crashing - would try directx 9b, dunno how

[danr2k4]

my gta sa pc is crashing

the situ is as follows:

the game launches fine and runs for a varying amount of time. then for an undisclosed reason, the screen goes into sleep mode (sugesting a lack of input from the graphics card) and all i can hear is the game sound being played really slowly and sort of, well, weirdly. the only way to solve it is to reboot pc.

i hav:

windows xp sp2

directx 9c

msi k8n sli platinum edition

1x geforce 6600gt

2gigs of ddr 400 ram, msi certified

 

i would try going back to directx 9b, but i dont no how - where do u download the uninstalling app for directx and where do u get the old version (9b).

sorry if this is a boring question, but thanks in advance.

cheers

dan

 

 

[danr2k4]

problem solved.

sorry about my lazyness - it turns out that i had the same problem as sum1 else.

iv got an msi k8n and it has onboard soundblaster 24-bit live.

i read on the forum that a guy having a similar prob to me, with the same sound card, tried an old lad (sound card), and it worked

i did the same and hey presto!

[danr2k4]

i tell a lie - it just crashed - dam it

however, it did run for longer that usual. any ideas of the cause of the prob?

cheers

dan

[EricT]

i tried going back to 9.0b cuz of different bug and I would never do that again

I mean I could write a book about how I was fighting my PC for 4!!! days after un-sucesfully downgradind DirectX

[maf]

i tried going back to 9.0b cuz of different bug and I would never do that again

I mean I could write a book about how I was fighting my PC for 4!!! days after un-sucesfully downgradind DirectX

I hear ya. I'm not even going to attempt that sort of "tweak".