Glad that helped you Andre. Thanks for posting too!
Safe Mode driver installations are the best way to go.
Cheers,
Jimmy.
| Thanks Jimmy, you saved me even by a side effect.
| I was having that problem, about user cancelled the
| direct3d tests, even after installing the nvidia
| drivers,44.03 ,the drivers kept the same, my old version,
| there wasnt a beeter version on that new nvidia drivers
| package.
| But starting the xp on safe mode and uninstalling the
| nvidia drivers, rebooting and installing the same drivers
| that i tried to install before FIXED my problem.
| I think that my driver was vorrupted, and because windows
| didnt found a better driver on that package, it wasnt
| reinstalling anything, only uninstalling the driver
| forced windows xp to reinstall the same old version, but
| without corruption.
| Thanks again
| andre
|
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Garn,
| >
| >Have you tried the latest and greatest drivers for your
| card?
| >
| >Updating video card drivers can solve most gaming
| issues. Here's some
| >rules of thumb though to always keep in mind. Shut DL
| accelerators, fire-
| >walls and antivirus programs off while downloading or
| installing drivers and
| >updates. Also check the game's website (or
| Fileplanet.com) for patches.
| >
| >Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you
| install DirectX 9.0b*:
| >
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/9/c/c9c8a1d4-
| 7690-4c98-baf3-0c67e7f3751f/dx90b_redist.exe
| >
| >I recommend you also look over the ATI article about
| their latest driver:
|
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst_37_Release_Notes.html
| >and fixes:
| >
http://www.ati.com/support/includes/titles/fixed.html
| >
| >2. Download the latest driver v. 3.6 for your ATI Radeon
| or All in Wonder Card:
| >
http://www.ati.com/home/online/CatalystXPdriver.html
| >
| >3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My Drivers\ATI37
| >
| >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 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.
| >
| >10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display /
| Settings and
| > choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 1024x768 Screen
| 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:
| >
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11
| >
| >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 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
| >
| >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.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| | >|
| >| Hi,
| >| trying to find what could be wrong. Its kinda hard
| to
| >| explain, to be more general it seem to be a graphic
| >| corruption problem caused by a bad config or something
| >| else Im not sure.
| >|
| >| First of all I have AMD 1gh with a radeon 9000 pro,
| >| the board is geting a little old... I play alot of
| >| diferent game and this only happen in 2 specific game
| >| wich are GTA 3 and Star war galaxies. Sometime random
| 3d
| >| objects have like continuous texture all around making
| >| some kind of a texture wall, the corupted 3D will
| follow
| >| the object until I cross it...
| >|
| >| Thanks in advance.
| >
| >
| >.
| >
