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im running xp on my pc and when i try to install pool of radiance it just makes a clicking sound it starts loading but i thought it may damage my machine so cancelled the install. any ideas?. ive just up dated my sound and graphics drivers but still no luck.
many thanks

Take care! Installing PoR on my machine caused major disk corruption when the installation failed. It is a known bug, and there is a patch you need to run before installation, if you have an offending copy of PoR. This patch will then run in the background behind the installer and prevent the installation from crashing and corrupting. This caused me the biggest nightmare last Christmas Hope that helps.

http://www.poolofradiance.com/patch/

Six months later....and I STILL can't get the thing to run I need a new graphics card. Ok, so maybe that ain't my problem with this game, but it's a good excuse

A clicking sound is indicitive of physical HDD failure. If the noise is persistant, back up all of your data immediately and replace the drive. You might also run Scandisk and see to see if there are any bad sectors, and there are also a couple of diagnostic utilities which you can download off the internet that examine the device for physical failure.

As tech guru Yshania says, there are several known issues related to POR2 and its installation so you should with Ubisoft to see if you are experiencing a known problem (for which there may or may not be a solution), but you should also consider that you may need to replace your HDD.

thanks

thanks for the reply but i started a new user in xp only for games no fancy other stuff then made a restore point and then tried again. bingo installed ok no problems so far. the clicking was coming from the speakers, so i think the disc wasnt in the cd rom straight. ill let you konw if i have any other probs.
thanks again
louby lou

Originally posted by Bloodstalker

Six months later....and I STILL can't get the thing to run I need a new graphics card. Ok, so maybe that ain't my problem with this game, but it's a good excuse

Hey, after I had recovered my hard drive from corruption...and used the installation patch to load it...I ran the game no problem. Yet your card is technically a higher spec than mine Hmmm...

Originally posted by Yshania
Hey, after I had recovered my hard drive from corruption...and used the installation patch to load it...I ran the game no problem. Yet your card is technically a higher spec than mine Hmmm...

Show off But my card doesn't like anything. and half my games don't like Kyro

::waves hand hypnotically in front of Bloodstalker::

You need to buy an nVidia GeForce 4 Ti video card. All of your display issues will be resolved.

: ockets check from nVidia::

And while you're at it, buy an MSI motherboard.

: ockets check from MSI::

Originally posted by HighLordDave
And while you're at it, buy an MSI motherboard.

: ockets check from MSI::

Funnily enough I was looking at some MSI mobo's the other day, I came very close to purchasing one...I fought the dark side though

You should have gotten the board, Mr Sleep. Mine is rock-solid stable and is very conducive to over-clocking.

Originally posted by HighLordDave
You should have gotten the board, Mr Sleep. Mine is rock-solid stable and is very conducive to over-clocking.

Does it have all the spangly bits I expect?