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Device failure in windows xp home
zaniwhoop2:
Try sytem restore to pre DX9 (if possible)
Uninstall drivers
Reboot
Install DX9
Reboot
Install Drivers
That might work. I have had device failures on my video card before (never the Radeon 9700 though, only the Kyro 2), but only with UT2K3. Whenever I got a device failure, it was after I had to restart the computer after it locked up. I don't have SFC3, but SFC2 works just fine.
BuckStrider:
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I don't understand...Does the game just crash and you end up back at your desktop?...Do you play for a bit,then it crashes?
My game crashes as well in single player (says that I have an EAX problem...I REALLY dont think I have a problem)
Sometimes I crash fast..Other times it takes an hour or so.
In any event..Who knows?...Well...I do know 1 group of people that know
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Buck,
Are you using any soundblaster equipment on your system? If so, then check out the Soundblaster EAX page.. they may have a solution to your problem...
http://www.soundblaster.com/eax/
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Ummm...SB Audigy is NOT the prob bud...
Dash Jones:
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yeah, mine does goto a 600x480 screen with 4 colours, and the only way i can sort it out is to restart my pc
and my drivers should be upto date
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It sounds almost as if you are being forced inot running some sort of safe mode...
Are you using an LCD monitor by any chance. I've heard of a similar problem on some of those but no solutions yet. I don't know what's causing it.
Also, if you aren't getting any correlation between the catalyst 3.0 drivers, and the computer games and devices, that could definately be a serious problem, but in that case I'd expect games like JK2 (which require OpenGL) to cease completely. Perhaps a glitch in someway that they are being handled? Check the various forums for ATI to see if there are any others wh mya have similar problems as you.
USSDelta:
i have got an LCD moniter, but i can run SFC 2 Orion Pirates, i have got another pc that it works on but i'd rather play it on this one
Dash Jones:
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i have got an LCD moniter, but i can run SFC 2 Orion Pirates, i have got another pc that it works on but i'd rather play it on this one
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Now that is funny. Yes, there is a bug with certain actions with LCD monitors that cause something akin to what you are talking about. Don't know if that's what is causing your problem or not. You'll be happy to know I have no clue what the solution is. Sorry bout that if that truly is the cause.
PS: Thought I should add, not funny as in humorous, more of the ironic sort, as I was just reading about this type of bug recently, which is why I asked about the LCD monitor thing. Can't recall the exact context, but it had some relation to SFC3 if I recall in chancewise of what it could be. Very very ironic. Once again, sorry, didn't do enough research and reading into it to find out if anyone had found a solution or workaround for it yet. I don't have one if you were unfortunate to actually have that as what you are experiencing. You could verify if it's your monitor or something else perhaps by trying a different monitor and/or drivers.
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