NFS Carbon Help

[crk]

The usual, black screen after using No-CD fix.
I just cant seem to find any solution to this.

What specs of my comp would you need to check if its a hardware problem?
I think I can get it thru pc wizard..
Plz help!

[skywalker06]

The usual, black screen after using No-CD fix.
I just cant seem to find any solution to this.

What specs of my comp would you need to check if its a hardware problem?
I think I can get it thru pc wizard..
Plz help!

check the graphic card specs and try updating your graphic card drivers and make sure your got the latest version of DirectX also try playing the game with the orginial cd and see if the problem occurs

[wolfsrain]

System Requirements
CPU: 1700 MHz, Video: 64 Mb, Memory: 512 Mb, HDD space: 5.3 Gb, SO: Windows 2000 or better(Geforce Ti4200 or higher, Ati 8500 or higher). Laptop cards are not suported, nor integrated graphics cards(Intel, Sis and so on).
Those are the minimum requirements:
For a decent play I recommend a CPU at 2000Mhz, 1Gb RAM and a Geforce 6600(Ati X600) video card.

[crk]

I got 2992MHZ, Video 96 Mb, Memory 512 Mb, Hard Drive 72 Gb, and Windows XP on a desktop.
Intel graphics controller 865GS1 or something like that.
Ill get my original dvd back tomorrow...

Im not sure how to upgrade it... and Yeah i upgraded DirectX twice, once from microsoft website and also I remember installing the DX from the dvd.

[wolfsrain]

Integrated video cards are not supported. So find out if your motherboard has an PCI express or AGP free slot and buy a video card(Nvidia or ATI)
"Intel graphics controller 865GS1 or something like that" it's an integrated video card.

[crk]

Sigh =( I doubt my parents will buy the video card.
Yeah, My card is integrated.

[wolfsrain]

Sorry to hear that. Though an ATI 1650 would be around 100-120$

[crk]

How do I check if my computer has a free slot for the above and also for additonal ram cards?

[wolfsrain]

The Motherboard manual should say all you need to know. Also inside the manual you can found the motherboard's layout(a draw or a photo of motherboard) showing all the things you want to know. If you don't have the manual, ask a friend with solid hardware knowledge to take a look inside your PC(if the PC it's still in warranty, go to the shop from where you bought the PC and explain that you want to buy a video card for your PC and you don't know what's inside and you need a bit of help to find out if you can change the onboard video card with a normal one). Also there are two standards for videocards: the old ones are using AGP slot(which is just a bit smaller than the classic PCI slot) and the new ones are using PCI xpress(a very small slot, about 1/5 from a normal PCI slot).
P.S.:If you can tell me the exact motherboard that you have, I'll tell you if you can change the video card....

[crk]

I used PC WIzard, and it says "agp bus"=yes,
Pci bus=yes

I take that from this we can successfully say that i have an agp and pci slot?

mainboard= Dell Computer Corporation, 0K8980

Wolfsrain thanks for all the help you've given me.

[wolfsrain]

So it doesn't says anything about a PCIx(this is short for PCI xpress).
Seems that you can upgrade, but your computer is a brand computer. So you must go to the shop from where you've got it. If you don't want to lose the warranty, that is.
You have as a very good choice for AGP slot the ATI X1650(the512Mb version). This videocard it's a really nice baby for AGP(and it's the last videocard that you can buy on AGP, as from this year both ATI and Nvidia won't produce videocards for AGP slots anymore). I'm a fan of Nvidia, but I'm not dumb to not to appreciate something well done and the video card from ATI beats the cr.p out from the counterparts from Nvidia(Geforce7600 and 7900).
If your computer it's in warranty time, the people from the shop(remember the shop where you bought the PC) are obliged to help you.

And my main advice it's to learn a bit about hardware and software and build a custom PC. I prefer custom PC because the warranty it's on the pieces inside and not on the whole system. That means that I can change whatever I want inside my computer without going to Dell, Gateway, Micron and such. I can make a good powerhorse PC spending around 2500-3000$, assemble it myself(and this gives a bit of satisfaction), install the OS and whatever else is needed, and no one else than me will go inside that PC. If a part breaks, I remove the part and go just with that part at the warranty. And I can upgrade any time I want with any part I want.
Just a few advantages given by a bit of hardware and software knowledge.