Major Problem

8 bit Orgy · June 1st, 2001

Well, I read every help file for ePSXe and this preoblem still occurs.

When I start ANY game, I get a quick error screen that says something like ILLEGAL OPERATION: MODULE 347260 or something. Then my monitor goes black and freezes.

I tried to reinstall the emulator and everything with it but with no prevail. I have a very fast PC so I don't think thats the problem.

Help.

dickin · June 1st, 2001

Try getting the latest drivers for your graphics card. Also, make sure you have the latest DirectX files too if you are using any D3D plugins.

Dan · June 1st, 2001

Specs and OS might help a little

8 bit Orgy · June 2nd, 2001

I have a Thunderbird 1.2 Ghz.
128 PC-133 RAM
Panasonic Rythmic Edge Sound Card
Voodoo 3000 (PCI)
Some cheap 50x DC-ROM which only runs at like 4
It all runs on win 98 SE
Direct X 8. I'm using Lewy's Glide

I put in Metal Slug X and I get to the opening screen the it just freezes.

HELP.

vivi dude · June 2nd, 2001

try using Pete's plugins, I have a voodoo 3000 PCI myself, and I find that Lewpy's gives me good performance with 3D based games while Pete's gives me good performance with 2d (sprite based). Try that.

8 bit Orgy · June 2nd, 2001

Nope that won't work either. It just goes to a lack screen and freezes up the PC.

Nothing will work. I tried everything. Reinstalling windows, the emulator, the plugins and even redownloaded the latest drivers for everyhting. I even read all the old threads.

I so freaking depressed. I really wanted a playstation emulator. I don't even care if it's black and white. I JUST WANT IT TO WORK.

cgil · June 2nd, 2001

Try going back to an earlier version of directX I have seen a link to a program that will allow you to doit. You might also have bad memory chips in your system.

MukiSama · June 2nd, 2001

Was it ever working fine before?

Dan · June 2nd, 2001

Is your system Overclocked?? I have read that there could be problems with the emulator on oc'ed systems, but i have never expericed it...

8 bit Orgy · June 2nd, 2001

My chip are fine.
It's a brand new computer.
Direct X 7 won't work.
And it not over clocked.

ice2hot · June 2nd, 2001

well when it freezes try pressing F4 ...

MukiSama · June 2nd, 2001

Have you tried a simple version of Windows, like 98 or (shudder) Me?

8 bit Orgy · June 2nd, 2001

Wouldn't that be just going TOO far? For that price I'll just gladly pay for (sigh) Bleem!.
When ePSXe was coded, I can tell it wasn't done well. ePSXe is only good because of the plugins. There really shouldn't be a large message board dedicated to solving problem to make the thing work properly. Don't you agree?

dpence · June 2nd, 2001

OK try this:
Configure ePSXe with a bios and Video plugin, set the sound and cdrom plugin to null or none and game pad to a default keyboard layout.
Then start ePSXe and select run bios. If you see the Sony logo then it's not a video problem.
Exit ePSXe and add a configuration for sound (Try the internal SPU first)
Re run the bios and if it errors out, try a different SPU, if it still errors out you know it's a soundcard driver issue. if it doesn't error out and you have video and sound then go back in and add a CDrom plugin. (Try the internal one first) be sure to set the drive letter on both the plugins configuration and ePSXe's cd rom configuration screen.
Put in a PSX cd and select run cd. If it errors out, try another Cdrom plugin. if none work, then you know it's either the PSX game (Try a different one) or a cdrom drive problem.

The easiest way to fix a problem is to go through elimination.

cluthu · June 2nd, 2001

>Have you tried a simple version of Windows, like 98 or (shudder)
>Me?
Windows 2000 works perfectly well with ePSXe.

>Don't you agree?
No, seeing as how ePSXe is both free and developed only as a hobby. Given that the developers get *no* money for it, I really don't think it's fair to say that just because it won't work on your hardware that it's a poor piece of code. Given that we don't have the source code I can't say if it's programmed well or not, but given that it's reasonably fast, stable, and small, I'm willing to bet that a good deal of thought was put into its development.

