can someone tell me the best way to config epsxe?

June 21st, 2001

currently i can only get a few of my games to work (gran tour racing, colony wars and nfs3) but when i try to play ANY RPG it loads the game but then it crashes. also my dvd drive is extremely slow so can someone tell me how to make an iso and give me a link to download the program at?
here's my system info
AMD K-6 2 @ 500 mhz with mmx and 3dnow
64 MB shared memory (56 cpu 8 video)
Compaq 8-x DVD-rom drive
ESS-Allegro

any help will be appreciated

Atma · June 21st, 2001

Hmmm... let me think..... COMPAQ!
The worst computer creator out there!!!
Get another computer!

June 21st, 2001

had to have it repaired three times and it still is a piece of junk. wish i knew that when i bought it though lol compaq really does stink and so does this amd k-6 2 processor but its better than my friends dell 600 mhz celeron

cluthu · June 21st, 2001

>i try to play ANY RPG it loads the game but then it crashes.
That's rather broad, could you tell us what particular RPGs you've used that caused it to crash? When it crashes, does it give you an error in the console window? Could you post your plugin info?

>tell me how to make an iso and give me a link to download the
>program at
There's quite a few programs. The free ISOBuster is pretty good and quite a few people on the board make use of it

http://users.pandora.be/smart.projects/isobuster.htm

Personally, I use CDRWin, which isn't free, though even in its unregistered mode makes ISOs perfectly well

www.goldenhawk.com

June 21st, 2001

but the thing works now so maybe i can finally beat the game

**fivefeet8** · June 21st, 2001

don't get me started about Compaq..... They sold me a compaq presario 7470: amd k6-2 533, onboard sound and graphics card(shared memory ****).... no agp slot..... only 4 pci slots..... Had to buy a voodoo 3 3000 pci but worked ok....... The ****ty thing is that when I bought the thing, the manual that came with it said I could upgrade the cpu which is what I wanted(an upgradeable comp)..... to an amd tbird or athlon.... well low and behold, i learned later from Compaqs own reps that I couldn't upgrade the cpu without upgrading the motherboard...... SO I say sure why not...... Then they tell me after I say "sure, a new motherboard is cool", I have to get a whole new computer case!!!!....... wtf..... Compaq sucks...... Well lets just say I went and bought my own parts from somewhere else and by myself put together my own computer....... Tbird 1gig, voodoo 5 5500 agp, 256 megs ram 133....ect...... New case and all..... My case opens from the side not from the back..... so the whole right side panel come right off and I see my whole system inside..... I keep the panel off sometimes to cool it down faster....

**Betamax** · June 21st, 2001

You think compaq are bad... try using a packard bell. I saw this one advertised 3 months ago. On closer examination it had:

1: Onboard agp graphics
2: Riser card for expansion slots (no chance of a new mobo then)
3: 2 pci slots on riser card
4: 64 mb ram SOLDERED onto the mobo :confused: (no chance of keeping that for any upgrades)
5: On board sound (ok its a live)

If you ever want to upgrade then the only thing from inside you could take are the cdrom, the HDD or the AMAZINGLY "fast" K6 2 450.

Now here's the really stupid part.

In order to help make it look like a good deal they shove tons of absolutely usless programs onto the HDD. The result is that the 10GB HDD has only 1GB free. You could hardly install Word and a game onto that!

Oh and the price £500. (or $708.095)

Man how I laughed.

Atma · June 24th, 2001

hehhehe

Those computers really sux

Zeke_D · June 24th, 2001

I think that compaqs really do suck before their 5BW series. I have the Compaq 5BW112 and am really happy with it.

I only upgraded the RAM to 256MB and added a voodoo2 1000 12MB. I can play just about any consle emulator, and the MB is just a standard baby-AT.

