Re: Pinball flashes

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Hi Z34Lee,

Okay, lets go ahead and update those sound drivers as well
since they too date back to 2003. Keep us posted! :-)

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Z34Lee Wrote:
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| Ok, just updated it...the results are in - still the exact same problem.
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
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|| Hi Z34Lee,
||
|| Your nVidia driver is outdated.. it's from 2003.
|| Please go ahead and and update that using my instructions at:
|| http://mcse.mvps.org/Video.html
||
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|| 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
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|| _________________________________________________________
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|| "Z34Lee" <Z34Lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:F9DA1B4A-2D62-4F63-A196-9BBDEB5976BB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
||| I'm having the exact same problem. Here's my DXDIAG results:
|||
||| ------------------
||| System Information
||| ------------------
||| Time of this report: 4/3/2006, 14:00:01
||| Machine name: D4YYV321
||| Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack
||| 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
||| Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
||| System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
||| System Model: Dimension 8250
||| BIOS: Default System BIOS
||| Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
||| Memory: 510MB RAM
||| Page File: 430MB used, 817MB available
||| Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
||| DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
||| DX Setup Parameters: Not found
||| DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
|||
||| ------------
||| DxDiag Notes
||| ------------
||| DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
||| Display Tab 1: No problems found. DirectDraw test results: All tests
||| were successful. Direct3D 7 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D
||| 8 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 9 test results: All tests
||| were successful.
||| Sound Tab 1: DirectSound test results: All tests were successful.
||| Sound Tab 2: DirectSound test results: All tests were successful.
||| Music Tab: DirectMusic test results: All tests were successful.
||| Input Tab: No problems found.
||| Network Tab: No problems found. DirectPlay test results: All tests
||| were successful.
|||
||| --------------------
||| DirectX Debug Levels
||| --------------------
||| Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
||| DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
||| DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
||| DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
||| DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
||| DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
||| DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)
|||
||| ---------------
||| Display Devices
||| ---------------
||| Card name: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
||| Manufacturer: NVIDIA
||| Chip type: GeForce4 MX 420
||| DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
||| Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0172&SUBSYS_015A10DE&REV_A3
||| Display Memory: 64.0 MB
||| Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
||| Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
||| Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
||| Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
||| Driver Version: 6.14.0010.5216 (English)
||| DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
||| Driver Attributes: Final Retail
||| Driver Date/Size: 10/6/2003 15:16:00, 4246528 bytes
||| WHQL Logo'd: Yes
||| WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
||| VDD: n/a
||| Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
||| Mini VDD Date: 10/6/2003 15:16:00, 1550043 bytes
||| Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4232-11CF-0E67-502102C2CB35}
||| Vendor ID: 0x10DE
||| Device ID: 0x0172
||| SubSys ID: 0x015A10DE
||| Revision ID: 0x00A3
||| Revision ID: 0x00A3
||| Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_B ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D
||| Deinterlace Caps: {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}:
||| Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0)
||| Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
||| DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
||| {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}:
||| Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0)
||| Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
||| DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
||| Registry: OK
||| DDraw Status: Enabled
||| D3D Status: Enabled
||| AGP Status: Enabled
||| DDraw Test Result: All tests were successful.
||| D3D7 Test Result: All tests were successful.
||| D3D8 Test Result: All tests were successful.
||| D3D9 Test Result: All tests were successful.
|||
||| -------------
||| Sound Devices
||| -------------
||| Description: Creative SB Live! Series
||| Default Sound Playback: Yes
||| Default Voice Playback: Yes
||| Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0006&SUBSYS_10031102&REV_00
||| Manufacturer ID: 1
||| Product ID: 100
||| Type: WDM
||| Driver Name: P16X.sys
||| Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0203 (English)
||| Driver Attributes: Final Retail
||| WHQL Logo'd: Yes
||| Date and Size: 9/22/2003 12:43:06, 1330048 bytes
||| Other Files:
||| Driver Provider: Creative Technology Ltd.
||| HW Accel Level: Full
||| Cap Flags: 0xF5F
||| Min/Max Sample Rate: 8000, 96000
||| Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 64, 62
||| Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 64, 62
||| HW Memory: 0
||| Voice Management: No
||| EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
||| I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
||| Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
||| Registry: OK
||| Sound Test Result: All tests were successful.
|||
||| Description: Modem #1 Line Playback (emulated)
||| Default Sound Playback: No
||| Default Voice Playback: No
||| Hardware ID:
||| Manufacturer ID: 1
||| Product ID: 81
||| Type: Emulated
||| Driver Name:
||| Driver Version:
||| Driver Attributes:
||| WHQL Logo'd:
||| Date and Size:
||| Other Files:
||| Driver Provider:
||| HW Accel Level: Full
||| Cap Flags: 0x0
||| Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
||| Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
||| Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
||| HW Memory: 0
||| Voice Management: No
||| EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
||| I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
||| Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
||| Registry: OK
||| Sound Test Result: All tests were successful.


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