Silent Hill 4 Freezes

[gemini413]

hey
i currently have a sony vaio notebook with a radeonIGP 345M 64MB video card. for some reason my computer cant play silent hill 4. some people suggested that i shud use 3d analyzer. so i tried it and got all excited because it actually started up. then i clicked on the "new game" option and watched the opening video. however when they are done and the game is suppose to start, my screen turns white and wont do anything. if i press backspace, it will bring up the options menu as its suppose to where i can choose "exit to title" etc. but the game wont start. any suggestions on what i can do? thanks

[tombo800]

make sure you have the latest drivers for your video card and any other hardware

[GLH]

And there is the problem.
Notebook graphic drivers aren't updated very often.

The one for my notebook (Targa Visionary XP-210 with ATi 9600 mobile) is from 01-09-2003 !!! The way using DH MobilityModder Tool V2.0b to make the normal Catalyst Driver installable on mobile GPU don't really work, because of more and more crashs.

[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!

[gemini413]

i will definately give that a try, my problem is that i am not exactly sure how to do that lol

[gemini413]

anyone else have an idea on whats wrong?

[Luciel]

go to the game, options, video, and there should be a few settings there that give u high, medium and low choices, just put everything in low and unclick all the click settings see if it works

[gemini413]

hey i tried,but i cant find it
i went to optins,then video, but it just lets me choose resolution size and stuff
nothin about high or low
and how can i change the resolution of my desktop or in the game as a member mentioned above?
and would anyone know where i can get drivers for my
RadeonIGP 345M graphics card?
dont say ati's site cuz it isnt there
thanks for the help
Gemini413

[gemini413]

Someone PLEASE HELP