Grand Theft Auto IV

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GTA IV fatal error

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PedroA117	Posted: Saturday, Aug 18 2012, 22:57
Obvious awesome is obvious Group: BUSTED! Joined: Aug 18, 2012	So I was playing GTA IV, after a loooong time of playing it with no crashes, and then it crashed. When I tried to restart the game it said: Fatal error: Gta IV needs a sound card in order to run. This is different from the other topics with this problem because I have already completed the story and played alot after that, and I got that error all the sudden. (If this info is helpful, exactly 1 time every time I played the game would stop (not the audio though, it would continue/loop), the screen would go black and then after 2 seconds the game came back) EDIT: Turns out I only had to restart the PC. God I feel stupid. This post has been edited by PedroA117 on Sunday, Aug 26 2012, 11:58

PedroA117	Posted: Saturday, Aug 18 2012, 23:05
Obvious awesome is obvious Group: BUSTED! Joined: Aug 18, 2012	And the sound on my PC went out...

mkey82	Posted: Saturday, Aug 18 2012, 23:26
Keep riding hard, son Group: Members Joined: Feb 14, 2008	Completely went out? Do you have a separate sound card?