Wow, I used "given" far too many times in that paragraph.

June 2nd, 2001

I must agree w/cluthu. ePSXe is free and is being developed all the time. bleem! hasn't had a new update for over a year now. All bleem! is interested in is bleem! for DreamCast and Sony is giving them problems over that. ePSXe runs perfectly on my system, I have little or no problems at all. The difference in the games is remarkable. Gauntlet Legends looks better than the arcade and Quake 2 is clearer and sharper than the PC version. Do as Depence suggested and go through the process of elemination, it is time consuming but it works.
Another thing, please do not downgrade an emulator just because it does not work on your system. The authors never promised that it would. Even bleem! never promised that it would work on all systems, they just said that it should. If you are having a problem, it more like a system incompatability w/the emulator, rather than the emulator itself.
Lastly, when you get the black screen, try pressing F4 by itself, as was suggested, or try pressing F5 and the F4 (F5 first) and see if that helps. Some games require on or the other to run. Gauntlet Legends is one of these games. Without pressing F4 it will not load. Best of luck.
sincerely,
sx/amiga

8 bit Orgy · June 2nd, 2001

None of this is working. I tried absolutely every plugin. And I have over 2MB of them. I do get the SOny logo. And I do get sound at the logo. It's not the game because I'm trying all the common ones that everybody else is using.

It is true that ePSXe is free. But it's still a peice of crap. If it was well coded, then the guys would be smart enough to charge for it. There shouldn't be problem like "won't work with your hardware". As I browse through this board, I don't think it works well with ANY peice of hardware.

I never ran into an emulator "that just won't work". I couldn't imagine a world where random software only works with random PCs.

8 bit Orgy · June 2nd, 2001

Nevermind, now the logo doesn't FEEL like working either. Now it just freezes at black.

Believe me, there is probably no person on this board that want his emulator to work than me.

On the other hand, Those Playstation movie/music viewer work fine on my PC. And I did have have a Saturn emulator working so I know my CD-Drive is not to blame.

Badaro · June 3rd, 2001

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Originally posted by 8 bit Orgy
None of this is working. I tried absolutely every plugin. And I have over 2MB of them. I do get the SOny logo. And I do get sound at the logo. It's not the game because I'm trying all the common ones that everybody else is using.

It is true that ePSXe is free. But it's still a peice of crap. If it was well coded, then the guys would be smart enough to charge for it. There shouldn't be problem like "won't work with your hardware". As I browse through this board, I don't think it works well with ANY peice of hardware.

I never ran into an emulator "that just won't work". I couldn't imagine a world where random software only works with random PCs.

Welcome to the real world. I'm sorry if that sounds rude, but developing software is no easy task. There are endless different configurations of PC's out there, do you think it's possible to test something on ALL of them?

Oh, and here's another thing: It's not an easy task to code an emu for ANY system. Anyone who can code a PSX emu capable of running in the current computers deserves a little, no, a LOT more respect. Even if it ran a single game at 10FPS.

Just one more thing, if you don't like ePSXe, don't use it! Go get Bleem, CVGS, FPSE, AdriPSX, ...

[]s Badaro

dirk_gently · June 3rd, 2001

Yeah, ePSXe doesn't work for me either. It won't even unzip. Of course, my computer doesn't even know what a zip is, because it's an Apple 2e.

But ePSXe must suck, because it won't run on my machine. Even though I've read numerous posts from numerous folks who are incredibly happy with this peice of FREE software, people that are apparently ecstatic about the ability to play PSX games on a, what do they call it, PC? People who are satisfied with whatever they get, because it's really FREE, not just kind of FREE.

Those people must be stupid, because my Apple 2e just won't run ePSXe.

