beginner 0 Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) Thanks for reading this thread. As stated in the title, i could not launch Silent Hill 2 and 4 in my SSD. No issue to run in my HDD. Thread last updated: 20210404 0942AM Info about my storage: Disk 1: Toshiba Nvme SSD KXD5ULN11T92 > C Drive <- Windows 10. Clean install > D Drive <- Game installed in D drive Disk 0: Toshiba Sata HDD MQ01ABD100 > K Drive HDD is not installed physically when i installed Windows 10. The SSD is an OEM drive. Windows 10 is up to date. Game source: Silent Hill 2: abandon ware, Silent-Hill-2-Restless-Dreams. Silent Hill 4: gog.com Workaround: Give up on my SSD and buy another SSD Edited April 4, 2021 by beginner Thread last updated time 20210404 0942AM Reply (Quote) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner 0 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) List of games tested to be working in SSD, D drive: Control: Ultimate Ed. Cyberpunk 2077 Resident Evil 2 (2019) Final Fantasy XIII Dark Fall 3: Lost Souls Worms 2 + Worms 2 Plus patch https://github.com/Carlmundo/W2-Plus#worms-2-plus > Need to run frontend.exe Resident Evil 3 (2020) Terminator: Resistance Catherine Classic Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Ed. Edited March 4, 2021 by beginner 20210305 0122AM Progress Update Reply (Quote) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner 0 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 Error descriptions: Silent Hill 2 A white window appears. Then a dialog box appears with the message: The application is not responding. The program may respond again if you wait. Silent Hill 4 A white screen appears and then it switches to black. Black to white. White to black. Finally the window closes. I did not see the Konami logo. Reply (Quote) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner 0 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 Troubleshooting Silent Hill 2: The following did not work... 001. Use exe included with the abandon ware's Silent-Hill-2-Restless-Dreams. crack folder 002. Use exe included with the abandon ware's Silent-Hill-2-Restless-Dreams. crack folder and rename sh2pc.exe to sh2pc_ee.exe 003. Enable Direct Play Programs and Features > Turn Windows Features On or Off Legacy Components > Direct Play 004. Enable Override high DPI Scaling behavior sh2pc.exe Compatibility > Change high DPI settings Override high DPI Scaling behavior 005. Use Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition 005.001. Enhanced Executable (SH2PC_Enhanced_EXE_NA_v1.0.zip) 005.002. SH2 Enhancements Module (d3d8.zip) 005.003. Enhanced Edition Essential Files (Enhanced_Edition_Essential_Files_1.2.0.zip) 005.004. Image Enhancement Pack (SH2PC_Image_Enhancement_Pack_1.0.0.zip) 005.005. FMV Enhancement Pack (SH2PC_Enhanced_FMV_Pack_1.5.2.zip) 005.006. Audio Enhancement Pack (SH2PC_Audio_Enhancement_Pack_2.0.3.zip) 005.007. DSOAL (DSOAL_1.31a.02.zip) 005.008. XInput Plus (XInputPlus_4.15.2.zip) Reply (Quote) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner 0 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) Troubleshooting Silent Hill 4: The following did not work... 001. Run as Administrator 002. Change installation path SSD is C and D drive. C:\Program Files (x86)\Konami\Silent Hill 4 C:\Silent Hill 4 D:\Program Files (x86)\Konami\Silent Hill 4 HDD is K Drive. K:\Program Files (x86)\Konami\Silent Hill 4 003. Configure dxcfg.exe Display mode: Presentation: 640 x 480 100 Hz Windowed 640 x 480 120 Hz Windowed 1280 x 720 100 Hz Windowed 1280 x 720 120 Hz Windowed 004. Rename CheckSpec.dll to 00CheckSpec.dll 005. Silent Hill 4 PC Fix by Steam006 1.7.0 006. Analyze Wait Chain Analyze Wait Chain did not find anything suspicious. It prompts that SILENT HILL 4.exe is running normally. The box remains there even after Silent Hill 4 crashes 007. Install using gog.com Galaxy client at C:\Silent Hill 4 008. Change Folder permissions Properties > Security > Edit... > Add... > Input username > Check Names > OK Select newly added username > Enable Full Control > OK 009. Configure DEP (Data Execution Prevention) to use default settings Enable Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only 010. Boot up Windows in clean boot mode The game no longer crash by itself but it gets stuck instead. The game installed in HDD still can launch in clean boot mode. Working sequence: Konami logo Konami logo Silent Hill 4 title Silent Hill 4 menu with guitar playing Silent Hill 4 menu responds to keyboard input Problematic sequence that triggers in clean mode and must be full screen: White to black Black to white White to black Black to white Window is now white and has black bars on both side. Guitar is playing but is cut short and it is played non-stop The same white screen is not responding to keyboard. Without rebooting in clean mode, i am able to trigger the same screens above if I did the following: Remove Nahimic Disable Nvidia GeForce Experience In-game overlay Edited March 6, 2021 by beginner 20210306 0453AM Progress Update Reply (Quote) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastan 13 Share Posted March 2, 2021 I've just tried Silent Hill 4 (GOG version) on SSD drive SSDPEKKW512G8(Intel 760p M.2 NVME) and it works fine. Don't have Silent Hill 2 to check it too. Didn't use any patches, wrappers, just ran it. Game is installed in the default GOG directory C:\GOG Games\ beginner 1 Reply (Quote) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner 0 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) @Mastan Thanks for testing. I will download the installer again, the offline installer and galaxy version. I have yet to install gog galaxy before. I will also try suggestion from MM Legends thread to check Resource Monitor Analyze Wait Chain. 20210303 1152PM Silent Hill 4 Analyze Wait Chain did not find anything suspicious. It prompts that SILENT HILL 4.exe is running normally. The box remains there even after Silent Hill 4 crashes 20210304 0736AM Silent Hill 4 C:\Silent Hill 4 Installed Silent Hill 4 using galaxy client. Still triggered same issue Edited March 3, 2021 by beginner 20210304 0736AM Update findings Reply (Quote) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner 0 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 20210404 0942AM I bought another SSD to rule out PC problem. Unfortunately Fortunately, Silent Hill 4 could run in the new SSD. Info about my storage: Disk 0: Toshiba Sata HDD MQ01ABD100 > K Drive Disk 1: Toshiba Nvme SSD KXD5ULN11T92 > C Drive <- Windows 10. Clean install > D Drive Disk 2: XPG SX8200 Pro Nvme SSD SX8200PNP > E Drive > F Drive Things i tried to trigger the same issue in the new SSD but failed: 001. Disable Enable write caching on the device Device Manager > Write-caching policy > This option is not available for my Toshiba SSD This device does not allow its write-caching setting to be changed 002. Create One/Two Basic Data Partition > No issue to launch the game menu for either one or two partition Planning to clone my Toshiba into the new SSD later. Reply (Quote) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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