WHY CANT I PLAY NBA LIVE 2003

[Skinny Mo]

Damn all this time i spent waiting for nbalive 2003 to come out and i race out there to purchase the game and it wont even run on my computer, it installed and everything but as soon as the game started to run it would crash this is the same for madden 2003, i dont know what i should do i have a dell 8100 series 128 MB and a 32 MB ATI Radeon graphics card, and am currently running window ME, so can someone please help me with what i should do thanx

[steve-o]

invest in another operating system other than ME, for ME is good for system crashes for every meal of the day and DOS compatability, if you just can't let go of ol' DOS..

you have the minimum amount of memory required to run... more would be better. Also, how many hertz do you have on your processor (NBA Live 2003 demands a PII 450 processor or an equivalent) ?

[Nick]

I used to be able to run NBA Live 2003 when i had Windows ME and 128 RAM.

[The Big Racist]

I used to be able to run NBA Live 2003 when i had Windows ME and 128 RAM.

im running nba live 2003 with windows 98 and 64 RAM

[Skinny Mo]

i have a pentium 4 but i dunno how many mhz

[bishibashiboy]

Could be a combination of many things. I suggest you d/l the newest catatlyst drivers (3.6) from www.ati.com first.
To be honest, there could be hundreds of things off the top of my head that could be wrong, but we need more info in order to help you.

[Skinny Mo]

what more do u need and what is im supposed to download?

[bishibashiboy]

what more do u need and what is im supposed to download?

Get the newest drivers for your graphics card @ ati.com
just follow the links. I have a feeling it may be outdated graphics card drivers in your case.

Info needed:
CPU
Motherboard
Amount of RAM
DirectX version
Sound card
Exactly what happens when you try to start the game

The problem you gave is very very vague, and is very hard to pinpoint what's wrong. Are there no error messages??

Off the top of my head, it can be many things but the absolute best way to fix it is to start fresh by re-installing windows (preferably WinXP). Then install your drivers for sound and video card (the latest versions), install directX 9b, install NBA Live and try again. If it doesn't work on a clean system, most likely it's a hardware problem or incompatibility with something in your computer.

[Skinny Mo]

ok how do i find out the answeres to these questions, i know some of em but the mhz and all i know about my ATI graphics card is that it an ATI how do i find out what type it came with my computer keep in mind that i have a Dell, and whats a motherboard? and so far i have direct X 9.0 so please try and help me

[bishibashiboy]

ok how do i find out the answeres to these questions, i know some of em but the mhz and all i know about my ATI graphics card is that it an ATI how do i find out what type it came with my computer keep in mind that i have a Dell, and whats a motherboard? and so far i have direct X 9.0 so please try and help me

Right click "my computer" on your desktop and click on properties.
At the bottom it should show you the amount of ram you have, the cpu type and speed in mhz.
Go to the device manager tab next, and under sound, video, game controllers double click it. Find out what your sound card is.

Did you download the newest display drivers from ati yet?

And you still didn't answer what exactly happens when you try to start Live 2003.