powerdesk 621

[Pathogen]

hi
i have downloaded and tried to install the latest powerdesk ( i also had the same problem with the previous one and never managed to install it ) . it unzips itself to mgafold and on running setup i get this error msg

"an error has occured whilst loading the setup dll files
make sure the setup files setupres.dll , pdinst32.dll & pdinst16.dll are in the same directory than the setup.exe file
press ok to terminate the application "

all the requested .dll files are in the same folder

anybody have any ideas ?

thanks

[Admiral]

You don't install PD by running the setup !
You have to uninstall your previous drivers, ither from Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs (Matrox software(remove only) ) or with this utility.
After that you reset, Windows detects your card and you install the new drivers

Or you go in Control Panel click on Display/Advanced/Adapter/Change and point Windows to the new drivers

[This message has been edited by Admiral (edited 23 December 2000).]

[nehalmistry]

yes, setup.exe is a program that is used when u install the drivers the manual way, its not meant to be executed directly...

i dont know why they still have it though, it confuses people, and i have never installed drivers successfully by running setup.exe

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P5A-B MoBo w/AMD K6-266@300 (100mhz FSB)
Matrox Milleniumm G200 AGP (oh, lets party)
Creative SB Awe32 (a classic, superb card)
Realtek 8029A NIC Card
64meg 100mhz SDRam
Ali V agp chipset (2x)
6.4 gig HD 5400 RPM UDMA 66
ALI 1543 IDE Controller (ATA 33)
Optiquest Q53 15" Monitor
Actima 36X CD-Rom
Windows 95B
ICQ UIN: 24730025

[impact]

Well, setup.exe works for me everytime since the 6.XX series have arrived.

[Galvin]

That is the same way I always installed my drivers, thru the setup program. It works everytime.

[Pathogen]

thanks ive updated the driver as you suggest , but what an absolute arse about way of doing it

with the exception of the last 2 powerdesks i have always installed my drivers via the setup.exe application :/

[Joel]

I've installed them on all three of my machines using the setup.exe without any problems.

Joel

[Kruzin]

I use the included setup.exe in beta 20x more than most people see in public releases. I have never had a problem just running setup.exe, and only 3 times in the last year, over dozens of drivers versions have I had to fully uninstall/reinstall. I normally just install over the previous version so I don't loose all my schemes/hotkeys, etc...

[Admiral]

I never used the setup to install my drivers, as a matter of fact I never used the change option ither.
I've had my G400 for about 14 months and I always uninstalled the previous drivers, rebooted and installed the new ones.

[DuRaNgO]

yup, setup.exe is the way!
jim


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P3-700e with an MC-1000 @ agiga! Check it here!
Abit BE6-2
TwinMos 256mb pc-133
G400 32mb DH
Maxtor 40gb 7,200 ATA100
SB Live!
Toshiba 12x DVD
Iomega 650cd burner
Winblows 98se & DX8
and 384k DSL!
and a 19" monitor

[ParaKnowYa]

Released a new driverpack based on the 6.21 drivers from Matrox. Get it @ www.paraknowya.de, it should solve some install problems and such! =)
regards
PKY (who's kind of back! =)

[nehalmistry]

holy crap,.. then what am i doing wrong.... i always use setup and it screws me up all the time.....

oh well.... im pretty much used to uninstalling, restarting, and the whole nine yards... so ill just stick to that...

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P5A-B MoBo w/AMD K6-266@300 (100mhz FSB)
Matrox Milleniumm G200 AGP (oh, lets party)
Creative SB Awe32 (a classic, superb card)
Realtek 8029A NIC Card
64meg 100mhz SDRam
Ali V agp chipset (2x)
6.4 gig HD 5400 RPM UDMA 66
ALI 1543 IDE Controller (ATA 33)
Optiquest Q53 15" Monitor
Actima 36X CD-Rom
Windows 95B
ICQ UIN: 24730025

[rylan]

Ohh topic, but...

nehalmistry: I agree, the SB AWE32 card is a classic. I actually still have that card in a 2ndary system

[Joel]

Hey ParaKnowYa,

What kind of hack job did you do to the drivers this time? You should let ppl know at least that much.

Joel


[This message has been edited by Joel (edited 26 December 2000).]