Flash 9

[erpdude8]

He could try Flash 8. As for the 26 MB RAM bit, I think that's a typo, as you can't have that amount of RAM, and a missing 5 fits right in to form 256.

thanks for pointing that out, BenoitRen.

Flash Player 7.x is the last one supported under Win95 SR2 systems. Flash 8 and 9 require Win98/NT4 SP6a or higher.

[erpdude8]

Well I have now upgraded my Pentium Pro 200 with on Overdrive Chip to a Pentium II 333MHz

So basically I have just added 66% more clock speed and MMX.

So I'm off to do some Flash 9 testing.

Wish me luck

guys, here is the page for Flash Player 9's System Requirements:

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/...nfo/systemreqs/

for Windows, a minimum of Pentium II 450Mhz CPU with 128MB of RAM

A P2 333Mhz processor isn't fast enough to handle Flash 9, galahs

that's why you have to use a P3 500Mhz processor or faster

Get Flash Player 8. That might work okay on a 333Mhz CPU. You can download it here:

http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flash...fp8_archive.zip

also, I have experienced occasional FLASH9B.OCX crashes on my WinXP SP2 system with IE7 when browsing the NBA.COM web site. I didn't have this problem with the NPSWF32.dll Flash 9 plugin when using Seamonkey/Firefox/Netscape 8.1.2 browsers. we'll definitely report the Flash 9 OCX problem to Adobe. Let's report it several times until Adobe releases a new version of Flash 9 Player.

Edited February 16, 2007 by erpdude8

[galahs]

I'm used to running software on less than the 'recommended system requirements'.

So far I have not had a single problem with Flash 9 content since the processor upgrade

[erpdude8]

I'm used to running software on less than the 'recommended system requirements'.

So far I have not had a single problem with Flash 9 content since the processor upgrade

that's great. though I wish you made a CPU ugprade to 400Mhz. a 400Mhz Pentium 2 processor (or 400Mhz Pentium Celeron CPU) would be good enough to use a DVD player on your computer. playing DVD videos demand at least that much cpu power.

have you updated your computer's BIOS to recognize the 333Mhz CPU, galahs?

I think the Flash 9 OCX crashes just happen very few times. try using the Flash 9 Netscape/Mozilla based plugin [NPSWF32.DLL] with Firefox/Seamonkey browsers. they should also work great on your PC.

[galahs]

Being a Pentium Pro System it has a socket 8 motherboard.

Therefor the fastest available processor for it was the "Pentium II Overdrive 333MHz"

Its actually better than a standard Pentium II as its 512k L2 cache runs at full speed (333MHz) not half speed like in the Pentium II & Pentium 3. Xeon like

I have run DVD's in software mode using PowerDVD 4 with only an occasional glitch here or there (I have Win98 running with almost no hidden programs running), but I also have a Creative DXR3 mpeg2 accelerator which gives me full hardware DVD playback.

As for bios, I upgraded my MB bios back in 2000, and so it was compatible with the Overdrive chip.

Being an Overdrive upgrade, it required no jumper changes or bios setting changes. It was basically a plug and play change over.

last of all still I have had no problems with any Flash content.

Edited February 24, 2007 by galahs

[erpdude8]

hey galahs!

Adobe has just released a new version of the Flash 9 player. It's now version 9.0.45.0.

Go here if you use Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox/Seamonkey/Opera/Kmeleon:

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/in...rsion=Netscape6

If you use Internet Explorer, Avant or Maxthon browser, go here:

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/do...=ShockwaveFlash

hopefully this release should fix some of the crashes found in the previous build.

Edited April 13, 2007 by erpdude8

[galahs]

Thanks for the heads up

But I haven't had any crashes since upgrading my processor to an MMX one.

[herbalist]

galahs,

Got a link handy to one of the sites that flash would crash on? I'm running flash 9.0.28 on a 98 box with 366mhz and 160MB RAM and haven't seen this problem.

Rick

[MDGx]

All current Flash + Shockwave editions:

http://www.mdgx.com/toy.htm#SHFL

HTH

[galahs]

galahs,

Got a link handy to one of the sites that flash would crash on? I'm running flash 9.0.28 on a 98 box with 366mhz and 160MB RAM and haven't seen this problem.

Rick

YouTube was a major problem, but as I mentioned it seemed to be a lack of MMX that caused the problem, and 366MHz CPU's have mmx or 3dnow so it wouldn't happen on your system

[herbalist]

Thanks. I'll snoop around YouTube. I'm just curious to see if it really does need 500mhz to function properly. I also use several apps that claim to need 500 or 550 mhz to work, and they run fine with 366mhz.

Rick

[erpdude8]

Thanks. I'll snoop around YouTube. I'm just curious to see if it really does need 500mhz to function properly. I also use several apps that claim to need 500 or 550 mhz to work, and they run fine with 366mhz.

Rick

Ditch Flash player 9.0.28 and upgrade to version 9.0.45. I no longer experience any crashes with this updated release whether I use IE or non-IE browsers

[erpdude8]

Thanks for the heads up

But I haven't had any crashes since upgrading my processor to an MMX one.

I no longer have any crashes with Flash 9 after updating it to version 9.0.45. AND I'm using a 1.2Ghz Pentium 3 CPU with 384Mb of RAM

[erpdude8]

the latest official version of Flash 9 Player is now 9.0.47.0 for all web browsers.

http://www.msfn.org/board/ipb_seo.php?url=...ion%3DNetscape6

http://www.msfn.org/board/ipb_seo.php?url=...DShockwaveFlash