metallus2000 Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I have a PC that runs S3 fine, it is a quad core 12gb machine, never had any problems. But I decided to set-up an old PC in the garage that I knew might be inadequate, runs XP, 256 mb ram to see if it ran, it did, but as I added controllers onto the set-up (4 total) the lights on one controller would shut off (blinking red light in controller) Before I spend money on memory and/or a new pc, which I will eventually do, maybe a no frills from tigerdirect.com or something to run the show in the garage, looking to see if that is the issue.Meantime I will go back to my higher end pc in another room.Thanks in advance, think I know the answer just need confirmation!Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Hvasta Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Look on ebay for at least two 512mb ram modules.. probably PC3200.. (look what's in there now) I have several LOW end pc's I've built with parts to send off to family for email, etc.. XP, with SP3 and a min of 1ghz cpu and 1GB of memory will run S2 well..As for one controller's lights going out.. that now sounds like a real lack of memory .. did they work ok with two or three controllers?A barebones box.. will be a dual or quad core.. prob $279 plus shipping..A renew of the xp box would prob be $100-$150 for memory and a new power supply.. if its a bunch of yrs old, if you put some real work on it, it'll prob fail.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Hvasta Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 As a minimum.. PC2700 (deals with ram speed) should work but pc3200 would prob work if the motherboard can support it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallus2000 Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 With 2 controllers works well, thanks, you just confirmed my suspicions, I just wanted to ensure I wasn't having a controller problem since I have been using the higher end with no issues. I will use my higher end PC until after Halloween and pick up some memory for the lower end for the christmas show. I imagine the servodog controller doesn't help much either! LOLAs always much appreciated TJ :-)Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Hvasta Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 No worries Ken.. I have several AMD and Intel mobos, a couple 1ghz cpus and a bunch of 256mb, 512mb and 1gb DRAM sticks.. let me know what that one uses and I will see if I have any larger ones I can send you.. several 80gb drives too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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