxes remain unticked then just a black screen and in task manager says aa not responding.

thanks again for the help.

[kaja000 0]

hi Desertfox

been looking to up date my chipset drivers as suggested.

not sure which one i require though....

chipset specs are nforce4 sli

bios version on the mother board is 1016

ps ...........i have got the update driver for the x-fi sound card

many thanks

[Hostilian 11]

Do you have 2 Graphics cards in your system - maybe one on the Motherboard? Have you tried disabling the OnBoard graphics in the BIOS?

Also disable any LPT, COM and Firewire ports you arent using in the BIOS (frees some system resources) and anything else you find you dont need.

Onboard sound as well as your soundcard? Disable it in the BIOS.

#C

[desertfox 2]

Exactly @ above poster.

=> All people with nForce chipsets who have an onboard sound chip + additional PCI sound card installed, or an onboard gfx chip, try disabling these via the BIOS.

=> Additionally, don't get the nForce drivers from the Asus website, but from Nvidia.com.

=> If you have unusual controllers connected to one of your USB ports, unplug them. ( One guy could not launch the game because he had some xbox controller or something like that hooked up )

Also, you can look up what chipset you have in your mainboard manual, or, if you don't have a manual, by entering your mainboard name into Google. It's hard for me to keep up looking up peoples hardware specs. ^.^

[Jack-UK 0]

Make sure the XFI is set to Game Mode on its control panel... ive heard that has been causing some problems...

[kaja000 0]

thanks for the tips Desertfox / Jack-UK

on board sound is disabled and x-fi is set to game mode

i will try the chipset up date from nvidia.

thanks again

[blankfish 0]

Jack uk is correct, I have a X-Fi gamer sound card if I set its mode to entertainment or Music creation ARMA wont run, once i set it back to GAME mode it works fine.

I have an ASUS P5N32-e SLI 680i mobo.

hope this helps somebody