sound problem for F.E.A.R - need help!

mo26 · 11-12-2005, 03:48 PM

ive been playing fear for a time now, but suddenly when i turned on my computer one day and opened fear, nothing, a black screen, i press control-alt-delete, and it sayd that fear is not responding.
this kept on happening. to diagnose this problem i went to fear config and check all the stuff there and the game ran. i then slowly unchecked them until the sound was left, so the problem was with the sound.
i just installed the latest driver (from creative- my card is the x-fi extrememusic) and the game worked fine and i was happy...for a week.
today i tried to play the game....same problem as before, what is wrong!!
help! please!

Big B · 11-12-2005, 05:55 PM

Did you grab the latest updates for it? If I remember, there was a patch available the day of it's release, but I didn't really read what it fixed. That's what I'd check out if you haven't already done so.

mo26 · 11-12-2005, 06:24 PM

oh yeah , the fear patch v1.02, i forgot about that, maybe itll fix my problem, thanks for the suggestion, ill try downloading it tonight, ill tell you tomorow how it goes.

ninja fetus · 11-12-2005, 10:56 PM

Try turning down, or even off hardware sound acceleration.

Do this by going to start, run, type in dxdiag, click sound tab and should be near the bottom

mo26 · 12-12-2005, 03:09 AM

the fear patch (v1.01 ) doesnt work and neither does the turning off of the hardware accelelration, ill try downloading the 1.02 patch today...
any other ideas? thanks.

mo26 · 12-12-2005, 03:25 AM

i just read the readme notepad for fear and it said that if i have ace mega codecs pack installed that a black screen would come up for fear, i just uninstalled it and guess what, it worked! Thanks guys for you help and suggestions!

ninja fetus · 12-12-2005, 05:35 AM

odd, I have ace mega codec pack installed as well under windows 2k pro. I play F.E.A.R. just fine with sound acceleration on.

With windowsxp installed, ace mega codec pack, and it didn't make a difference with hardware acceleration because I couldn't get F.E.A.R. to run no matter how hard I tried.

11-12-2005, 03:48 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
mo26 Geek Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 73 Status: Offline	sound problem for F.E.A.R - need help! ive been playing fear for a time now, but suddenly when i turned on my computer one day and opened fear, nothing, a black screen, i press control-alt-delete, and it sayd that fear is not responding. this kept on happening. to diagnose this problem i went to fear config and check all the stuff there and the game ran. i then slowly unchecked them until the sound was left, so the problem was with the sound. i just installed the latest driver (from creative- my card is the x-fi extrememusic) and the game worked fine and i was happy...for a week. today i tried to play the game....same problem as before, what is wrong!! help! please! __________________ CPU: AMD X2 4400+ (@ 2420GHz) GPU: XFX 7800GTX OC RAM: OCZ EL DDR400 Dual Channel Platinum (2x1024mb) Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Premium Harddisk: Western Digital Caviar 400GB PSU: Enermax Noisetaker 600W Soundcard: SoundBlaster X-Fi ExtremeMusic Case: Thermaltake Shark (Black) Mouse: Logitech G5 Laser 3DMARK05: 9023 3DMARK06: 4809

11-12-2005, 05:55 PM	#2 (permalink) Top
Big B HWF Godfather Join Date: Dec 2001 Age: 28 Male Posts: 9,640 Times Helpful: 585 My Mood: Devilish Status: Offline My Computer	Did you grab the latest updates for it? If I remember, there was a patch available the day of it's release, but I didn't really read what it fixed. That's what I'd check out if you haven't already done so. __________________ Hardware Forums\|HWF Rules\|My DVD's\|PSU FAQ\|HWF Folding Team\|2CPU

11-12-2005, 06:24 PM	#3 (permalink) Top
mo26 Geek Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 73 Status: Offline	oh yeah , the fear patch v1.02, i forgot about that, maybe itll fix my problem, thanks for the suggestion, ill try downloading it tonight, ill tell you tomorow how it goes. __________________ CPU: AMD X2 4400+ (@ 2420GHz) GPU: XFX 7800GTX OC RAM: OCZ EL DDR400 Dual Channel Platinum (2x1024mb) Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Premium Harddisk: Western Digital Caviar 400GB PSU: Enermax Noisetaker 600W Soundcard: SoundBlaster X-Fi ExtremeMusic Case: Thermaltake Shark (Black) Mouse: Logitech G5 Laser 3DMARK05: 9023 3DMARK06: 4809

12-12-2005, 03:09 AM	#5 (permalink) Top
mo26 Geek Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 73 Status: Offline	the fear patch (v1.01 ) doesnt work and neither does the turning off of the hardware accelelration, ill try downloading the 1.02 patch today... any other ideas? thanks. __________________ CPU: AMD X2 4400+ (@ 2420GHz) GPU: XFX 7800GTX OC RAM: OCZ EL DDR400 Dual Channel Platinum (2x1024mb) Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Premium Harddisk: Western Digital Caviar 400GB PSU: Enermax Noisetaker 600W Soundcard: SoundBlaster X-Fi ExtremeMusic Case: Thermaltake Shark (Black) Mouse: Logitech G5 Laser 3DMARK05: 9023 3DMARK06: 4809

12-12-2005, 03:25 AM	#6 (permalink) Top
mo26 Geek Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 73 Status: Offline	i just read the readme notepad for fear and it said that if i have ace mega codecs pack installed that a black screen would come up for fear, i just uninstalled it and guess what, it worked! Thanks guys for you help and suggestions! __________________ CPU: AMD X2 4400+ (@ 2420GHz) GPU: XFX 7800GTX OC RAM: OCZ EL DDR400 Dual Channel Platinum (2x1024mb) Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Premium Harddisk: Western Digital Caviar 400GB PSU: Enermax Noisetaker 600W Soundcard: SoundBlaster X-Fi ExtremeMusic Case: Thermaltake Shark (Black) Mouse: Logitech G5 Laser 3DMARK05: 9023 3DMARK06: 4809

11-12-2005, 10:56 PM	#4 (permalink) Top
ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	Try turning down, or even off hardware sound acceleration. Do this by going to start, run, type in dxdiag, click sound tab and should be near the bottom

12-12-2005, 05:35 AM	#7 (permalink) Top
ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	odd, I have ace mega codec pack installed as well under windows 2k pro. I play F.E.A.R. just fine with sound acceleration on. With windowsxp installed, ace mega codec pack, and it didn't make a difference with hardware acceleration because I couldn't get F.E.A.R. to run no matter how hard I tried.

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