Re: Video problem
From: Jimmy S. (Private)
Date: 11/10/04
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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 21:14:32 -0500
Hi Brad,
There was a recent post by a gentleman who had a similar
albeit not identical problem. It turned out that his monitor was
unable to handle the demands on it any longer.
Try testing your system with another monitor.
-- 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. _________________________________________________________ "Brad in H-Town" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:459501c4c6c4$941e4d40$a401280a@phx.gbl... > Hello - I have been trying to resolve this problem for > days now by myself. I am hoping that by reaching out I > will get some help. > > I have windows XP Professional installed. I recently > updated to SP2. Everything appeared to be fine. I > updated to DirectX 9.0c and then everything fell apart. > Without touching the drivers for my Geforce3 TI500 (old I > know) my display has been trashed. I experience very > heavy artifacts just running windows, at any resolution. > I am NOT talking gaming here - that's not possible at the > moment. The artifacts are worsened when scrolling or > opening and closing apps (new form windows). > > I have tried every NVidia driver realeased in the last 18 > months. The only thing that works enough for me is to > uninstall all NVidia drivers and just hit cancel at the > new hardware found screen. Obviously this is not ideal > since none of the card's graphics power is being used, > gaming is nto going to happen, and the display is slow. > > DirectX 9.0c can not be uninstalled. No NVidia drivers > work. Do I have to return to pre-SP2? I like the > security features but this is killing my video abilities > (= No fun being had and much lost time). > > Has anyone else reported problems going to DirectX 9.0c > and SP2? > > Please help. > > Brad
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