Re: AOE2 Expansion graphics

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Hi Dianne,

That website is my own <smile> and I included a link to a website
which has the manuals for most major motherboards on the market.

You can leave that step for the very last though, as it is usually a
last resort solution to employ considering the complexity of the work
involved..

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Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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Dianne Wrote:
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| I updated my video card. As for updating my motherboard BIOS, the
| instructions at the web site you gave stated that I needed to check the
| manual for my motherboard to identify which chipset it uses. The only piece
| of computer equipment I own that did not come with a manual (either printed
| or on the CD) is my motherboard. Any suggestions on how to find this
| information? Also when I went to the Microsoft site to research known video
| issues for AOE2. I performed a "clean boot" as instructed. Should I leave
| my computer running this way?
|
| "Jimmy S." <nosp@xxxxx> wrote in message
| news:%23wZRCtyxGHA.3440@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| Hi Dianne,
||
|| 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 update DirectX
|| from: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx
||
|| 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 drivers from:
|| www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
||
|| 3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My Drivers\nVidia
||
|| 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 nVidia driver we saved to My Documents\My
|| Drivers\nVidia 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.omegadrivers.net
||
|| There you have it, if you have any questions feel free to post them! :-)
||
|| --
|| Cheers, Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
|| rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
||
|| Dianne Wrote:
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||| My OS is Windows XP and I have a GeForce3 Ti 500 graphics card. The
||| graphics for AOE2 are awful. I tried just the original game and it works
||| fine but when I installed the Conquers expansion the graphics are messed-up.
||| I opened dxdiag and moved all hardware acceleration to "NONE", I have tried
||| the compatibility wizard but that didn't help either. Any suggestions?


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