Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:09:33 12/29/00
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On December 29, 2000 at 10:44:19, Peter Fendrich wrote: >On December 28, 2000 at 19:32:04, John Merlino wrote: > >>On December 28, 2000 at 17:15:22, Peter Fendrich wrote: >> >>>I know that CM8000 doesn't support win2000 but if I would like to give it a try >>>what version of directX should I download before the CM8000 install? >>>//Peter >> >>DirectX 8.0 is your best bet. Do not even TRY to let the installation program >>install DirectX for you, because it won't work and might hang. Install DirectX >>8.0 first, and then Chessmaster. >> >>Currently, there are only three known Win2K-specific problems with CM8000, and >>all are going to be fixed in the patch that is due out in about four weeks. >> >>jm > >Thanks, >I did what you suggested and Installed DirectX 8.0 for Win2000 >and then CM8000. >However CM doesn't start properly. It just shows it's window frames and nothing >more. The program is running in *some* way and taking up most of the CPU >resources but without doing anything useful. >Maybe is my laptop's sound device not good enough? >I have an IBM Thinkpad 600E with standard hardware and no extra sound card. >On my other (stationary) PC I have Win98 and CM works great. >//Peter Your lack of sound card is definitely the problem. There will be a special CM.INI setting (intended for debugging only) in the patch that will allow you to COMPLETELY turn off sound. This SHOULD make the program work for you. jm
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