Hi everybody. I recently got a laptop and I'm having trouble installing Civ IV. When I put the CD into the drive, nothing happens. When I go to manually start the setup.exe file I can hear my computer start to buzz for a bit, and then nothing happens.
Because I've been having issues, I decided to install the demo from the official website to see if the game can even play once I've installed it. Every time I've played, I can go for about 50 or so turns before I get an error message saying something about losing whatever I was working on and there's an option to debug(whatever that means).
Ok so I think there might be two problems going on. I can't install the game because my CD-ROM drive is messed up. And I can't play the game because my video card is insufficient or my driver is messed up.
Here's my laptops info:
System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Media Center Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 2
Manufactured and Supported by:
Dell Inspiron 9400
Genuine Intel(R) CPU
T2250 @ 1.73 GHz
1.73 GHz, 1.00 GB RAM
Physical Address Extension
Disk Drive - Hitachi HTS721080G9SA00
Driver Version 5.1.2535.0
Driver Provider - Microsoft
Display Adapter - ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
Digital Provider - ATI Technologies Inc.
Driver Version 8.26.0.0
DVD/CD-ROM Drive - TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D
Driver Provider - Microsoft
Driver Version 5.1.2535.0
It also might just be my graphic settings, which I have no idea what they should be. Can anybody give me some help? Thanks guys.
Robert.
Because I've been having issues, I decided to install the demo from the official website to see if the game can even play once I've installed it. Every time I've played, I can go for about 50 or so turns before I get an error message saying something about losing whatever I was working on and there's an option to debug(whatever that means).
Ok so I think there might be two problems going on. I can't install the game because my CD-ROM drive is messed up. And I can't play the game because my video card is insufficient or my driver is messed up.
Here's my laptops info:
System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Media Center Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 2
Manufactured and Supported by:
Dell Inspiron 9400
Genuine Intel(R) CPU
T2250 @ 1.73 GHz
1.73 GHz, 1.00 GB RAM
Physical Address Extension
Disk Drive - Hitachi HTS721080G9SA00
Driver Version 5.1.2535.0
Driver Provider - Microsoft
Display Adapter - ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
Digital Provider - ATI Technologies Inc.
Driver Version 8.26.0.0
DVD/CD-ROM Drive - TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D
Driver Provider - Microsoft
Driver Version 5.1.2535.0
It also might just be my graphic settings, which I have no idea what they should be. Can anybody give me some help? Thanks guys.
Robert.
