Stability in 98?

[Hudzik]

While i must confess that this is not a major problem, it still annoys the hell out of me. I installed my g400 vanilla in 98 and it seems to be working well with most games. Here is the problem. About 1/2 of the time when I start a new game....the computer just hangs at a blank screen. To clarify this....often when a game initializes it changes screen resolution. Usually you can here the monitor click or snap as it changes modes. Well it happens right then. IT starts to change into another mode and it just hangs. The whole computer is locked. Hardware reboot usually fixes it. But sometimes it keeps happening and doesn't get past this until 3-4 reboots.I'll admit that when it works......it is kicking mucho butt.....but it is a headache to deal with this. I previously had a TNT card that never misbehaved like this. Anyone having similar problems?

[Slartibartfast]

You need to tell us more about your system, but...

You have probably got some retrograde (yes, folks it's my word of the week!) driver issues. Did you uninstall 100% of the previous drivers? Get them out of the registry? And purge them from the hard drive? Or did you just put the new card in and let it install?

Have you checked for IRQ conflicts with your cound card yet?

Try that stuff.

- Slarty

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I used to be a guy named Gurm. I used to have a signature. But that's all gone now. Now, my name is Ash... and I am a slave.

[Hudzik]

to answer your questions......no. Actually.....I did a full uninstall of the TNT detonator drivers before I installed the G400. No IRQ conflicts. I should do a clean re-build and see if it still happens. Any one using 98 SE? I heard there were some conflicts in the direct x

[SteveC]

Also, are you using the latest drivers from Matrox' site, or the ones on the CD?

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Cheers,
Steve

[Slartibartfast]

There's no problems with Win98se, those rumors are greatly exaggerated. I'm currently using Win98se + the latest G400 drivers with no problems except known incompatibilities (like Quest for Glory 5, dammit).

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I used to be a guy named Gurm. I used to have a signature. But that's all gone now. Now, my name is Ash... and I am a slave.

[franksch3]

I also run Windows 98 SE with a G400 32 MB dualhead, and I have no problems whatsoever. But most of the time Microsoft launches something new, all problems automaticly get directed towards Microsoft. ;-)

Frank Schoondermark

[Quatrix]

People need to learn stuff about computers before they go and try to sound smart. Do you understand what Windows does when you install new drivers? It overwrites the old files with the new ones. If you have an old example.txt, and you copy a new example.txt onto it, the old file is gone for good.

[Scytale]

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[Kraigman]

Well Quatrix...you should consider listening to your own advice. Only identically-named driver elements are overwritten, and only if installed to the same directory(s). Windows, via the registry, should point to the new driver set in its entirety, but, as most of us already know, this isn't always the case. Unless some form of uninstall routine (automated or manual) is used, many of the original files will remain on your computer, albeit orphaned in most cases, until you reinstall Windows. These orphans are the files we worry about. One frequently encountered problem occurs when an application encounters multiple versions of OpenGL ICDs and/or mini-drivers and chooses the wrong ones to use with your new videocard. You need to clean up your system because Windows, in all its forms, will not always do it for you.