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Mouse 2
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Posted: 25th Dec 2003 05:02
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Hey guys,

Writing this from my Bro's computer. He reported Diablo II and Age of Empires II stopped worked without apparent cause. Both games reported video errors. Since he only had Catalyst 3.9 and 3.10 was recently released, I decided to try my luck with an update. As I generally do, I ran the installers to make sure they detected the proper hardware before uninstalling the old ones. Strangely, the new driver didn't. Hardware acceleration was operational as the desktop was in 1024x768x32... I downloaded a 3.9 driver so I would have something to back up to if it still didn't work when I uninstalled. I didn't expect that the 3.9 driver would also fail! All the DiretX tests in DxDiag passed beforehand!

Well, now there's no hardware acceleration at all. Widows reports the display device as detected and w/o drivers, but none of the display drivers for this system detect the neccessary hardware. System is:

Windows XP (SP 1)
446MB RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon

I'm really stumped on this one.

Thankee all...

--Infamous Running Baldmouse
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Ian T
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Posted: 25th Dec 2003 05:16
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This is VERY odd. The drivers are still uninstalled but he's switched the desktop to 1024x768x32 and can run Diablo II just fine. Very very odd ... I must get to the bottom of this...

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

A very nice %it, indeed.
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JoelJ
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Posted: 25th Dec 2003 07:51
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1 mouse, 2 mouse, red mouse, blue mouse...reminds me of dr sueis(sp?)

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Ian T
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Posted: 25th Dec 2003 09:44
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Sues.

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

A very nice %it, indeed.
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Ian T
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Seus.

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

A very nice %it, indeed.
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Ian T
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Suse.

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

A very nice %it, indeed.
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Pincho Paxton
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Soup
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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 25th Dec 2003 15:02
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This isn't going to turn into another Word association thread is it?



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Preston C
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Posted: 25th Dec 2003 15:04
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Tomato


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Megaton Cat
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Preston


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Preston C
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Posted: 25th Dec 2003 20:14
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Stupid

...
wait a tick...

err...

Cheers,
Preston


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Ian T
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Posted: 25th Dec 2003 20:43
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Oh no

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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 25th Dec 2003 20:52
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Shame you cant take the video card out - oh well...
Anyway, you could remove everything to do with the video drivers, reset the machine and let XP detect the video driver, and try installing the drivers there. Re-install DX9.0b after that and see what happens.


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Megaton Cat
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What's with the "Mouse" and "Mouse2". Are you guys related?


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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 25th Dec 2003 21:19
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Quote: "Writing this from my Bro's computer"



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Megaton Cat
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So?
You can post from your one account from any computer...unless I didn't catch sometihng here.


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JoelJ
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i would assume so....
geeze, i cant find my little sisters DR S books to save my life

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Ian T
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Posted: 25th Dec 2003 21:29
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I didn't feel like giving my brother my password ... or typing it in on his computer at all... trust is trust, but there's nothing amiss with being careful .

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 25th Dec 2003 22:57
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You've got problems then, mouse...
Just shows how addicted and paranoid some people are because of this forum.


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Ian T
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Uh, what?

I mean come on, why in the world WOULD I trust my brother with my password? It's needless... always be careful where possible...

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

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Dave J
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Posted: 26th Dec 2003 00:19
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It's 'Seus' I believe.


"Computers are useless they can only give you answers."
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Arrow
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Posted: 26th Dec 2003 04:27
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Something tells me Megaman doesn't have little siblings.


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JoelJ
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Quote: "Something tells me Megaman doesn't have little siblings."

honestly...my sister found that she could change my password on XP Pro as long as the 'family' account had admin privlages...the admin privlages didnt last to long.

Quote: " It's 'Seus' I believe."

i could swear it has a 'i' in it, lets have a looksie on the internet...
hah, we were all wrong..its "Dr. Seuss"

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Ian T
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Posted: 26th Dec 2003 05:59
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All sorts of things things you can do when parents leave computers on the admin login, as I discovered when I was around 9

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

FOCAIDASD, geri.
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Megaton Cat
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Quote: "I mean come on, why in the world WOULD I trust my brother with my password?"


oh...well you never mentioned you were on xp. You can't trust those things. And I'm gona ignore that megaman comment as I'm sleepy (just woke up) and don't have the strengh to find some crazy looking smilies.

Merry after Christmas


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Ian T
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Posted: 26th Dec 2003 22:01
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Well he had XP, I have 98. It's just my forum login password, but the less people who have the ability to defaminate my character, the better

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

FOCAIDASD, geri.
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Ian T
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Posted: 26th Dec 2003 22:22
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Well I don't need competition

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

FOCAIDASD, geri.
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