Direct3D on all games.

[TheDarkHorizon]

How would I go about to change my IRQ for my NIC? I tried un-installing it and re-installing it, but still no luck.

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[Rags]

Move it to a different slot.

[TheDarkHorizon]

Ok, trying it now.

[TheDarkHorizon]

Computer hung this time instead of rebooting... I'm going to try it again, but just in case, does anyone else have any idea why Direct3D is crashing my computer? I'm using the 5.10 drivers for win2k.

*** THIS JUST IN ***
It happened again... DXDIAG finds nothing wrong. It says in the drivers section that Main Driver is G400D.dll, Version is 5.12.01.1100, Certified is No (beta drivers), Mini VDD is g400m.sys and VDD is blank... I dont think there anything wrong with 3D Acceleration in general, OpenGL works fine. Yuck, now I have to play Diablo 2 in software until i can figure out whats wrong.

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[TheDarkHorizon]

::: hmph :::

It looks like the only choice I have is to wait for new drivers, or get the K7V. I'm probably going to exchange my SD11 for a K7V on Friday if I haven't figured this problem out by then.

[dZeus]

hey, I can confirm the F5 trick... use it all the time, but the other way round: Win2k won't detect my BIOS as a valid ACPI BIOS from the BIOS-good-list (it really does exist! ;-)

Just make sure you press F5 a few times during the startup of the install-setup of Win2k when it says: "Press F6 to install SCSI driver or other drivers...". After loading some files it will show you a menu from which you can select the desired option.

[TheDarkHorizon]

I've already formatted, Windows 2000 doesnt use ACPI anymore, but I've still been having trouble.

[spoogenet]

Just out of curiosity....just why are you running Advanced Server?

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[Sisyfos]

dZeus, the 'Good ACPI BIOS' (or some such) list only covers retail computers (Compaq, Dell etc. no home-builts), but if the BIOS date is newer than 1/1 2000 Win2K will try to detect ACPI on any computer.
Basically you've got 3 ways of manipulating the ACPI/noACPI thingy.
1. Fiddle with the date in one of the setup files on cd (can't remember which).
2. Flash your bios backwards/forwards.
3. Why would you want one of the above hassles, when you can just use F5.

BTW, the same date goes for Win98FE/SE/ME.
Here you could use these manipulations:
1. setup /p j (detect ACPI)
2. setup /p i (don't detect ACPI)

Finished lecturing

[dZeus]

before I knew the F5 trick (btw my BIOS IS dated after 1/1/2000), I just edited the \i386\TXTSETUP.SIF file, and changed the line ACPIEnable to have the value 1.

F5 trick is much easier.

I am not sure if it only looks at the date, since it does not install ACPI by default, although my BIOS is 100% ACPI compliant, and works flawlessly with ACPI

[Sisyfos]

hmmm....Microsoft moves in mysterious ways.
I remember the TXTSETUP.SIF edit now you've mentioned it. You could either set the ACPIEnable as you say or edit the threshold/boundary??? date to a date earlier than your BIOS date. I think this is covered in the setup docs.
But why wouldn't Microsoft document the F5 option???? (see line 1)
BTW, which motherboard do you have?

[TheDarkHorizon]

FIC SD11 (in an hour or two I hope to have a K7V and a thunderbird)

[The Dark Horizon]

Umm... I upgraded to a K7V, and installed everything. I have no luck turning it on though, when I set it at 115 volts, and i turn the power switch in the back on, it turns on automatically without me having to press hte poewr, and sometimes at 230 it will turn on but it just hangs there and does nothing. anyone know how i might fix this?

[Raptor^]

That sounds like what tends to happen if you've got something plugged in wrong or shorted. Check your ATX connectors and then check that you've got all the flying leads to your case LEDs and switches in the right places (putting a LED where your powerswitch should be can cause spotaneous power ons).
Finally, check nothing is shorting in this area, especially if you have used anything metal to mount the motherboard without insulating spacers (I had this exact problem on an ABIT BP6 and it turned out to be a screw shorting the power jumper)

Make sure you resolve any IRQ conflicts with the G400 this time, or it WON'T work right.

I thought 2K Ad Server required multiple processors??

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[The Dark Horizon]

Thanks for replying Raptor, I checked those cables on the panel (led lights/reset/power/etc) and it turns out they were all in the wrong places. I fixed it and it still fails to power..

Also, when my computer is in 115 volts, it powers up then shuts down (Cdrom starts blinking at least). In 230, it powers up and it sounds like everythings okay, but the cdrom lights dont flash and the floppy drive is always on)

When you said you had the same problem, what was hte same problem? turning on then off again? the guy told me that i shouldnt have put it on 230v and i mighta broke osmething.. anyways, my bro insists that its not touching metal but i dunno...

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