jagged edges!!!

[Guest]

I system crashed while I was playing a game, and I was left with a 'black screen'. I had to turn the power off to get my computer on again, as I was unable to return to my desktop. When my computer restarted it ran a file/folder check to make sure my computer wasn't poorly. As it was 2 o'clock in the morning and I was slightly under the influence of alcohol I wasn't able to read the message that came up when it had finished its check. It told me there was a problem with one of my folders, told me something about it being 'truncated', and also gave me a Y/N option. I can't remember which file was damaged, but it was definatly from 'Prefetch'
The only adverse effect I have noticed since this occured is a problem with the graphics in my games. I've noticed jagged lines where there werent any before. All my textures and everything seem ok, i'm not struggling in the frame rate department, but where, for example, light and dark objects are next to each other, the edges where they meet have jagged, horrible edges where previously they blended seamlessly

MY machine specs:-Windows x
-athalon xp2400+ (2.01 Ghz
-512mb RA
-NVDIA GeForce FX5200 (128mb

I've reinstalled the (NVIDIA) driver that was installed when the crash occured, and also tried the latest driver available.
If anyone out there can help me it would me much appreciated. I havn't got a restore disc from my machines manufaturer and I've tried everything I can think of to try to resolve this issue.

 

[Eric]

Do you have a DVD drive? Try to play a DVD and see how it looks. If
that looks fine i'd say you got a game issue more than anything. Do
you get BSOD?

 

[Guest]

Restore

 

[Guest]

AAARRRGGGHHH!!!! Please dont tell me I need to do a restore! Whats causing the problem

 

[Eric]

Blue Screen Of Death. Click start button then click run. Type dxdiag
in the box and click ok. This the DirectX Diagnostic Utility. It may
ask you if it can verify your driver signature. Choose to let it or
not(I do let it) when it is done loading, click the display tab at
the top of that window. Make sure all three DirectX features are
enabled. Reboot if you have to. Run both tests that are available
there. Make sure there are no problems under the DirectX Files tab.
You should be using DirectX 9.0b if you aren't. I also have a Gforce
FX 5200. Mine has 256 megs. Made by BFG. Who made yours?

 

[Guest]

All tested out ok. Ive got direct x 9.0b.cant remember who made the card!

 

[Eric]

Jimmy S.!

Can you give some instructions to run SFC on XP, here, please?

 

[Jimmy S.]

I'll go one better Eric, I'll post how killerwills can check his card
and update the drivers for it.

| Jimmy S.!
|
| Can you give some instructions to run SFC on XP, here, please?
|
| On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:51:08 -0800, "killerwills"
|
| >All tested out ok. Ive got direct x 9.0b.cant remember who made the card!!

1. To identify the make and model of your card, right click your
Desktop, choose Properties / Settings / Advanced / Adapter.

2. Download the latest video driver for your card online, using
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers
to find the website to download from. I also have advanced
video driver and direct X troubleshooting steps on that page.

3. Save the .exe driver (or extract the zip file) to a folder
in My Documents named after the driver version number.

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 the driver is NOT a (.exe)program file, GO TO step 11.

9. When Windows prompts you to install the video adapter, click
"Cancel" and Double click the driver program to begin installation.
* Even if not prompted, doubleclick the driver and install it.

10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 800x600 or higher Resolution.
That's it! Scroll down to the Troubleshooter if you have problems.

11. When Windows prompts you to install the video adapter, click
"Install from a list or specific location", click the "Browse" button,
browse to the My documents folder where you saved the driver,
and finally click on one of the driver files to begin installation.

** If you are not prompted, or if the driver was updated automatically:
Click Start / (settings) Control Panel / System / Hardware Device Manager
expand +Display Adapters / right click on the adapter, pick "Update Driver"
to start the Update Wizard, choose the "Install from a list..." option:
Browse to My Documents\ folder with the driver in it
Click OK and click Next to begin the update.

12. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 800x600 or higher Resolution.
That's it! Try the advice in the Troubleshooter if you have problems.

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 Video drivers did not completely uninstall. If that's the
case, use these utility to completely uninstall the drivers and go to step 7:
nvidia: http://content.guru3d.com/index.php?page=detonatorrip&menu=0
or for all cards including nvidia use: http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/

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!

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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