Neojag · June 24th, 2001

Quote:

Originally posted by Betamax
You think compaq are bad... try using a packard bell. I saw this one advertised 3 months ago. On closer examination it had:

1: Onboard agp graphics
2: Riser card for expansion slots (no chance of a new mobo then)
3: 2 pci slots on riser card
4: 64 mb ram SOLDERED onto the mobo :confused: (no chance of keeping that for any upgrades)
5: On board sound (ok its a live)

If you ever want to upgrade then the only thing from inside you could take are the cdrom, the HDD or the AMAZINGLY "fast" K6 2 450.

Now here's the really stupid part.

In order to help make it look like a good deal they shove tons of absolutely usless programs onto the HDD. The result is that the 10GB HDD has only 1GB free. You could hardly install Word and a game onto that!

Oh and the price £500. (or $708.095)

Man how I laughed.

thats really funny

Neojag · June 24th, 2001

heh, thiss is jes 4 posting my 600 post
weeeeeeeeeeee

Badaro · June 24th, 2001

Quote:

Originally posted by cluthu

>tell me how to make an iso and give me a link to download the
>program at

I recommend the BlindRead/BlindWrite suite. Easy to use and quite powerful.

http://www.blindwrite.com

[]s Badaro

**Ryos** · June 24th, 2001

Urgh, Packard Bell is still in business? I thought they went bankrupt because of their POS PCs. You haven't seen bad until you've looked at one of those...blech. And no, not even Compaq can compare.

June 24th, 2001

This is why I perfer a totally home built system, which mine is. This way I can put exactally what I want into it and update whenever I want. Those "pre built" systems don't do a darn thing for me.
sincerely,
sx/amiga

June 21st, 2001	#1 (permalink)
bahamut_2006 Guest Posts: n/a	can someone tell me the best way to config epsxe? currently i can only get a few of my games to work (gran tour racing, colony wars and nfs3) but when i try to play ANY RPG it loads the game but then it crashes. also my dvd drive is extremely slow so can someone tell me how to make an iso and give me a link to download the program at? here's my system info AMD K-6 2 @ 500 mhz with mmx and 3dnow 64 MB shared memory (56 cpu 8 video) Compaq 8-x DVD-rom drive ESS-Allegro any help will be appreciated

June 21st, 2001	#2 (permalink)
Atma Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sealedgate Posts: 28	Hmmm... let me think..... COMPAQ! The worst computer creator out there!!! Get another computer! __________________ !ERAU QSSI DLRO WEHT

June 21st, 2001	#3 (permalink)
bahamut_2006 Guest Posts: n/a	yeah mine stinks had to have it repaired three times and it still is a piece of junk. wish i knew that when i bought it though lol compaq really does stink and so does this amd k-6 2 processor but its better than my friends dell 600 mhz celeron

June 21st, 2001	#4 (permalink)
cluthu Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 513	>i try to play ANY RPG it loads the game but then it crashes. That's rather broad, could you tell us what particular RPGs you've used that caused it to crash? When it crashes, does it give you an error in the console window? Could you post your plugin info? >tell me how to make an iso and give me a link to download the >program at There's quite a few programs. The free ISOBuster is pretty good and quite a few people on the board make use of it http://users.pandora.be/smart.projects/isobuster.htm Personally, I use CDRWin, which isn't free, though even in its unregistered mode makes ISOs perfectly well www.goldenhawk.com __________________ "...everything else is just theory."

June 21st, 2001	#5 (permalink)
bahamut_2006 Guest Posts: n/a	sorry for not adding details but the thing works now so maybe i can finally beat the game

