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Article #20Re: Voodoo Graphics card will not work under Win98
From: SR
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 00:00
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No, the problem is with a file called something like fxmemmap.vxd, the version in the new drivers doesn't work with AMD cpu's. I believe 3dfx are aware of this and Diamond have released fixed files. So you can either replace this file with an older version or install older drivers. SR Adam M. