Silent Hill 4 Freezes

[gemini413]

i have emailed ati for drivers, however i dont believe that that is my problem since i can get past the menu screen and see the opening videos. could my problem be with securom? wouldnt it keep it from working at all if it was, and not just freeze up when i try to play the game? futhermore i am still able to acess the options menu even after the game freezes on a white screen, i just cant get to the actual game
please help me someone!!!!!!!!

[Grumpy]

Maybe you need to defrag your harddrive?

[gemini413]

ill try it, and no offense but what does that have to do with anything?

[Grumpy]

it will make your system run faster and smoother!
Most game readme's will tell you to defrag your system before you play.

[Tipstaff]

One thing you should remember is that the ingame graphics can be a seperate issue to the menus. The menus can be running at a default resolution (640x480@60hz or in some cases your desktop rez), while the ingame graphics would run at the resolution you set, plus the frequency you picked or that of your desktop. Laptops have an "optimal" desktop resolution (most times 1280 by 768/1024), and the ingame graphics could be either beyond your laptops capable resolution (and that can go either way), or just not syncing correctly. Try to set your desktop rez to the rez you are picking for the game, or vice versa.

[gemini413]

thanks for the help, but its still not playin......
anyone else have an idea?

[Grumpy]

Have you tried running the game at all the miniumum requirements first? Turn all the graphics settings etc down to the miniumums, see if that will actually let you start the game?
I dont actually have the game nor do I have a notebook, so I'm just suggesting different things for you to try! You may have already tried them!