KOTOR 2 Crashing on Win 7 64bit

[FreightTrain]

Hey guys,

I am currently running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, and every time I try to open Knights of the Old Republic 2, the game crashes before it even starts. I have tried multiple fixes posted throughout various forums, and none of them have worked so far. I would note, however, that when I first installed the game on this same computer, it ran fine. Recently, though, I have deleted and completely re-installed my graphics driver trying to fix an overheating issue (which was fixed simply by thoroughly cleaning the inside of my case). Since then, every time I try to play the game it crashes, leaving my display in a higher contrast then before, which the only fix for it is to restart my computer. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

 

[mudlord]

Video card?

 

[FreightTrain]

ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series

 

[Lee13]

NVIDIA MCP7A Chipset Driver Version 20.07

 

[FreightTrain]

my video card is a Radeon, not nvidia. :\

 

[Wishmaster]

You may try an older ATI driver. Specifically 10.4

From 10.5 on, some older games have had issues, mostly crashing on start.


To be honest, Im not sure if KOTOR2 is one thats affected by this, perhaps others may know for sure.

If you have a newer driver, I would uninstall all ATI software, and then run driver sweeper before installing the older version.

Beyond that, maybe try running in compatability mode for XP.

 

[Lee13]

chipset

chip set is for your mobo