u/JamesTheFoxeArt

recently got a copy for Jurassic Park Operation Genesis at a secondhand store for a cheap price, been trying to install it onto my PC with an external disc drive but having issues, gets stuck at 28% in the setup status, until a error prompt pops up and says "Data error (cyclic redundancy check) and then another one after I click ok says "error: -1603 Fatal error during installation. Consult Windows Installer Help (Msi.chm) or MDSN for more information."

Not sure what Im doing wrong, probably old software shenanigans but I hope theres a workaround to get it to work on my PC

been trying out Sonar properly to get more out of my Arctic Nova 7P headset, and it makes stuff sound so much better. However when I want to turn down the volume on a video or music with my volume knob, it only turns down the game audio instead of the master audio. Perhaps you have to set the master audio as the sound output? NOPE, you can't pick it as a sound output, you can for Media, Aux and Chat (and for some reason Microphone) but not Master.

Why would they design it like this? The Master audio should just override any audio channel, thats what master audio is for + having all those audio outputs in the sound output just clutters it unnecessarily.

Is there a reason they said as to why they did it like this?

EDIT: I just figured out a workaround sorta, I just set the sound output to my headset and Sonar still works, it doesn't control Sonar Master volume, just the system volume.

Was just browsing on Firefox when it randomly stopped moving my cursor and the windows key or anything Wasn't responding, I pressed the reset button on my computer to get it working again but after that happened, the resolution and refresh rate got reset to 1080p60hz (my monitor is 4k165hz), i was able to change it back to 4k but now its locked out and i still can't change the Hz, not even an option I can pick is showing.

It doesn't recognise that the Monitor supports HDR or VRR despite it very much being able to do them.

It seems to have also uninstalled the AMD drivers as well (says "Microsoft Basic Render Driver" now) and it prompts me with a Update required and Download & Install, which installs it and then shows the same prompt again as if it didnt just do it.

What I find most strange is that it only recognises my CPU integrated graphics, but not my dedicated GPU despite the HDMI cable being connected directly to it.

I really not sure what's going on, maybe something I did wrong when I built it 2 months ago (first time build) but i feel that would have happened much much sooner than 2 months later.

Any help to figure this out would be appreciated 👏

Edit: my specs are-

Ryzen 7 9700x

9070xt

32gb 5600MT/s

2TB micron p510

Asrock B850M Pro RS

Edit 2: I've fixed it, all I had to do was uninstall the AMD App, restart the pc, reinstall the AMD app and install the drivers again.

Personally I wasn't ever going to get a steam machine, its weaker than a base PS5 and is definitely now weaker than my new built PC (quite enjoying it), but I definitely thought their might be a small audience for it somewhat, especially as a secondary system.

Now after the steam deck price increase, I definitely can see this flopping unfortunately.

Edit: just to clarify for some people why the steam deck price increase should matter to people looking to get a steam machine, its weaker hardware that got more expensive, and the steam machine is stronger hardware than the deck and Valve wants it to be sold at a profit, its reasonable to expect that the steam machine will be more expensive than the steam deck.