Fixed black screen, Won't stop Crashing!

[brianman2]

Here is my Dxdiag,
Is this enough information for someone with more tech sense than me to figure out what's wrong?

Laptop, 2.12ghz, 448mb ram
Time of this report: 12/12/2005, 12:58:09

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: Pavilion ze4800 (PF175UA)
BIOS: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
Processor: mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP2800+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.1GHz
Memory: 446MB RAM
Page File: 228MB used, 1500MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: The file ati2dvag.dll is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: RADEON IGP 320M (Omega 2.6.75a)
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. (Omega 2.6.75a)
Chip type: RADEON IGP 320M AGP (0x4336)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4336&SUBSYS_0024103C&REV_00
Display Memory: 64.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (16 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic Television
Monitor Max Res: 640,480
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6575 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/13/2005 23:11:22, 241664 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: No
WHQL Date Stamp: None
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 10/13/2005 23:11:07, 1350144 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-0076-11CF-236A-2E20A1C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x4336
SubSys ID: 0x0024103C
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D
Deinterlace Caps: {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=DeinterlaceTech_BOBLineReplicate
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

 

[brianman2]

Sorry forgot to mention.
Not a crash to desktop problem, It just freezes.
Thanks again in advance.

 

[Zydor]

At what point does it freeze ? Any other issues if you managed to start the game, slow play, movie stutter, slow game turns,any other error messages - maybe xml messages? anything else wierd ...

Regards
Zy

 

[Neon Deon]

Hi Bri,

You are under spec with game requirements.

448 mb

That is due to your IGP taking 64 mb for integrated graphics. System spec may claim 512 but then where is the graphics memory comming from.


You also have a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 listed but your generic TV monitor has a max resolution of 640 X 480.

I doubt m320 IGP radeon is supported by this game.

It might be possible to play but I wouldnt hold your breath.

You could try setting resolution from desktop. to match your tvs max rez
640 X 480 then editing the civ ini file to 640 x 480 rez too.

Long shot.

You still have to deal with the memory issue.