Hi Paul,
Make sure you're in Safe Mode when doing that, and try
uninstalling the other adapter first, in case it's holding it back.
--
Cheers,
Jimmy S.
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| Hi Jimmy.
|
| Well after a few days to get my confidence up, I started
| following your very good directions. Until.expand
| +Display Drivers, I have two
|
| Power RADEON 9000Pro Evil Commando
| Power RADEON 9000Pro Evil Commando Secondary
|
| Following item5) I right clicked on the adapter and
| picked Uninstall. I got this message.
|
| Failed to uninstall. This device may be required to boot
| computer.
|
| What do i need to do?
|
| Paul.
|
| Ps It was no better in Open GL
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Paul,
| >
| >Try switching from using OPEN GL to using Direct X.
| It's possible
| >to do so using the game's settings. There should be
| instructions at:
| >
http://www.auran.com/trainz/faq.php?FaqID=77 which also
| links you
| >to their complete Tech FAQ's and Support Forum. Hope
| this helps!
| >
| >Additionally, since the error message pointed at your
| video driver..
| >Updating video card drivers can solve most gaming issues.
| >Me & XP users should create a restore point before any
| upgrades:
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethel
| p/systemrestore.asp
| >
| >Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you
| install DirectX 9.0b*:
| >
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
| FamilyId=141D5F9E-07C1-462A-BAEF-
| 5EAB5C851CF5&displaylang=en
| >
| >* Shut DL accelerators, firewalls and antivirus programs
| off while downloading or installing.
| >Also, check the game's website before continuing in case
| they released a new patch/update!
| >
| >I recommend you also look over the ATI article about
| their latest driver:
|
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst_36_Release_Notes.html
| >
| >2. Download the latest driver v. 3.6 for your ATI Radeon
| or All in Wonder Card:
| >
| >
http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/winxp/radeonwdm-
| xp.html?
| type=graphic&driveros=windows+xp&prod=productsXPdriver&sub
| mit.x=7&submit.y=5
| >
| >3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My Drivers\ATI36
| >
| >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.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| > | >| I have installed a train simulator called Trainz on my
| >| windows xp computer. Windows xp crashes everytime the
| >| Trainz program is run. Xp never crashes with any other
| >| program.
| >| I have been trying for several monthes to solve the
| >| program. Unfortunately I am a train enthusiast not a
| >| computer buff.
| >| Here is my computer specification.
| >| CPU Speed: Intel pentium P4
| >| MainBoard: Via Technologies
| >| MainBoard BIOS Version: BIOS 5 v6.00PG
| >| Video Card: Raydon 9000 Pro
| >| RAM: 512 mb
| >| OS: XP 5.1 2600
| >| HD Space: 34.41GB
| >| I hope this is correct.
| >| The trainz program is:
| >| Trainz Version: UTC + Patch 404
| >|
| >| XP\Trainz crashes. Two ways.
| >| 1) To a Fatal Error message.
| >| Class : hard ware Reason: Access violation
| >| Exception@ 692236D8 in Windows\System32\atioglxx.dll
| >| and lots more stuff. I have the stuff if it helps.
| >| 2)Trainzs crashes and Windows reboots to the desktop.
| >| One of these happens every time I run the trainz
| program.
| >| Can any one plese suggest a way I can find what is
| >| causing the problem. In simple language please. Paul.
| >
| >
| >.
| >
