Problem: BattleField 1942 and Dell Inspiron 8100!

V00DOO

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Dec 2, 2000
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I have a Dell Inspiron Laptop 8100 with ATI 64 MOBILITY RADEON 7500. The problem I am having is I can't play instant battle in BF1942. Desert Combat does not work either. Everytime I select instant battle the computer would freeze at the load screen. I updated the Video Driver to latest from Dell. I can't install CATALYST 3.2 cause it says "Can't find Ini file" During installation. I was having the same problem with my Dell Dimension 4550 with the cheapy 32MB ATI Video Card that came with the system. But once I exchanged the ATI out for a Geforce 3 TI 200 and installed the Nividia Driver problem solved. Are there any known issues between BF1942 and ATI?

BTW, i just did a clean installed of XP pro on my lappy.
 

igowerf

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Jun 27, 2000
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Go to the Dell support forums for laptops. The video forum has tons of threads and links on how to install updated drivers on your laptop.