Hello,
I've just purchased Turning Point: Fall of Liberty and Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl (Steam) and have not been able to successfully play them yet.
With both games, when I try to start them up, they go to the splash screen, and then just hang. They hang until Windows Vista reads (not responding) on their respective title bars.
If I disable my sound card however, the games startup just fine. Obviously this is unacceptable. Any ideas what might fix this? I really like my sound card, so I'm really not looking to replace it, but it's an option if someone has solved this problem before by getting a new one.
Also, I've checked my IRQs and my sound card is on IRQ 17, all by itself. Video card is on IRQ 16 sharing with my SATA controller.
I do not have this problem with any other games, and I have quite a few installed on my system currently, including Half-Life 2(Steam).
BTW, I've contacted support for both games AND my sound card, and so far, no good.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Windows Vista HPE SP1
Asus Striker Extreme BIOS 1305
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtremegamer
GeForce 8800 GTS eVGA
4GB Corsair Dominator RAM
I've just purchased Turning Point: Fall of Liberty and Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl (Steam) and have not been able to successfully play them yet.
With both games, when I try to start them up, they go to the splash screen, and then just hang. They hang until Windows Vista reads (not responding) on their respective title bars.
If I disable my sound card however, the games startup just fine. Obviously this is unacceptable. Any ideas what might fix this? I really like my sound card, so I'm really not looking to replace it, but it's an option if someone has solved this problem before by getting a new one.
Also, I've checked my IRQs and my sound card is on IRQ 17, all by itself. Video card is on IRQ 16 sharing with my SATA controller.
I do not have this problem with any other games, and I have quite a few installed on my system currently, including Half-Life 2(Steam).
BTW, I've contacted support for both games AND my sound card, and so far, no good.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Windows Vista HPE SP1
Asus Striker Extreme BIOS 1305
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtremegamer
GeForce 8800 GTS eVGA
4GB Corsair Dominator RAM