Re: HELP

From: Jimmy S. (Private)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:26:42 -0500

I'm glad your games are working once again!
Thanks for posting back with the update. :-)

Cheers,
Jimmy.

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:f62c01c4133f$1694bb90$a001280a@phx.gbl...
| Sir: You tried to solve my problem so valiantly I
| thought you deserved to know how I finally fixed it.
| And, you have my thanks for trying.
|
| I fixed the problem of no games running (except Tiger
| Woods 1999) by simply installing a new video card. Out
| went my NVIDIA GeForce 4 ti 4200 and in went Radeon's
| 9600XT. Now everytrhing works better than before.
|
| I certainly don't have your knowledge and won't pretend I
| know what I did wrong in the first place to cause the
| problem, but in the back of my mind I believe that my
| NVIDIA card couldn't handle DX9. I THINK my problems
| started when I did that.
|
| At any rate, everything works now.
|
| Paperbackwriter
| sjberes3@yahoo.com
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi,
| >
| >You can certainly reinstall the game which isn't
| working, it's
| >certainly one of the logically steps to take to
| troubleshoot and
| >resolve the issue. I would reinstall after updating the
| drivers
| >and testing the game. Good luck paperbackwriter! :-)
| >
| >--
| >Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| Shell / User
| >Jimmy S.
| http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >
| >Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
| http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=sz;en-us;top
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| >"paperbackwriter" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
| wrote in message news:f2a001c3f168$bc2f11c0
| $a401280a@phx.gbl...
| >| Thank you again for your knowledgable response. You
| >| believe the problem resides in drivers and I hope
| you're
| >| right, because XP problems are a bear and I've had some
| >| of those. Also I've wondered if my NVIDIA card might
| >| have fried or something but XP says it's working
| >| properly. I shall get busy and reinstall every driver
| I
| >| can think of. Would it be prudent to reinstall the
| games
| >| that won't work? Except for EA Tiger Woods Golf, of
| >| course, the only add-in game that's kept working fine
| >| through all of this.
| >| >-----Original Message-----
| >| >Hi Steve,
| >| >
| >| >Yes, it's usually best to install the latest drivers
| >| they have available,
| >| >and if there are problems, or the issue isn't
| corrected,
| >| then we can
| >| >test some of the older drivers to see if they actually
| >| work better in
| >| >your situation. I'll post the driver update
| instruction
| >| for you here
| >| >Steve, just scroll down below your post. I hope that
| it
| >| helps! :-)
| >| >
| >| >"paperbackwriter"
| <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
| >| wrote in message news:d37401c3efe4$ecaa6dc0
| >| $a101280a@phx.gbl...
| >| >| Well, tried your suggestions and you may be onto
| >| >| something. Instead of the game 'cycling, 2-3 times
| a
| >| >| minute, it now cycles about every six seconds, with
| the
| >| >| images deterierating over time.
| >| >|
| >| >| A couple of questions: There were three AGP
| drivers on
| >| >| the site, 115, 116a and 117(newest). I only
| installed
| >| >| 117, correct?
| >| >| I also installed (I think) the Nividia driver from
| its
| >| >| site, it being a few months newer than the one
| >| suggested
| >| >| by XP Update.
| >| >|
| >| >| If you're up to the challenge, any more ideas?
| >| >|
| >| >| Steve
| >| >Updating video card drivers can solve most gaming
| >| issues. Here's some
| >| >simple abc's to always keep in mind. a. Shut off
| >| download accelerators,
| >| >firewalls and antivirus programs when downloading or
| >| installing updates;
| >| >b. Check for game patches:
| >| www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
| >| >c. Make sure you meet the game's minimum video and
| >| system requirements;
| >| >d. Check for known issues with your video card at the
| >| game's web site. :-)
| >| >
| >| >1. Before you update your drivers, I recommend that
| you
| >| install DirectX 9.0b*:
| >| >http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/9/c/c9c8a1d4-