June 21st, 2001	#6 (permalink)
fivefeet8 &-)---\|--< Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Smallville Posts: 7,577	don't get me started about Compaq..... They sold me a compaq presario 7470: amd k6-2 533, onboard sound and graphics card(shared memory **).... no agp slot..... only 4 pci slots..... Had to buy a voodoo 3 3000 pci but worked ok....... The ty thing is that when I bought the thing, the manual that came with it said I could upgrade the cpu which is what I wanted(an upgradeable comp)..... to an amd tbird or athlon.... well low and behold, i learned later from Compaqs own reps that I couldn't upgrade the cpu without upgrading the motherboard...... SO I say sure why not...... Then they tell me after I say "sure, a new motherboard is cool", I have to get a whole new computer case!!!!....... wtf..... Compaq sucks...... Well lets just say I went and bought my own parts from somewhere else and by myself put together my own computer....... Tbird 1gig, voodoo 5 5500 agp, 256 megs ram 133....ect...... New case and all..... My case opens from the side not from the back..... so the whole right side panel come right off and I see my whole system inside..... I keep the panel off sometimes to cool it down faster.... __________________ Play emulated games online Main Rig\|\|Intel Q6600@3.2 ghertz\|4x1gb DDR2 1066\|Asrock 1600sli 110db LGA 775\|EVGA 8800gtx@620/1450/975**\|2x Seagate 160gb SATA150 Raid0\|250 gb Samsung SATA2 HD\|Seagate 7000.10 500gb HD\|NEC 3520 4x/8x DVD+R/RW DL burner\|Antec TP 650 watt\|40" Sony Bravia 1080p\|20.1" 5ms LCD 1680x1050 Native\|Logitec 5.1 Speaker System w/15" Sub\|Dual Boot Winows XP Pro/Vista 64bit\|\| 2nd Rig\|\|Athlon64 x2 3800+\|2x1 gig PC3200\|BFG Geforce 6800 Ultra OC @450/1250 agp\|60 gig Maxtor IDE HD 7200 RPM\|40 gig Maxtor IDE HD\|Asrock Dual SATA2\|Silver Aluminum ATX\|17" LCD\|\| 3rd Rig\|\|Athlon Xp 2800+\|1.5 gig PC2700\|BFG GeforceFx 5900 Ultra OC agp\|100 gig Maxtor SATA HD\|NF7-s rev2.0\|Nvidia Soundstorm MCP\|19" CRT\|\|

June 21st, 2001	#7 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	You think compaq are bad... try using a packard bell. I saw this one advertised 3 months ago. On closer examination it had: 1: Onboard agp graphics 2: Riser card for expansion slots (no chance of a new mobo then) 3: 2 pci slots on riser card 4: 64 mb ram SOLDERED onto the mobo :confused: (no chance of keeping that for any upgrades) 5: On board sound (ok its a live) If you ever want to upgrade then the only thing from inside you could take are the cdrom, the HDD or the AMAZINGLY "fast" K6 2 450. Now here's the really stupid part. In order to help make it look like a good deal they shove tons of absolutely usless programs onto the HDD. The result is that the 10GB HDD has only 1GB free. You could hardly install Word and a game onto that! Oh and the price £500. (or $708.095) Man how I laughed. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product. Last edited by Betamax; June 21st, 2001 at 18:09.

June 24th, 2001	#8 (permalink)
Atma Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sealedgate Posts: 28	hehhehe Those computers really sux __________________ !ERAU QSSI DLRO WEHT

June 24th, 2001	#9 (permalink)
Zeke_D 100% emulated freak Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Ari-fu ckin-zona Posts: 1,026	I have good things to say abut compaq I think that compaqs really do suck before their 5BW series. I have the Compaq 5BW112 and am really happy with it. I only upgraded the RAM to 256MB and added a voodoo2 1000 12MB. I can play just about any consle emulator, and the MB is just a standard baby-AT.

June 24th, 2001	#11 (permalink)
Neojag :: [ Sauron's Eye ] :: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: In the Land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie... Posts: 3,259	heh, thiss is jes 4 posting my 600 post weeeeeeeeeeee __________________

June 24th, 2001	#13 (permalink)
Ryos Revenger of Vengeance Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,250	Urgh, Packard Bell is still in business? I thought they went bankrupt because of their POS PCs. You haven't seen bad until you've looked at one of those...blech. And no, not even Compaq can compare.

June 24th, 2001	#14 (permalink)
sxamiga Guest Posts: n/a	This is why I perfer a totally home built system, which mine is. This way I can put exactally what I want into it and update whenever I want. Those "pre built" systems don't do a darn thing for me. sincerely, sx/amiga

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