Strage crashes

[Gods999]

Hey um im having a problem, see i got EB downloaded and works just fine i can move my mouse around the main menu fine. But when i select a custom battle or a campaign to where it brings me to the maps (both battle and campaign) it freezes in a matter of seconds. when it freezes i either use task manager to get out or i have to click the restart button. now if it doesnt freeze 100% i can still ctrl alt delete out it but it still exits game. so when i try and open it again it loads and has a black screen just black making this weird beeping sound into the monitor. After that i ctrl alt delete again and it says RTW (rome total war) does not recgonize or found direct X 9b .
It could be that but i have direct x 9b and even when i reinstalled the game i made sure i downloaded it. could it be something else or is it really direct x. if you know the solution please post as soon as possible waiting is just pain because im not able to play .

[bovi]

Does vanilla RTW work? How much memory do you have (at least 1 GB is needed for EB)? Do you have the latest drivers for your graphics card? Anyway, please make your own thread.