| >| 7690-4c98-baf3-0c67e7f3751f/dx90b_redist.exe
| >| >
| >| >Here are the steps I recommend you use to update your
| >| driver. If you've
| >| >never done this before I recommend you also look over
| >| the Installation hints
| >| >and Release Notes both of which are linked to from
| their
| >| download page.
| >| >
| >| >2. Download the latest driver v. 53.03 for your Nvidia
| >| Card Win XP/2000:
| >| >http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_53.03
| >| >
| >| >Win98/Me: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_53.04
| >| (yes, it's .04 not .03)
| >| >
| >| >3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My
| >| Drivers\Nvidia 5303
| >| >
| >| >4. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the
| F8
| >| key
| >| > about once every second as it's rebooting to pick
| >| Safe Mode.
| >| >
| >| >5. Click Start / (settings) Control Panel / System /
| >| Hardware
| >| > Device Manager / expand +Display Adapters / right
| >| click on
| >| > the adapter, pick "Uninstall", and click No if
| asked
| >| to reboot.
| >| >
| >| >6. Use Control Panel / Add-Remove programs to
| uninstall
| >| the
| >| > previous driver (exe)software which may have been
| >| installed.
| >| >
| >| >7. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the
| F8
| >| key
| >| > about once every second as it's rebooting to pick
| >| Safe Mode.
| >| >
| >| >8. If Windows prompts you to install the adapter,
| >| click "Cancel".
| >| >
| >| >9. Double click the 53.03 driver we saved to My
| >| Documents\
| >| > Drivers\Geforce folder in step 3 to install.it.
| If
| >| it complains about
| >| > Windows Logo Certification just click "Continue".
| >| This is normal.
| >| >
| >| >10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display /
| >| Settings and
| >| > choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 800x600 or higher
| >| Resolution.
| >| >
| >| >TROUBLESHOOTING:
| >| >
| >| >Test your drivers using DXDiag: Click Start / Run /
| >| type: DXDIAG
| >| >Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music
| &
| >| Network Tabs;
| >| >If any of the Display options are Disabled and you
| >| cannot Enable them,
| >| >your most likely solution would be to update your
| >| Chipset Drivers as per
| >| >my website:
| >| http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11
| >| >
| >| >Your program might not support dual monitors, or "dual
| >| head" video cards
| >| >You can disable the extra video output in your display
| >| properties control
| >| >panel. Click Start>Settings>Control
| >| Panel>Display>Settings>Advanced.
| >| >
| >| >Along with your Video card, Sound Cards, Motherboard
| >| Chipsets,
| >| >and Video Monitors may also require updated drivers.
| >| Even your
| >| >motherboard's BIOS may need to be updated for
| >| compatibility with
| >| >your Video card. These steps are listed at:
| >| http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk
| >| >
| >| >Perhaps the old Nvidia drivers did not completely
| >| uninstall. If that's the
| >| >case, use this utility to completely uninstall the
| >| drivers and go to step 7:
| >| >http://content.guru3d.com/index.php?
| >| page=detonatorrip&menu=0
| >| >
| >| >The latest video drivers sometime don't work with a
| >| particular game.
| >| >(Check the Video suggestions in the readme.txt file in
| >| your game folder/CD)
| >| >If there's no suggestions, try an older (WHQL) driver,
| >| and/or if you still
| >| >experience problems try a Beta driver, or even an
| Omega
| >| driver instead:
| >| >
| >| > BETA Drivers: http://download.guru3d.com/
| >| > OMEGA Drivers: http://www.omegacorner.com/
| >| >
| >| >There you have it, if you have any questions feel free
| >| to post them! :-)
| >| >
| >| >--
| >| >Cheers,
| >| >Jimmy S.
| >| >
| >| >Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
| >| http://nibblesnbits.tk
| >| >Microsoft Online Tech Support:
| >| http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
| >| >Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| >| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor
| do I
| >| confer any rights.
| >|
| >_________________________________________________________
| >| >
| >| >
| >| >.
| >| >
| >
| >
| >.
| >