Hi suddste223,
What do OMEGA drivers do?
"The purpose of the Omega Drivers is to provide gamers with an alternate set of drivers,
ones that have more options and features than the original sets. The drivers contain
optimizations, extra features (like OC capabilities), more resolutions and internal tweaks that
can give them the edge in a gaming environment over the normal drivers, which are often
tailored for synthetic benchmarks." - Angel "Omegadrive" Trinidad
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Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
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suddste223 Wrote:
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| ok, again, Thanks for the reply!
|
| I will definatly not use the Drivers from Windows Update because they always
| make the computer freeze, when in Direct 3D games.
|
| now about theese Omega Drivers, Ive used them before, but I forgot what they
| do, so can you tell me? thanks! do you think they would freeze my laptop like
| the Windows ones did?
|
| And I think I already have the Manufacturerers (Toshiba) latest video Drivers.
|
| But thanks for the reply!
|
| Thanks for the reply!
| Thanks!
| Suddste223
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi suddste223,
||
|| Perhaps the drivers for your laptop's graphic chipset should be upgraded.
|| The source for such drivers would be the laptop manufacturer's website.
|| If that doesn't correct the issue, I suggest posting this problem directly to
|| the Flight Simulator newsgroups on this server, as we have at least one
|| Flight Simulator MVP who monitors those newsgroups.
||
|| Here's some general tips on video driver updating ...
||
|| Updating video card drivers can solve most gaming issues. Here's some
|| simple abc's to always keep in mind. a. Shut off download accelerators,
|| firewalls and antivirus programs when downloading or installing updates;
|| b. Check for game patches:
www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
|| c. Make sure you meet the game's minimum video and system requirements.
||
|| Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you update DirectX
|| from:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx
||
|| Here are the steps I recommend you use to update your driver:
||
|| 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://mvps.org/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://mvps.org/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.omegadrivers.net
||
|| There you have it, if you have any questions feel free to post them!
||
|| 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
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
||
||
|| suddste223 Wrote:
|| =================
||| Ok. Thanks for the Reply!
|||
||| I can Use pinball on the other screen while using another program on the
||| other screen. I can also (in FS2002) move the FS2002 into the middle of the 2
||| screens and keep it there in windowed mode and then stretch it in the window.
||| The cockpit view (the window you can see out of in the cockpit) doesnt
||| stretch so its just blank.
|||
||| Please help!
||| Thanks!
||| Thanks for the reply!
||| suddst223
|||
|||
||| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|||
|||| Hi suddste223,
||||
|||| I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to move
|||| the individual FS 2002 windows, unless your graphic chipset /
|||| drivers won't allow for DirectX graphics to be handled that way.
||||
|||| One test we can try would be to launch Pinbal from your Start >
|||| Programs > Games directory and try to drag it over to the other
|||| desktop. If the game is stuck in full screen mode, press F4.
||||
||||
|||| --
|||| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|||| Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||||
|||| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site:
www.msce.mvps.org
|||| MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|||| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|||| _________________________________________________________
||||
|||| suddste223 Wrote:
|||| =================
||||| Hi,
|||||
||||| Thanks for the reply! I can drag windows like Mozila Firefox on to the other
||||| screen, its just games that do not stretch onto the other screen.
|||||
||||| If this helps, I have a ATI Mobility Radeon IGP AGP 128MB
|||||
||||| Thanks for the Reply!
||||| Thanks!
||||| suddste!
|||||
||||| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|||||
|||||| Hi suddste223,
||||||
|||||| Are you able to drag any windows over to your other monitor, or
|||||| is this issue isolated to and affecting only Flight Simulator 2002?
||||||
|||||| --
|||||| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|||||| Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||||||
|||||| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site:
www.msce.mvps.org
|||||| MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|||||| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|||||| _________________________________________________________
||||||
|||||| suddste223 Wrote:
|||||| =================
||||||| Hello? I still need help.
|||||||
||||||| On my laptops screen it works in full screen mode fine, like normal, but
||||||| when I try to get it stretched on to my other connected 17" monitor, it only
||||||| shows the desktop wallpaper with a blue border around it.
|||||||
|||||||
||||||| And ideas? Its still not working.
||||||| Thanks!
|||||||
||||||| "suddste223" wrote:
|||||||
|||||||| yes but when I try to drag the window to the other monitor, it only stays on
|||||||| my laptops screen
||||||||
|||||||| but thanks for the reply!
||||||||
|||||||| "Jimmy S." wrote:
||||||||
||||||||| Hi suddste223,
|||||||||
||||||||| Dual monitors can be easily setup:
||||||||| Leave the cockpit view on monitor 1 in Window mode
||||||||| Start the new view / outside view / right click to undock
||||||||| Drag the outside view window to monitor 2
||||||||| Switch back to Full Screen on both monitors.
|||||||||
||||||||| You can undock other windows that way if you have several
||||||||| monitors attached. You can even use several PC's to create
||||||||| a virtual cockpit like this one:
http://www.wideview.it/
|||||||||
||||||||| --
||||||||| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
||||||||| Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
|||||||||
||||||||| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site:
www.msce.mvps.org
||||||||| MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
||||||||| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
||||||||| _________________________________________________________
|||||||||
|||||||||
||||||||| suddste223 Wrote:
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|||||||||| Hi,
||||||||||
||||||||||
|||||||||| Ive recently connected a old CRT monitor to my laptop (ATI Mobility Radeon)
|||||||||| and played Flight Simulator 2002 on it, but I have a problem, I try to get
|||||||||| Multi monitors on, but on the other (CRT) screen, it only shows the desktop.
||||||||||
|||||||||| I have checked the box "Extend my desktop onto this monitor" and its still
|||||||||| not working.
||||||||||
|||||||||| Please help!
|||||||||| Thanks!
|||||||||| suddste223