June 1st, 2001	#1 (permalink)
8 bit Orgy Banned Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 35	Major Problem Well, I read every help file for ePSXe and this preoblem still occurs. When I start ANY game, I get a quick error screen that says something like ILLEGAL OPERATION: MODULE 347260 or something. Then my monitor goes black and freezes. I tried to reinstall the emulator and everything with it but with no prevail. I have a very fast PC so I don't think thats the problem. Help.

June 2nd, 2001	#4 (permalink)
8 bit Orgy Banned Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 35	Major Problem I have a Thunderbird 1.2 Ghz. 128 PC-133 RAM Panasonic Rythmic Edge Sound Card Voodoo 3000 (PCI) Some cheap 50x DC-ROM which only runs at like 4 It all runs on win 98 SE Direct X 8. I'm using Lewy's Glide I put in Metal Slug X and I get to the opening screen the it just freezes. HELP.

June 2nd, 2001	#5 (permalink)
vivi dude Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: ....never never land.... Posts: 124	try using Pete's plugins, I have a voodoo 3000 PCI myself, and I find that Lewpy's gives me good performance with 3D based games while Pete's gives me good performance with 2d (sprite based). Try that. __________________ when your in trouble with graphics....turn to Pete Bernert...:-)

June 2nd, 2001	#6 (permalink)
8 bit Orgy Banned Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 35	dammit Nope that won't work either. It just goes to a lack screen and freezes up the PC. Nothing will work. I tried everything. Reinstalling windows, the emulator, the plugins and even redownloaded the latest drivers for everyhting. I even read all the old threads. I so freaking depressed. I really wanted a playstation emulator. I don't even care if it's black and white. I JUST WANT IT TO WORK.

June 2nd, 2001	#7 (permalink)
cgil Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 50	Try going back to an earlier version of directX I have seen a link to a program that will allow you to doit. You might also have bad memory chips in your system. __________________ He who shares his knowdledge is the master of his world.

June 1st, 2001	#2 (permalink)
dickin Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 15	Try getting the latest drivers for your graphics card. Also, make sure you have the latest DirectX files too if you are using any D3D plugins.

June 1st, 2001	#3 (permalink)
Dan Jedi Knight Join Date: May 2001 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 230	Specs and OS might help a little

June 2nd, 2001	#8 (permalink)
MukiSama Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Unknown. Posts: 18	Was it ever working fine before? __________________ And now you die.

June 2nd, 2001	#9 (permalink)
Dan Jedi Knight Join Date: May 2001 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 230	Is your system Overclocked?? I have read that there could be problems with the emulator on oc'ed systems, but i have never expericed it...

June 2nd, 2001	#10 (permalink)
8 bit Orgy Banned Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 35	My chip are fine. It's a brand new computer. Direct X 7 won't work. And it not over clocked.

June 2nd, 2001	#11 (permalink)
ice2hot Avatar says it all. Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Dubai Posts: 521	well when it freezes try pressing F4 ... __________________ cant think up of a cool one yet

June 2nd, 2001	#12 (permalink)
MukiSama Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Unknown. Posts: 18	Have you tried a simple version of Windows, like 98 or (shudder) Me? __________________ And now you die.

June 2nd, 2001	#13 (permalink)
8 bit Orgy Banned Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 35	Wouldn't that be just going TOO far? For that price I'll just gladly pay for (sigh) Bleem!. When ePSXe was coded, I can tell it wasn't done well. ePSXe is only good because of the plugins. There really shouldn't be a large message board dedicated to solving problem to make the thing work properly. Don't you agree?

June 2nd, 2001	#14 (permalink)
dpence Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: USA Posts: 1,118	OK try this: Configure ePSXe with a bios and Video plugin, set the sound and cdrom plugin to null or none and game pad to a default keyboard layout. Then start ePSXe and select run bios. If you see the Sony logo then it's not a video problem. Exit ePSXe and add a configuration for sound (Try the internal SPU first) Re run the bios and if it errors out, try a different SPU, if it still errors out you know it's a soundcard driver issue. if it doesn't error out and you have video and sound then go back in and add a CDrom plugin. (Try the internal one first) be sure to set the drive letter on both the plugins configuration and ePSXe's cd rom configuration screen. Put in a PSX cd and select run cd. If it errors out, try another Cdrom plugin. if none work, then you know it's either the PSX game (Try a different one) or a cdrom drive problem. The easiest way to fix a problem is to go through elimination.

