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I'm having some problems with a GUS Max, revision 1.8 board. I used a genuine GUS installation CD, to install all of the software, but I forget who gave me the CD, and consequently, I'm not 100% sure if this CD is OK for a 1.8 board, although I'm fairly sure it's OK however. Edit: I remember now, it came with a RAM-upgraded GUS Max, rev 2.1 board.
Anyway, my PC keeps freezing whenever I play games. If I remove the GUS, all is well again. Something's not right. Sometimes the music/sound is stuttery and missing notes. I think it could be some kind of conflict/memory addressing problem, something like that.
The GUS Max doesn't have any RAM upgrade onboard. I have a Diamond Stealth 2000 3D Pro card, with 4mb of RAM. 2mb (4 chips) of this RAM appears to be "pushed in" to some of its RAM "slot holders". I'm thinking I could remove one of these 4 chips (512k?), and upgrade the GUS. Is it OK to do this? If so, any tips on how to remove the RAM chip from the Diamond video card?
The reason I am enquiring about upgrading the GUS is, I'm wondering if the GUS installation CD is assuming I have the 1mb version of the GUS Max, and has installed a 1mb patch set. Then, when I run a game, the game loads up a patch set which is too big for a 512k GUS Max to cope with properly, hence the freezing/lockups??
Thanks a lot for any advice. 😀
Edit 2: It's possible the problem may only be related to the game called "Epic Pinball" by Epic Megagames. I can play this game OK, but it seems to freeze up every time when I try to exit the game. I think it's where the game asks you for your high score initials.