Need help with Age of Empires II (AOE2)

[GR8Madmax]

I've been trying to get this game to run and the game locks up just
when it is trying to load the pre-game video. I've tried everything including reinstalling the game(small/full) and using different CD drives to load the game. I took the game to a friend's house and the game loaded up fine.

I've directx 8 installed and the below are the system specs:

celeron 733 @ 915mhz
512mb ram
win 98se
riva tnt 8mb card
lot of hd space
NEC 40x cdrom
plextor 8x4x32 cdrw
1280x1024 32bit res.

Again, the game freezes before any AOE2 logo's pop up and when it's trying to load pre-game intro video from the CD.

 

[GR8Madmax]

I can get into the game by adding "Nostartup" to target of the game's shortcut:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\empires2.exe" Nostartup

BUT, the game freezes when I try to start a new game or when it's trying to run a video. Any help is greatly appreciated guys..

 

[Zim Hosein]

GR8Madmax, from your rig specs., I see you are overclocking, does the game run if you throttle back?

 

[GR8Madmax]

Zim...thanks for the reply. I'll try the game without OCing.