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No Menu Grapics

March 6th, 2003 05:04 PM

To keep up with you guys - I set up a new Dell WindowsXP 8250.
I installed BF42,Road to Rome and patch 1.3 - Everything seems ok except my MENU shows no copy - only the graphic boxes. I have been playing on this PC (400mHz) using the same disc.
Any Suggestions??
Thanks
CoolBreeze

468819

March 6th, 2003 07:49 PM

Hi CoolBreeze,

When I checked on Dells website for specs on the machine the CPU, mem and Mobo seemed OK, but this is all they said about the graphics configuration on the front page;

In my experience when ppl start saying things in advertisements and spec sheets like "advanced", "robust", and "clarity" but don't actually tell you what the video chipset is, it usually means, "old and crappy and useful only for the internet and typing letters, but of course we're not going to tell YOU that, we want you to buy the PC."

Fortunately according to the tech specs it either has a Gf4 MX400 or a radeon 9700, could you let me know which one please. It may be a simple matter of upgrading the video drivers and DirectX version to the latest, so I would try that first. Also if you went for the flat panel option there were a few ppl here with flat panels that had the same problem a while back, and it was the resolution the game was running at that was causing the problem. Unless you run the game at the LCD's optimum resolution it will be unable to display text properly. Check you monitor specs fo the best res to run in (usually 1024X768 for 15")

get back to me

469628

EA games tech solved no type problem

March 7th, 2003 11:34 PM

Thanks AK for your reply and help. My problem was in the new Radeon 9700 installed in the DELL Demension 8250. The problem was no text displayed on the profile menu and a dead mouse. EA directed me to ATI download for new drivers - You would think a new computer (bought last Thursday) would come with latest drivers, but.... After downloading drivers, type would display -but- still a dead mouse. After many re-installs, I totally flushed all BF42 games - opened a new folder- and reinstalled.
BF42 by itself - it worked - then the 1.31 patch and finally the Road to Rome. I guess there was a contaminated program that would't overwrite. Hope this info helps somebody else that might have these problems

469839

Re: EA games tech solved no type problem

March 8th, 2003 07:54 AM

You may have just bought this machine thursday. But that doesn't mean that it hasn't been sitting in a box for a few months waiting for you.