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Since: Feb 20, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 4:50 am
Post subject: Driver help please
Archived from groups: alt>comp>periphs>videocards>ati (more info?)
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ATI rage 128 pro card (hardware on the board?)
Friend of mine has this problem, wife installs
a new edutainment game, windows ME, 3 year
old dell computer, this warning pops up:
ddhelp has caused an error in gdi.exe
This also causes some level of crashing, or
freezing until he clicks "Okay" or whatever...
I use the above line in a google search and the
answer shows on the MS site to be a video driver
problem as being too old. So I tell him where
to go, ati.com to find the driver. First I have him
update DX to 9.0b, then install the driver, which
is completely incompatible. I mean it's quite
obvious which driver it would be, the hardware
info on what he's got came from his own device
manager ...
Was rage 128 pro integrated on motherboards
back then? Is there anything that can be done?
Is it my mistake combining the 2001 latest
driver with DX 9.0b?
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Sincerely,
Alex |
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Since: Jun 25, 2004
Posts: 18
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 5:59 pm
Post subject: Re: Driver help please [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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AArDvarK wrote:
> ATI rage 128 pro card (hardware on the board?)
>
> Friend of mine has this problem, wife installs
> a new edutainment game, windows ME, 3 year
> old dell computer, this warning pops up:
>
> ddhelp has caused an error in gdi.exe
>
> This also causes some level of crashing, or
> freezing until he clicks "Okay" or whatever...
>
> I use the above line in a google search and the
> answer shows on the MS site to be a video driver
> problem as being too old. So I tell him where
> to go, ati.com to find the driver. First I have him
> update DX to 9.0b, then install the driver, which
> is completely incompatible. I mean it's quite
> obvious which driver it would be, the hardware
> info on what he's got came from his own device
> manager ...
>
> Was rage 128 pro integrated on motherboards
> back then? Is there anything that can be done?
> Is it my mistake combining the 2001 latest
> driver with DX 9.0b?
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ati.com/support/products/pc/rage128pro/winme/rage128prowinmedrivers.html?type=me&prodType=graphic&prod=productsME98driver&submit.x=17&submit.y=8&submit=GO%21" target="_blank">http://www.ati.com/support/products/pc/rage128pro/winme/rage128prowinm...ivers.h</a>
"Recommended Driver - 4.13.7192
Posted October 22, 2001
This is a fully released and supported display driver, which supports
Windows ME, Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE. DirectX 8 and OpenGL support
are included."
Since it only supports DirectX 8 I'd try to stick to that - probably
DirectX 9 doesn't have any advantages in your case anyway. There are
some tools to 'uninstall' DirectX so you might get off without a re-install.
André<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> |
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Since: Feb 20, 2004
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 5:59 pm
Post subject: Re: Driver help please [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Okay thanks, I'll get this link to him. Do you think this is
a risk at all? It is a DX9 uninstaller:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.softpedia.com/public/scripts/downloadhero/14-4-48/" target="_blank">http://www.softpedia.com/public/scripts/downloadhero/14-4-48/</a>
Alex
"André Janz" <ALDUBOFMWIGO.TakeThisOut@spammotel.com> wrote in message news:c153rp$1echae$1@ID-129558.news.uni-berlin.de...
> AArDvarK wrote:
> > ATI rage 128 pro card (hardware on the board?)
> >
> > Friend of mine has this problem, wife installs
> > a new edutainment game, windows ME, 3 year
> > old dell computer, this warning pops up:
> >
> > ddhelp has caused an error in gdi.exe
> >
> > This also causes some level of crashing, or
> > freezing until he clicks "Okay" or whatever...
> >
> > I use the above line in a google search and the
> > answer shows on the MS site to be a video driver
> > problem as being too old. So I tell him where
> > to go, ati.com to find the driver. First I have him
> > update DX to 9.0b, then install the driver, which
> > is completely incompatible. I mean it's quite
> > obvious which driver it would be, the hardware
> > info on what he's got came from his own device
> > manager ...
> >
> > Was rage 128 pro integrated on motherboards
> > back then? Is there anything that can be done?
> > Is it my mistake combining the 2001 latest
> > driver with DX 9.0b?
>
>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ati.com/support/products/pc/rage128pro/winme/rage128prowinmedrivers.html?type=me&prodType=graphic&prod=productsME98driver&submit.x=17&submit.y=8&submit=GO%21" target="_blank">http://www.ati.com/support/products/pc/rage128pro/winme/rage128prowinm...ivers.h</a>
>
> "Recommended Driver - 4.13.7192
> Posted October 22, 2001
>
> This is a fully released and supported display driver, which supports
> Windows ME, Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE. DirectX 8 and OpenGL support
> are included."
>
> Since it only supports DirectX 8 I'd try to stick to that - probably
> DirectX 9 doesn't have any advantages in your case anyway. There are
> some tools to 'uninstall' DirectX so you might get off without a re-install.
>
> André<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Driver help please |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 3:30 am
Post subject: Re: Driver help please [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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That card is not DX9 capable.
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DaveW
"AArDvarK" <noway RemoveThis @yourprob.com> wrote in message
news:bLkZb.7494$CQ6.3101@fed1read05...
> ATI rage 128 pro card (hardware on the board?)
>
> Friend of mine has this problem, wife installs
> a new edutainment game, windows ME, 3 year
> old dell computer, this warning pops up:
>
> ddhelp has caused an error in gdi.exe
>
> This also causes some level of crashing, or
> freezing until he clicks "Okay" or whatever...
>
> I use the above line in a google search and the
> answer shows on the MS site to be a video driver
> problem as being too old. So I tell him where
> to go, ati.com to find the driver. First I have him
> update DX to 9.0b, then install the driver, which
> is completely incompatible. I mean it's quite
> obvious which driver it would be, the hardware
> info on what he's got came from his own device
> manager ...
>
> Was rage 128 pro integrated on motherboards
> back then? Is there anything that can be done?
> Is it my mistake combining the 2001 latest
> driver with DX 9.0b?
> --
> Sincerely,
> Alex
>
>
>
>
>
>
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 3:30 am
Post subject: Re: Driver help please [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Yes, as I have found.
Alex
"DaveW" <none.DeleteThis@zero.org> wrote in message news:wExZb.89830$jk2.436153@attbi_s53...
> That card is not DX9 capable.
>
> --
> DaveW
>
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> "AArDvarK" <noway.DeleteThis@yourprob.com> wrote in message
> news:bLkZb.7494$CQ6.3101@fed1read05...
> > ATI rage 128 pro card (hardware on the board?)
> >
> > Friend of mine has this problem, wife installs
> > a new edutainment game, windows ME, 3 year
> > old dell computer, this warning pops up:
> >
> > ddhelp has caused an error in gdi.exe
> >
> > This also causes some level of crashing, or
> > freezing until he clicks "Okay" or whatever...
> >
> > I use the above line in a google search and the
> > answer shows on the MS site to be a video driver
> > problem as being too old. So I tell him where
> > to go, ati.com to find the driver. First I have him
> > update DX to 9.0b, then install the driver, which
> > is completely incompatible. I mean it's quite
> > obvious which driver it would be, the hardware
> > info on what he's got came from his own device
> > manager ...
> >
> > Was rage 128 pro integrated on motherboards
> > back then? Is there anything that can be done?
> > Is it my mistake combining the 2001 latest
> > driver with DX 9.0b?
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> > Alex
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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