Crash on startup?

[exalted]

Hi all,

I am having some trouble getting Diablo to run.

Everything installs okay, and when I start the game, the Blizzard splash screen comes up, then the game crashes and the error report shows the following:

AppName: diablo.exe AppVer: 2001.5.11.1 ModName: unknown
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 00c200a4

I tried patching the game, but am getting the same error. I am running a Core 2 Duo, XP Pro, and have a modern video card (GForce 8600).


Got fed up and tried Diablo II, which just goes to a black screen with a dos-style cursor, and if I alt-tab out, it crashes my system.

Any ideas on either game?

[Nystul]

Are other games working on this system? You might want to run dxdiag.exe and see if any problems pop up there.

[exalted]

Are other games working on this system? You might want to run dxdiag.exe and see if any problems pop up there.

Yeah, everything else seems to be okay. I can play all modern games on the system. I actually got Diablo II to work by patching it (go figure), but Diablo I is still having the same problem. Though playing Diablo II only reminds me why I want to play Diablo I.:(


EDIT:

The problem? I have dual monitors, and apparently Diablo doesn't like that. As soon as I diabled the second monitor, everything works 100%.

[GhastMaster]

I was having the same problem, but without any error dialog.

http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/index...opic=10231

I'm having a problem with starcraft now that has my computer freezing after a few minutes of play. I think that is due to the current Nvidia drivers though.

[Alamara]

I was actually going to suggest that, I discovered the same problem. I use an external monitor in addition to my laptop monitor, so when I want to play Diablo all I have to do is shut the laptop. No need to change any configurations. =)

Hope I helped.