ghost gamer 0 Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 I found one issue on the pc I just built. It is only associated with, sigh...I know...I know....beat me now over the head ...the MOHAA games. .....here are the specs: windows me....yeah, slap me for this one too dx 9.0a amd 64 bit 3200 asus k8v deluxe 1 gig kingston ram ddr 400-2 sticks 512 lite on cd-r lite on cdrw western digital 80 gig-7200 rpm/8 mb cache radeon 9800xt sound blaster audigy 2 zs enermax 460 watt thermaltake xaser case 19' NEC mutlisync monitor The medal of honor games will start up fine...console flashes by as the files are intialized....but then nothing comes up on the monitor...game is running though...when I force mohaa to shutdown and restart in safe mode, game comes up on my monitor...I can then crank up the settings and it runs fine....last night I got the mohaa games all up and running...details cranked to the max...I shut down and rebooted my pc a few times and these games all ran fine...but...I swear...I'll go home tonight after work and boot my pc up and the issue will start over again.....the mohaa games will run but not display on the monitor ..this is only an issue with mohaa...Yeah, maybe its a message from the gaming gods not to play mohaa mohaa games run fine on my old pc....windows me....geforce mx 420 64 mb...dx 8.1 How can you tell what version of the catalyst software you are running with the 9800 xt and should I upgrade to dx 9.0b? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snakebite1967 0 Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 uninstal the cat driver and instal the cat 4,2's or the omega 4.2s and give that a shot, u can also go into your opengl tab in the driver settings and enable 24 bit z buffer and enable triple buffering, thats under opengl in compatibility mode. MOHAA runs great on my 9800 pro under those settings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
supasniper 0 Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 try updating directx from 9a to 9b, from what i've read that isa more stable version Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter 0 Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 With ME, if it can be helped, you should go back to directx8.1. dx9.x was written pretty specifically for XP, and doesn't really run as good as it's supposed to in Win9x-ME. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ghost gamer 0 Posted February 25, 2004 Author Share Posted February 25, 2004 can I simply reinstall 8.1?....will it write cleanly overtop of 9.0a?.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NurFACE 0 Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 You may want to unistall your video card driver. I found this link that has an application to unistall direct x. http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/14/4/14-4-40.shtml Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ghost gamer 0 Posted February 26, 2004 Author Share Posted February 26, 2004 thanks....I'll check it out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ghost gamer 0 Posted February 26, 2004 Author Share Posted February 26, 2004 (edited) I think I may have found an issue...when I run dxdiag, under dx features, AGP texture acceleration is not enabled....nor can it be, meaning I don't have the option to simply hit enable..... ....hmmmmm... Edited February 27, 2004 by ghost gamer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snakebite1967 0 Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 im guessing that u didnt format when u built this new pc ? if not you are probaly missing the chipset drivers or have a corruption left over from your old mobo drivers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ghost gamer 0 Posted February 26, 2004 Author Share Posted February 26, 2004 (edited) ....don't recall formatting it....remembered to remove the old video and sound card drivers, but not the drivers for the old motherboard....yeah, thats kinda important ....can I simply uninstall the old MB drivers and then reinstall the drivers for the new MB? Edited February 27, 2004 by ghost gamer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snakebite1967 0 Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 u can try, what was the chipset of your old mobo ?, i still prefer a fresh format with a new setup there is just too many variables that can cause issues Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ghost gamer 0 Posted February 26, 2004 Author Share Posted February 26, 2004 it was a VIA KL133 chipset / board made by Trigem....HP XT 933..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snakebite1967 0 Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 u can try searching your hd for via drivers then, but to be totaly honest the best results youl see are with a fresh format and if u can get rid of that virus that is ME Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ghost gamer 0 Posted February 26, 2004 Author Share Posted February 26, 2004 thanks.....just one final question..since the K8V Deluxe board is based on a VIA chip, will I be able to tell the drivers apart? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snakebite1967 0 Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 if iw as u id delete anything via then start fresh with the 4.51 driver if u still have issues then im afraid a format is needed, id also read thru an asus forum for a decent bios setup guide just to make sure your getting the most out of it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ghost gamer 0 Posted February 26, 2004 Author Share Posted February 26, 2004 thanks...I appreciate your help...I'll let you know how it goes..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter 0 Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 The best thing to do here is Fdisk, Format, and reload. Especially with ME or any of the Win9.x systems. If you try to patch it together, you are asking for trouble. On the Directx question, no you can't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ghost gamer 0 Posted February 27, 2004 Author Share Posted February 27, 2004 well, I think the problem of no AGP texture acceleration is fixed. I reinstalled the MB drivers. I then discovered that the 9800 XT has a "utility" called smart cart or something like that. At the top are options for the PCI, but at the bottom are functions for the AGP slot. One was for read and one was for write, options being on or off. Of course both selections for AGP were set to off. I switched them to on and the next dxdiag I ran, AGP texture acceleration was enabled. Check this out. Before I did any of the above, I was making some adjustments in the 9800xt's control panel under open gl and 3d. I found that the antialasing option was the one giving me trouble with MOHAA running but not displaying. As soon as I unchecked "application preference" for it(antialasing), MOHAA would run but not display. All the other options on open gl and 3d tabs were set to high and anatropic filtering was set at a moderate level. I checked the cats that came with the 9800xt. They are like version 7.93 and the most current is 7.98. I left the older driver in place for now until I see if any more issues arise. I downloaded dx 9.0b and was going to install it. It started but said it needed to conect to the internet? Why? Just as well. I'll run 9.0a and the older cats and see what bugs show up. I don't believe in installing new stuff unless one is doing so in an attempt to address an issue. Unless its new game files , of course! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snakebite1967 0 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 glad u got it sorted and yes ati drivers without the control panel are useless and as smartgart controls the agp x and also fastwrites its always good to isntall them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ghost gamer 0 Posted February 27, 2004 Author Share Posted February 27, 2004 ...yep...it ain't a bad idea....any thought on how I can monitor the 9800xt's temp/fan speed?.....I looked through manual........thanks..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snakebite1967 0 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 if u r running an xt card then u need the latest drivers the older cats IE 3.7 to 3.9 werent designed for the xt range the 3.10 to 4.2's should have the temp gauge for the xt range Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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