Glad to be of service!
"Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message | Hi Gary,
|
| At first glance it sounds like your AGP isn't recognised properly,
| which can usually be corrected by updating your chipset drivers.
| The methods are outlined in the Troubleshooting section below.
|
| Updating video card drivers can solve most gaming issues.
| Me & XP users should create a restore point before any upgrades:
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/systemrestore.asp
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| Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you install DirectX 9.0b*:
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http://microsoft.com/downloads/deta...9E-07C1-462A-BAEF-5EAB5C851CF5&displaylang=en
| * Shut DL accelerators, firewalls and antivirus programs off while downloading or installing.
|
| 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 Nvidia's FAQ:
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=support_faqs
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| 2. Download the latest driver v. 44.03 for your Nvidia Card:
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http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=winxp-2k_44.03
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| 3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My Drivers\Nvidia 4403
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| 4. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
| about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.
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| 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.
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| 6. Use Control Panel / Add-Remove programs to uninstall the
| previous driver (exe)software which may have been installed.
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| 7. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
| about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.
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| 8. If Windows prompts you to install the adapter, click "Cancel".
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| 9. Double click the 44.03 driver we saved to My Documents\
| Drivers\Geforce folder in step 3 to install.it. If it complains about
| Windows Logo Certification just click "Continue". This is normal.
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| 10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
| choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 1024x768 Screen Resolution.
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| TROUBLESHOOTING:
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| 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:
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http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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!
|
| --
| Cheers,
| Jimmy S.
|
| Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk
| Microsoft Online Tech Support:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
| Game FAQ's:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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|
| | | Got new computer. Has xp professional on it. All my old
| | games seem to work fine on it, with a couple of
| | exceptions. All the new ones I've bought dont work at
| | all. GTA vice city, Battlefield 1942, Star Fleet Command
| | 3. Various things happen. Battlefield doesnt start at
| | all, Neither does GTA. StarFleet Command 3, says that i
| | need Direct x 8.0 or later. I am running Direct X 9. I
| | used diagnostic, and its running fine. I've downloaded
| | newest graphic card drivers for Nvidia GeForce4 MX. Even
| | tried my friends Graphics card, and exactly the same
| | thing happens. Oh and by the way the game Freelancer wont
| | even acknowledge that I have a graphics card. Tells me I
| | dont have one. I have an Athlon 2400 512mb DDR, somebody
| | please help me !!!!!!!!!!
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