any results to this problem? i'm experiencing the same EXACT issue but i HATE messing with IDE Drivers unless its absolutely necessary, please advise if this fixed your problem XCal
thanks
-PJ

> It's the nForce IDE drivers.
>
> For some reason I recall them conflicting with ASPI (just with Gens)... and
> removing either fixing the problem.
>
> And as ASPI is fairly necessary for burning and such, and Microsoft's IDE
> drivers work just as well as nForce's, I chose ASPI first.
>
> Either way that's 99% likely to be it. The nForce drivers let you choose
> whether or not to install the IDE drivers, but I'm not sure how to remove only
> them.
>
> Good luck, this same problem bugged the crap out of me as well.
>
> As an alternative, try Kega Fusion. AFAIK it's now better than Gens.
>
> - RG
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm posting to this forum I've been experiencing problems with Gens 2.11 on my
> > machine, and I was wondering if someone might be able to give me a hand...
> > Here's what Gens does on my machine: It starts up, then for some reason the
> > program hangs before it gets a chance to display any graphics on the window.
> It
> > has been happening to me ever since I switched to my new PC (from my trusty
> old
> > Pentium 3 box)
> >
> > Is anyone experiencing this type of situation with Gens? Does anyone know how
> > it can be fixed? I've attached my current system's specs, hopefully that
> helps:
> >
> > AMD Athlon XP 2500+ @ 2.066 GHz
> > ABIT NF7-S 2.0 Mobo
> > Corsair XMS 512Mb PC3200 (2-3-3-6)
> > Radeon 9600 Pro (Catalyst 5.6)(DirectX 9.0c)
> > ATI TV Wonder VE + Latest Drivers
> > Soundblaster Audigy MP3+
> > Windows 2000 SP4 + All Updates
> >
> > If you need any other spec. that I might have missed, post it and I'll reply
> > ASAP.
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> >
> > X-calibur
> >
>