Re: Age Of Mythology - S3 Pro savage DDR Card

From: Jimmy S. (Private)
Date: 05/05/04

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    Hi Magic,

    The Initialization failed error may occur if one or more of the following conditions are true:

      a.. Your video card does not meet the minimum system requirements of Age of Mythology.
      b.. Your video card is incompatible with Age of Mythology.
      c.. Your version of DirectX is corrupted or out of date.
      d.. You have multiple video adapters installed on your computer.
      e.. The Screen Size (resolution) setting is too high for your video adapter.

    To resolve this issue, use the methods in this article, in the same order in
    which they're presented: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811553 and
    Try updating your Video drivers using the instructions at:
    http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers 

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"Magic_hat" <sarah_roberts@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3d3aed7c07ff053fe0ae269410011b3f@localhost.talkaboutsoftware.com...
| Hi All
|
| I purchased a new PC last week and bought Age Of Mythology.  I get the
| 'Initialization Failed' error.  After searching the internet (and the
| Microsoft Support site) I found that I need to download a new driver to
| get the graphics card to handle Directx9 (at present, DXDiag says that
| DirectX 9 is not handled).  I downloaded the new S3 driver from
| https://ranger.s3graphics.com/420drv/ which many people have said solved
| their problem.  However, I cann't install it.  The setup fails and tells
| me to check the process log in windows.
|
| Does anyone have any ideas what is causing this?
|
| I'd really like to get Age Of Mytholgy working.
|
|
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