- Apr 25, 2001
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OK. This time, I really did read all the posts concerning this issue. I know I'm not alone, so I hope someone had this same problem and can help me out.
I just got my GameTheater XP (retail boxed) and downloaded the newest Win2k drivers from the Hercules website. I think the driver version is 2.01
Anyway, I follow the instructions from the Hercules website to the letter. (Running the search for all files containing "cwcwdm.inf" produced only 2 hits...one which you aren't supposed to delete (the C:\Program Files\Hercules\Audio\Game Theater XP) and the other was one I deleted (oem3.inf).
QUESTION 1: Is this the only 2 files I should've gotten returned to me after running the search?
If so, I did everything correctly, but upon booting back into Win2k 32-bit mode, device manager finds the crystal drivers again (from where?!?!?) and loads those up...that's it. I don't get anything else. The Hercules instructions suck!!
After many different things I've tried, I decided to just force a driver update on the "crystal....." <--forgot the name, but it's the original driver that Win2k is SUPPOSED to install. After doing this forced update, I get the Digital Signature warnings and device manager updates all my crystal hardware to Game Theater XP stuff.
Everything should be good to go right? WRONG...after reboot, I get no GT icon in the system tray. (I know it should be there because before I reboot, (that is after I force the Game Theater XP driver to update the crystal drivers), I see the GT icon in the system tray. Then, after reboot, it's gone BUT device manager shows all 3 Game Theater XP devices without any problems or conflicts.
MORE INTERESTING STUFF: A short few seconds after my reboot, I get an error message saying that smonitor.exe failed with an "OK" button. I keep rebooting...keep getting the error prompt. So, I unistall the v2.01 update (effectively just deletes the .inf files and all the created installation files), reboot, install the v2.01 file (effectively expands the .inf files and driver files into a newly created folder: C:\Program Files\Hercules\Audio\Game Theater XP), then follow the Hercules instructions again.
From that point, we go back to the problem of nothing happening when I get back into Win2k 32-bit mode after following the installation instructions from Hercules.
So what now? What's going on? What do I do? DAMN, at least the SoundBlaster drivers installed without a problem.
Please help me out. I don't want to wait until Monday to speak with some tech. support dude.
Thanks a lot.
I just got my GameTheater XP (retail boxed) and downloaded the newest Win2k drivers from the Hercules website. I think the driver version is 2.01
Anyway, I follow the instructions from the Hercules website to the letter. (Running the search for all files containing "cwcwdm.inf" produced only 2 hits...one which you aren't supposed to delete (the C:\Program Files\Hercules\Audio\Game Theater XP) and the other was one I deleted (oem3.inf).
QUESTION 1: Is this the only 2 files I should've gotten returned to me after running the search?
If so, I did everything correctly, but upon booting back into Win2k 32-bit mode, device manager finds the crystal drivers again (from where?!?!?) and loads those up...that's it. I don't get anything else. The Hercules instructions suck!!
After many different things I've tried, I decided to just force a driver update on the "crystal....." <--forgot the name, but it's the original driver that Win2k is SUPPOSED to install. After doing this forced update, I get the Digital Signature warnings and device manager updates all my crystal hardware to Game Theater XP stuff.
Everything should be good to go right? WRONG...after reboot, I get no GT icon in the system tray. (I know it should be there because before I reboot, (that is after I force the Game Theater XP driver to update the crystal drivers), I see the GT icon in the system tray. Then, after reboot, it's gone BUT device manager shows all 3 Game Theater XP devices without any problems or conflicts.
MORE INTERESTING STUFF: A short few seconds after my reboot, I get an error message saying that smonitor.exe failed with an "OK" button. I keep rebooting...keep getting the error prompt. So, I unistall the v2.01 update (effectively just deletes the .inf files and all the created installation files), reboot, install the v2.01 file (effectively expands the .inf files and driver files into a newly created folder: C:\Program Files\Hercules\Audio\Game Theater XP), then follow the Hercules instructions again.
From that point, we go back to the problem of nothing happening when I get back into Win2k 32-bit mode after following the installation instructions from Hercules.
So what now? What's going on? What do I do? DAMN, at least the SoundBlaster drivers installed without a problem.
Please help me out. I don't want to wait until Monday to speak with some tech. support dude.
Thanks a lot.