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Video card problems on a Mac running Windows XP in Parallels. Program
installs OK, but when I try to run application I get "Flight Simulator is not
working with your video card."

I have the following video card setup:

"ATI Radeon X1600:

Chipset Model: ATY,RadeonX1600
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x71c5
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-xxxxxx-086
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.086
Displays:
Color LCD:
Display Type: LCD
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Depth: 32-bit Color
Built-In: Yes
Core Image: Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported"

Any ideas, Andy
 
Hi Andy,

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;
d. Check for known issues with your video card at the game's web site. :-)

1. Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you update DirectX
from: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx

Please look over the ATI articles about their latest driver on the download page.
They list Installation Tips, Fixes, and Release Notes with important information.

2. Download the latest Catalyst driver for ATI Radeon or All in Wonder Card:

Win XP/2000: http://ati.com/support/drivers/winxp/radeonwdm-xp.html
Win 98/Me: http://ati.com/support/drivers/winme/radeonwdm-me.html

3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My Drivers\ATI

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 Windows prompts you to install the adapter, click "Cancel".

9. Double click the ATI driver we saved to My Documents\ My
Drivers\ATI folder in step 3 to install.it. If it complains about
Windows Logo Certification just click "Continue". This is normal.

10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 800x600 or higher Resolution.

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 ATI drivers did not completely uninstall. If that's the
case, use these utility to completely uninstall the drivers and go to step 7:
http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/ (works for all cards including nvidia)

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.
_________________________________________________________

Andy Wrote:
=================
| Video card problems on a Mac running Windows XP in Parallels. Program
| installs OK, but when I try to run application I get "Flight Simulator is not
| working with your video card."
|
| I have the following video card setup:
|
| "ATI Radeon X1600:
|
| Chipset Model: ATY,RadeonX1600
| Type: Display
| Bus: PCIe
| VRAM (Total): 256 MB
| Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
| Device ID: 0x71c5
| Revision ID: 0x0000
| ROM Revision: 113-xxxxxx-086
| EFI Driver Version: 01.00.086
| Displays:
| Color LCD:
| Display Type: LCD
| Resolution: 1680 x 1050
| Depth: 32-bit Color
| Built-In: Yes
| Core Image: Supported
| Main Display: Yes
| Mirror: Off
| Online: Yes
| Quartz Extreme: Supported"
|
| Any ideas, Andy
 
This may just be down to virtulisation.

I'd recommend installing Windows on the bare metal and running it that way,
then it would be talking to the video card proper and not going through a
virtulisation layer.

What graphics card is Parallels actually providing for the VM?

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

*Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
 
Andy said:
Video card problems on a Mac running Windows XP in Parallels. Program
installs OK, but when I try to run application I get "Flight
Simulator is not working with your video card."

That's not surprising really. Check what Video card *windows* thinks you
have. Parallels emulates a video card, as do all the virtualisation programs
I know. This is great for desktop work but isn't really suitable for gaming.

If you want to run Windows games on a Mac then you need to look at BootCamp.
 
Robert Moir said:
That's not surprising really. Check what Video card *windows* thinks you
have. Parallels emulates a video card, as do all the virtualisation programs
I know. This is great for desktop work but isn't really suitable for gaming.

If you want to run Windows games on a Mac then you need to look at BootCamp.

--
Robert Moir
http://www.rhymeswithgeek.com


Tnx Robert, I'll go get boot camp and give it a try. Will let U know if it works.
Best, Andy
 
Paul Smith said:
This may just be down to virtulisation.

I'd recommend installing Windows on the bare metal and running it that way,
then it would be talking to the video card proper and not going through a
virtulisation layer.

What graphics card is Parallels actually providing for the VM?

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

*Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*



Paul, It's using the "Parallels video driver" which it says is working properly. Will try "boot camp" and let U know if that works.
Many thanks, Andy
 
Jimmy S. said:
Hi Andy,

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;
d. Check for known issues with your video card at the game's web site. :-)

1. Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you update DirectX
from: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx

Please look over the ATI articles about their latest driver on the download page.
They list Installation Tips, Fixes, and Release Notes with important information.

2. Download the latest Catalyst driver for ATI Radeon or All in Wonder Card:

Win XP/2000: http://ati.com/support/drivers/winxp/radeonwdm-xp.html
Win 98/Me: http://ati.com/support/drivers/winme/radeonwdm-me.html

3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My Drivers\ATI

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 Windows prompts you to install the adapter, click "Cancel".

9. Double click the ATI driver we saved to My Documents\ My
Drivers\ATI folder in step 3 to install.it. If it complains about
Windows Logo Certification just click "Continue". This is normal.

10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 800x600 or higher Resolution.

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 ATI drivers did not completely uninstall. If that's the
case, use these utility to completely uninstall the drivers and go to step 7:
http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/ (works for all cards including nvidia)

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.
_________________________________________________________

Andy Wrote:
=================
| Video card problems on a Mac running Windows XP in Parallels. Program
| installs OK, but when I try to run application I get "Flight Simulator is not
| working with your video card."
|
| I have the following video card setup:
|
| "ATI Radeon X1600:
|
| Chipset Model: ATY,RadeonX1600
| Type: Display
| Bus: PCIe
| VRAM (Total): 256 MB
| Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
| Device ID: 0x71c5
| Revision ID: 0x0000
| ROM Revision: 113-xxxxxx-086
| EFI Driver Version: 01.00.086
| Displays:
| Color LCD:
| Display Type: LCD
| Resolution: 1680 x 1050
| Depth: 32-bit Color
| Built-In: Yes
| Core Image: Supported
| Main Display: Yes
| Mirror: Off
| Online: Yes
| Quartz Extreme: Supported"
|
| Any ideas, Andy


Thanks Jimmy, lost the thread here but will try what you suggest. I'll also try BootCamp and let you know what happens.
Many thanks, Andy
 
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