Doom 3 again

[Guest]

Hello – I have tried all the suggested help to get Doom 3 going but it seems
it is a memory problem. The game loads OK but after a little play it always
goes back to the desktop with a very bright screen (the game also freezes
occasionally).

I have got 1GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM – my main question is now – do I have to buy
another memory stick of EXACTLY the same make (which has been declared as bad
quality by a qualified PC repair technician) to make 2 GB of memory or should
I cut my losses and go for a Kingston or Crucial high quality stick? And how
many do I need of that? Does anyone play Doom 3 here and can they suggest
what memory I need as I am worried I will waste some more money?
Thanks for any suggestions.

Karen Holz

 

[David Candy]

Why are you buying more memory?

 

[Guest]

I have tried all the other suggestions ie. driver updates, motherboard
updates, bios updates, changed settings in the BIOS, downloaded Omega drivers
but nothing keeps the game going. I was told at the PC shop that the likely
problems were bad power supply and bad memory. They changed the power supply
but not the bad memory. I am just at my wists end as to what to do (apart
from smashing the PC up and forgetting Doom 3 ever existed) My daughter
tried Simms 2 and that also refuses to play.

 

[David Candy]

So lets test the memory rather than buying some. I thought throwing money away on hope was your reason.

I presume you have a CD burner.

If you know how to burn ISO files skip this paragraph. It would be from a program supplied with your computer not part of XP. A lot get Nero but there are others. If you don't you can get the command line CDBurn from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en Type cdburn in Help after installing.

Download http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp which is an iso file. An iso file is a file of a compete CD. Burn the ISO to CD. This must be done in a Burn ISO mode not the normal way you copy files to CD (of which there are a few anyway).

Boot from this CD. Read the manual supplied with the computer to see how. Follow the prompts and then go out for a while. Read the screen when you get back.

You'll now know if you have faulty RAM or not.

 

[Mike Hall]

Have you been to the Doom3 website to check for updates?.. according to that
site, Doom 3 requires 384mb RAM to run, so upgrading your system to 2gb is
throwing good money after bad..

Depending upon what size memory sticks you have installed, try removing some
and see what happens.. maybe faulty RAM is your problem, but it could also
be a problem with the video card and drivers.. the website lists system
requirements and supported video cards..

www.doom3.com

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hello – I have tried all the suggested help to get Doom 3 going but it seems
it is a memory problem. The game loads OK but after a little play it always
goes back to the desktop with a very bright screen (the game also freezes
occasionally).

I have got 1GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM – my main question is now – do I have to buy
another memory stick of EXACTLY the same make (which has been declared as bad
quality by a qualified PC repair technician) to make 2 GB of memory or should
I cut my losses and go for a Kingston or Crucial high quality stick? And how
many do I need of that? Does anyone play Doom 3 here and can they suggest
what memory I need as I am worried I will waste some more money?
Thanks for any suggestions.

Karen Holz

While memory quality is certainly important to WinXP, you have more
than enough already, as long as it's not defective. My first question
would be: What kind of video adapter do you have, and does Doom 3 play
differently if you set it to a lower quality display?

Also, what other applications/services do you have running in the
back-ground while you're playing?


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[Kevin]

Karen,

If you remember my reply to your earlier post on this subject you will
recall that I asked if your memory was Dual Channel DDR. If it is, you need
another stick of memory to use the features of Dual Channel DDR memory.
Dual Channel DDR memory uses two (2) sticks.

If you have had the memory tested by a certified technician and were told it
was defective, why are you still using it? Buy memory from Kingston or
Crucial and be done with it. If the technician found no faults with the
memory other than he doesn't like the brand, then memory is not your issue.
Send your defective memory back and get your money back.