I've myself have tried both 75% and 100% and haven't noticed a difference. I think Verant fixed the acceleration problem with it. I had to load the latest drivers for it though to fix other weird sound problems that I had been having.
As for everyone's comments about the possible problems that the computer has been having, I'd have to agree. Over time some of the hardware may have been fried despite the robust cooling system.
You might want to reinstall the OS though, just to make sure. It'd probably be wise to make a Ghost image (if you have access to Norton Ghost) of your primary partition, then wipe your primary partition and reinstall your OS. That way, if it turns out it wasn't your OS, you can just restore the ghost image and not have to reinstall all of your apps.
As for the Win 2k, I've run EQ on both and it seems fine on Win 2k. But for now, I'd recommend sticking to 98se unless you like riding the bleeding edge of gaming. :-)
Windleaf
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 03:33:14PM -0600, Daniel P. Sniderman wrote:
> Ahh SB-Live! There are many EQ Problems with it. Have you set hardware
> acceleration on sound to 75 percent?
>
> Slyde
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cyr, Thierry [mailto:thierry.cyr@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 3:01 PM
> To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] (OT) Tech problem, any suggestions?
>
> hmmm, if i am overheating its because fan is dead, because i have a huge
> cooling system in it. I bought a 3 fan/heat sink from computernerd.com. My
> buddies at their computer store were in shock when they saw it. I used to
> run temperature software, and it ran cooler then the original fan/not
> overclocked. The SB live has the latest drivers. I also have an extra fan
> installed in the front of the pc case. Its getting gutted tonight to see
> what is going on.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel P. Sniderman [mailto:fuzzbone@...]
> Sent: January 24, 2001 3:33 PM
> To: eqbards@egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] (OT) Tech problem, any suggestions?
>
>
> If you have SB Live - the prob could also be there - but I'm guessing heat
> is your problem. If you over clock - I'd strongly recommend make making
> sure you have a heat sensor and monitoring software. Fan cooling and
> airflow is very important.
>
> On the positive side - you can get a replacement Celeron relatively cheap.
>
> BTW - as far as comments on Win 98/ME being faster than 2000 - 2000 has a
> lot more "protection" which comes at a cost processor cycle wise. Assuming
> you don't specifically need some of 2000's features not avail in 95/98/ME
> (networking for example) - you have to choose between stability or speed.
>
> I haven't worked with ME very long - but if Micro$oft can make it's dates -
> "Whistler" will replace it - their new Consumer OS based on the NT kernel -
> so it very well may be short-lived.
>
> Slyde
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kimes, Dean W. [mailto:dean_kimes@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:03 PM
> To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] (OT) Tech problem, any suggestions?
>
> Hate to say it Minkin but the processor is likely toast. Once overheating
> begins it is a rapidly accelerating process and you generally never regain
> the original state. I had one of my machines do this that was overclocked
> and it would never run cool again. I haven't overclocked since after mine
> and my friends both went down in the same week.
>
> Kit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cyr, Thierry [mailto:thierry.cyr@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 11:23 AM
> To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
> Subject: [eqbards] (OT) Tech problem, any suggestions?
>
>
> I know this is OT, but its driving me nuts. gotta get back ingame asap
> before i get withdrawal symptoms.
>
> I have a celeron 300 overclocked at 466 running on an abit bh6 or bx6 mother
> board for about 2 years now runnin on win98. Run a voodoo 3000 vid card and
> an sb live, oh and a 1* 128meg sim of 100mhz ram.
>
>
> Here's my problem, I pretty much only play EQ, check email and surf. Lately
> i've had a few solid lockups playing eq, some crashes to desktop as well.
> Yesterday i got 2 in 10-15 minutes and the day before i died while kiting
> due to this (grrr)
>
> Anyways, I tried deinstalling EQ, reinstalling EQ, RoK and SoV. While
> reinstalling SoV, total lockup again. This indicated to me that probably my
> pc is overheating or something. Another thing i've noticed while playing is
> that my graphics seem to be choppier than normal (more vid lag, and its not
> swarmcaller) (which indicates to me processing problems).
>
> So... Tonight I'm going to probably rip the pc open, check if my fan is
> still working, if it is i'll proceed to downclock the cpu back to 300 like
> its supposed to be. If my pc is still acting up from there i'll reinstall
> win98 (arg i hate doing this, takes forever with all my apps).
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the prob may be, I have a
> feeling my cpu might be nearing retirement but i'm really hoping this isnt
> the case because i dont have the cash to buy a new chip/board cause that
> would run me about 350$ canadian for a 700mhz/board
>
> Minkin