What a Nightmare!!! New seat, new sound card and..

Chad711 · 9 July 08, 03:12

EDIT: I fixed it! So nevermind. Nice pic below of my setup though if you wanna check it out.

GTR2 is giving me a win32 error!!!!

I have never had an issue with GTR2 not booting up ever since I installed it.

Well today my playseat evolution arrives. So I decide to hook up the computer to my LCD TV so I can go all out with the fun factor. Well I needed a sound card for my PC that had a optical line so I could hook it up to my receiver for surround sound. So I ran over to Frys and picked one up.

Came home, put the Playseat together. Bolted down the G25 wheel and pedals (cool that the playseat has bolts for the G25 set perfectly into place). I install the sound card. Then I hook up the PC to the LCD TV and get everything done. Go to click on the GTR2.exe and ERROR!!!!

I'm assuming this has something to do w/ the sound card?? Guess I will reinstall.

Does anyone know what is wrong?

Chad711 · 9 July 08, 03:26

ok one more thing. I tried starting up rFactor and before it started it had me select my video card settings. That is the first thing you do when you install GTR2 or rF.

So not sure if that help you try to solve my issue. Any way, I selected my settings and rF started up for me. Still after restoring my PC back a day and installing the sound card again GTR2 will not start. I am still getting a win32 error.

Chad711 · 9 July 08, 03:48

Here is the set up...it's a mess right now since I just got things up and running. I still need help with GTR2! The picture here is of rFactor....

redi · 9 July 08, 03:49

It's not clear to me whether you ran the GTR2Config.exe tool before running GTR2?

redi · 9 July 08, 03:49

What's the complete error message?

Chad711 · 9 July 08, 04:13

I just fixed it! It dawned on me that if rF brought up that config file that maybe I needed to redo it on GTR2. So I did it and it's fixed!!!! YES!

Chad711 · 9 July 08, 04:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by redi

It's not clear to me whether you ran the GTR2Config.exe tool before running GTR2?

No I didn't run it at first but as stated above I finally realized that is what I may need to do since rF automatically made me do it. Did I need to do this because I switched my LCD computer monitor to my LCD TV monitor?

redi · 9 July 08, 09:20

Yes, I'm pretty sure it's because you hooked up a new display.

Raikku · 9 July 08, 09:38

I got that same error at first when i started to use my Samsung lcd-tv as a racesim-monitor. I bought PS Evolution too, in April.

I use Dualview-mode in my Nvidia drivers(1680x1050 / 1360x768) and i just change "primary display" to my tv before i start to drive. Other games i play from my 22" Samsung pc-monitor as earlier.

But back to subject, i have found out that if i have wrong resolution choosed from game, my lcd-tv doesn't show picture at all, so i had to ran all sims config screens there after i had changed primary-display to lcd-tv.

9 July 08, 03:12	#1
Chad711 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Texas Age: 36	What a Nightmare!!! New seat, new sound card and.. EDIT: I fixed it! So nevermind. Nice pic below of my setup though if you wanna check it out. GTR2 is giving me a win32 error!!!! I have never had an issue with GTR2 not booting up ever since I installed it. Well today my playseat evolution arrives. So I decide to hook up the computer to my LCD TV so I can go all out with the fun factor. Well I needed a sound card for my PC that had a optical line so I could hook it up to my receiver for surround sound. So I ran over to Frys and picked one up. Came home, put the Playseat together. Bolted down the G25 wheel and pedals (cool that the playseat has bolts for the G25 set perfectly into place). I install the sound card. Then I hook up the PC to the LCD TV and get everything done. Go to click on the GTR2.exe and ERROR!!!! I'm assuming this has something to do w/ the sound card?? Guess I will reinstall. Does anyone know what is wrong? Last edited by Chad711; 9 July 08 at 04:13.

9 July 08, 03:26	#2
Chad711 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Texas Age: 36	ok one more thing. I tried starting up rFactor and before it started it had me select my video card settings. That is the first thing you do when you install GTR2 or rF. So not sure if that help you try to solve my issue. Any way, I selected my settings and rF started up for me. Still after restoring my PC back a day and installing the sound card again GTR2 will not start. I am still getting a win32 error.

9 July 08, 03:49	#4
redi Superator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: On a thin crust covering a huge ball of hot molten stone whizzing through space Age: 40	It's not clear to me whether you ran the GTR2Config.exe tool before running GTR2?

9 July 08, 04:13	#6
Chad711 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Texas Age: 36	I just fixed it! It dawned on me that if rF brought up that config file that maybe I needed to redo it on GTR2. So I did it and it's fixed!!!! YES!

9 July 08, 09:20	#8
redi Superator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: On a thin crust covering a huge ball of hot molten stone whizzing through space Age: 40	Yes, I'm pretty sure it's because you hooked up a new display.

9 July 08, 09:38	#9
Raikku Donated Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Finland	I got that same error at first when i started to use my Samsung lcd-tv as a racesim-monitor. I bought PS Evolution too, in April. I use Dualview-mode in my Nvidia drivers(1680x1050 / 1360x768) and i just change "primary display" to my tv before i start to drive. Other games i play from my 22" Samsung pc-monitor as earlier. But back to subject, i have found out that if i have wrong resolution choosed from game, my lcd-tv doesn't show picture at all, so i had to ran all sims config screens there after i had changed primary-display to lcd-tv.