Couple problems w/ ROMS

[milesshrog]

Well first off, I cannot get Banjo Tooie to work at all, it won't even start, and Donkey Kong 64 worked and then wouldn't work anymore after I played it once.
I have the latest version of PJ, and I've heard other people say they can play these, so what gives??

 

[ScottJC]

First off, we are not mind readers... we need to know what your computer is capable of and for that we need to know your specifications.

To find these out, go to Start->Run and type in dxdiag then hit enter. The info we want is Operating System, Processor, Memory on the system tab of dxdiag, now go to the Display tab and copy down the name of your graphics card.

Second test, Both of your roms Banjo-Tooie and Donkey Kong 64 may be damaged, I suggest you download a tool called GoodN64 from: http://www.zophar.net/utilities/goodutil.html - you may wish to grab Goodwindows along with it if you are not used to command prompts.

Instructions: Place goodn64 in c:\goodn64\ and also place your roms there, go to Start-Run again and this time type in cmd. in the Command promt type CD \ and hit enter then type cd goodn64. Finally type goodn64 rename and if all goes well it will rename them to show whether they are good or not. Tell us the new filenames.

If I were to guess i'd definately say that your Banjo-Tooie rom is damaged, as for Donkey Kong, it runs fine for me (except I play Banjo-tooie on 1964 0.8.5, see Banjo-tooie faq in general n64 forum for more info on that)

 

[milesshrog]

Yeah but I'm kinda lazy I'm sure my specs are good enought though...I'm honestlty not into computers that much so I dunno...I'm confused, but thatnx for the help dude.

 

[Toasty]

If you are too lazy to follow instructions and provide your PC's specifications, we are too lazy to guess each of the million and one reasons the games might not be working.

 

[squall_leonhart]

If you are too lazy to follow instructions and provide your PC's specifications, we are too lazy to guess each of the million and one reasons the games might not be working.

touche

 

[Smiff]

nope, Toasty is dead on imho

 

[DDRPIP]

if you're not into computers, why the hell are you here?
you can't just think everything works perfectly, if you're not into computers, chances are you have a computer that doesn't have the minimum requirements

 

[milesshrog]

Well the only reason I'm really here is to get help w/ my roms working...you don't have to be into computers to like 'em.

What are the posibilities of my roms not working besides specs problems?
I can't change anything in my computer anytime soon, and I don't plan on ever doing it. I just don't wanna have to look at the specs and copy all the info into here...I was just wondering the diff. possibiliteis of it not working, and computer specs seems like a good enough problem to me since I can't change it. So what are some other problems?

 

[milesshrog]

All of my roms run perfectly except Banjo Tooie and DK 64, so I'm guessing those are bad roms the right? Is there an easier way to explain what ScottJC told me?
I got a little lost w/ that one :]

 

[milesshrog]

okay, here are my specs...I think: I have windows 200 prof., a AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+, aaand I'm not sure what else to put, there's a lot of stuff.

And sorry if I'm not supposed to double -post I know your not supposed to do that in some places, so if it's tht way here then my bad.

 

[milesshrog]

okay, here are my specs...I think: I have windows 200 prof., a AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+, aaand I'm not sure what else to put, there's a lot of stuff.

And sorry if I'm not supposed to double -post I know your not supposed to do that in some places, so if it's tht way here then my bad.

 

[milesshrog]

omg, seriously sorry for that, I dunno why it posted 2 times, I wn't post untill I get some replies, sorry.

 

[Toasty]

Okay, another good bit of information you can give us is what graphics card you are using. Start->Run->"dxdiag"->OK->Display tab->Device name.

 

[Agozer]

Put your computer pecs in your profile, like many of us do (and even larger number don't -_-) so you won't have to type them again in the future and people will instantly see them whenever you post.