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I recently bought SWAT 4 for my PC and it installed fine. I managed to play
through the training and first mission then saved and quit. Since then I
can't play the game at all. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing,
changing the graphics settings etc. The game gets upto loading the level
then the progress bar stops 3/4 of the way and freezes for about 15 minutes.
The game freezes at the same exact point and the error message I get says
that there is a display driver error related to "ialmrnt5". I have tried
Google and various knowledge bases which place the problem at my Intel
graphics driver but re-installing the driver has no effect.

The thing that baffles me is that the game ran properly the first time and
so I know that it works. Nothing has changed on my system since then and the
game not working the next time.

My computer specs are:
Dell Dimension 2400
PROCESSOR: 2.2GHZ
O/S: Windows 2003 Server
RAM: 518MB
HDD: 50GB

*****General wrote:
> I recently bought SWAT 4 for my PC and it installed fine. I managed
> to play through the training and first mission then saved and quit.
> Since then I can't play the game at all. I have tried uninstalling
> and re-installing, changing the graphics settings etc. The game gets
> upto loading the level then the progress bar stops 3/4 of the way and
> freezes for about 15 minutes. The game freezes at the same exact
> point and the error message I get says that there is a display driver
> error related to "ialmrnt5". I have tried Google and various
> knowledge bases which place the problem at my Intel graphics driver
> but re-installing the driver has no effect.
>
> The thing that baffles me is that the game ran properly the first
> time and so I know that it works. Nothing has changed on my system
> since then and the game not working the next time.
>
> My computer specs are:
> Dell Dimension 2400
> PROCESSOR: 2.2GHZ
> O/S: Windows 2003 Server
> RAM: 518MB
> HDD: 50GB

http://support.vugames.com/

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"Scraggy" <> wrote in message
news:...
> *****General wrote:
>> I recently bought SWAT 4 for my PC and it installed fine. I managed
>> to play through the training and first mission then saved and quit.
>> Since then I can't play the game at all. I have tried uninstalling
>> and re-installing, changing the graphics settings etc. The game gets
>> upto loading the level then the progress bar stops 3/4 of the way and
>> freezes for about 15 minutes. The game freezes at the same exact
>> point and the error message I get says that there is a display driver
>> error related to "ialmrnt5". I have tried Google and various
>> knowledge bases which place the problem at my Intel graphics driver
>> but re-installing the driver has no effect. The thing that baffles me is
>> that the game ran properly the first
>> time and so I know that it works. Nothing has changed on my system
>> since then and the game not working the next time.
>>
>> My computer specs are:
>> Dell Dimension 2400
>> PROCESSOR: 2.2GHZ
>> O/S: Windows 2003 Server
>> RAM: 518MB
>> HDD: 50GB
>
> http://support.vugames.com/
>

Tried that. 0 results found when I search the knowledge base I sent Sierra
an email ages ago but they still haven't replied. This NG is my last hope in
finding a solution, and no I can't take the game back due to Maplins return
policy.

*****General wrote:
> "Scraggy" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> *****General wrote:
>>> I recently bought SWAT 4 for my PC and it installed fine. I managed
>>> to play through the training and first mission then saved and quit.
>>> Since then I can't play the game at all. I have tried uninstalling
>>> and re-installing, changing the graphics settings etc. The game gets
>>> upto loading the level then the progress bar stops 3/4 of the way
>>> and freezes for about 15 minutes. The game freezes at the same exact
>>> point and the error message I get says that there is a display
>>> driver error related to "ialmrnt5". I have tried Google and various
>>> knowledge bases which place the problem at my Intel graphics driver
>>> but re-installing the driver has no effect. The thing that baffles
>>> me is that the game ran properly the first
>>> time and so I know that it works. Nothing has changed on my system
>>> since then and the game not working the next time.
>>>
>>> My computer specs are:
>>> Dell Dimension 2400
>>> PROCESSOR: 2.2GHZ
>>> O/S: Windows 2003 Server
>>> RAM: 518MB
>>> HDD: 50GB
>>
>> http://support.vugames.com/
>>
>
> Tried that. 0 results found when I search the knowledge base I sent
> Sierra an email ages ago but they still haven't replied. This NG is
> my last hope in finding a solution, and no I can't take the game back
> due to Maplins return policy.

I have had a similar problem with other games. Try uninstall>then delete all
reference to game directories etc>run reg cleaner>defrag>reinstall.
Just noticed your HD size, how much is free?
--
I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as
members. Groucho Marx

"Scraggy" <> wrote in message
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> *****General wrote:
>> "Scraggy" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> *****General wrote:
>>>> I recently bought SWAT 4 for my PC and it installed fine. I managed
>>>> to play through the training and first mission then saved and quit.
>>>> Since then I can't play the game at all. I have tried uninstalling
>>>> and re-installing, changing the graphics settings etc. The game gets
>>>> upto loading the level then the progress bar stops 3/4 of the way
>>>> and freezes for about 15 minutes. The game freezes at the same exact
>>>> point and the error message I get says that there is a display
>>>> driver error related to "ialmrnt5". I have tried Google and various
>>>> knowledge bases which place the problem at my Intel graphics driver
>>>> but re-installing the driver has no effect. The thing that baffles
>>>> me is that the game ran properly the first
>>>> time and so I know that it works. Nothing has changed on my system
>>>> since then and the game not working the next time.
>>>>
>>>> My computer specs are:
>>>> Dell Dimension 2400
>>>> PROCESSOR: 2.2GHZ
>>>> O/S: Windows 2003 Server
>>>> RAM: 518MB
>>>> HDD: 50GB
>>>
>>> http://support.vugames.com/
>>>
>>
>> Tried that. 0 results found when I search the knowledge base I sent
>> Sierra an email ages ago but they still haven't replied. This NG is
>> my last hope in finding a solution, and no I can't take the game back
>> due to Maplins return policy.
>
> I have had a similar problem with other games. Try uninstall>then delete
> all reference to game directories etc>run reg cleaner>defrag>reinstall.
> Just noticed your HD size, how much is free?
> --

Problem sorted. It turned out to be a driver compatability issue with
Win2K3.

I've got about paltry 6GB free.