video issue with multiple games

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Vandervecken

Hi all,

I am having a problem with several of my games, including
Deus Ex 2 demo, and Temple of Elemental Evil.
When I try to run at higher than 800x600, the screen
blinks out to change resolution, then it blinks in, but
the screen is dark. A second or two later the screen
blinks out again and when it returns I am back to the
desktop with the game minimized. Maximising the game
results in the same scenario, and again the system
returns to the desktop with the game minimized.

Setting AGP aperture back down to 4x seemed to work in
some cases, but not in others.
This didn't happen when I had Win98SE.

System Specs: Win XP Prof (up to date), 512 DDR RAM,
Athlon XP 2600, radeon 9600 Pro video card. My directx,
drivers, etc are all up to date and so forth.

Has anyone seen this and can suggest a course for me, or
point me to an existing solution?

You can reach me at (e-mail address removed)

Vandervecken
 
Hi Vandervecken,

When you say "My directx, drivers, etc are all up to date and so forth."
does that include your chipset drivers? If not, try updating them. :-)

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| Hi all,
|
| I am having a problem with several of my games, including
| Deus Ex 2 demo, and Temple of Elemental Evil.
| When I try to run at higher than 800x600, the screen
| blinks out to change resolution, then it blinks in, but
| the screen is dark. A second or two later the screen
| blinks out again and when it returns I am back to the
| desktop with the game minimized. Maximising the game
| results in the same scenario, and again the system
| returns to the desktop with the game minimized.
|
| Setting AGP aperture back down to 4x seemed to work in
| some cases, but not in others.
| This didn't happen when I had Win98SE.
|
| System Specs: Win XP Prof (up to date), 512 DDR RAM,
| Athlon XP 2600, radeon 9600 Pro video card. My directx,
| drivers, etc are all up to date and so forth.
|
| Has anyone seen this and can suggest a course for me, or
| point me to an existing solution?
|
| You can reach me at (e-mail address removed)
|
| Vandervecken
|
 
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