June 2nd, 2001	#15 (permalink)
cluthu Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 513	>Have you tried a simple version of Windows, like 98 or (shudder) >Me? Windows 2000 works perfectly well with ePSXe. >Don't you agree? No, seeing as how ePSXe is both free and developed only as a hobby. Given that the developers get no money for it, I really don't think it's fair to say that just because it won't work on your hardware that it's a poor piece of code. Given that we don't have the source code I can't say if it's programmed well or not, but given that it's reasonably fast, stable, and small, I'm willing to bet that a good deal of thought was put into its development. Wow, I used "given" far too many times in that paragraph. __________________ "...everything else is just theory." Last edited by cluthu; June 2nd, 2001 at 23:42.

June 2nd, 2001	#16 (permalink)
sxamiga Guest Posts: n/a	I must agree w/cluthu. ePSXe is free and is being developed all the time. bleem! hasn't had a new update for over a year now. All bleem! is interested in is bleem! for DreamCast and Sony is giving them problems over that. ePSXe runs perfectly on my system, I have little or no problems at all. The difference in the games is remarkable. Gauntlet Legends looks better than the arcade and Quake 2 is clearer and sharper than the PC version. Do as Depence suggested and go through the process of elemination, it is time consuming but it works. Another thing, please do not downgrade an emulator just because it does not work on your system. The authors never promised that it would. Even bleem! never promised that it would work on all systems, they just said that it should. If you are having a problem, it more like a system incompatability w/the emulator, rather than the emulator itself. Lastly, when you get the black screen, try pressing F4 by itself, as was suggested, or try pressing F5 and the F4 (F5 first) and see if that helps. Some games require on or the other to run. Gauntlet Legends is one of these games. Without pressing F4 it will not load. Best of luck. sincerely, sx/amiga Last edited by sxamiga; June 2nd, 2001 at 23:28.

June 2nd, 2001	#17 (permalink)
8 bit Orgy Banned Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 35	None of this is working. I tried absolutely every plugin. And I have over 2MB of them. I do get the SOny logo. And I do get sound at the logo. It's not the game because I'm trying all the common ones that everybody else is using. It is true that ePSXe is free. But it's still a peice of crap. If it was well coded, then the guys would be smart enough to charge for it. There shouldn't be problem like "won't work with your hardware". As I browse through this board, I don't think it works well with ANY peice of hardware. I never ran into an emulator "that just won't work". I couldn't imagine a world where random software only works with random PCs.

June 2nd, 2001	#18 (permalink)
8 bit Orgy Banned Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 35	Nevermind, now the logo doesn't FEEL like working either. Now it just freezes at black. Believe me, there is probably no person on this board that want his emulator to work than me. On the other hand, Those Playstation movie/music viewer work fine on my PC. And I did have have a Saturn emulator working so I know my CD-Drive is not to blame.

June 3rd, 2001	#20 (permalink)
dirk_gently Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: NC Posts: 68	Yeah, ePSXe doesn't work for me either. It won't even unzip. Of course, my computer doesn't even know what a zip is, because it's an Apple 2e. But ePSXe must suck, because it won't run on my machine. Even though I've read numerous posts from numerous folks who are incredibly happy with this peice of FREE software, people that are apparently ecstatic about the ability to play PSX games on a, what do they call it, PC? People who are satisfied with whatever they get, because it's really FREE, not just kind of FREE. Those people must be stupid, because my Apple 2e just won't run ePSXe. __________________ Config: Athlon 1.4, GF2 GTS 64MB, 512MB RAM, DX8, Win2K Pro, SBLive!, PSJoy Converter /w Dual Shock

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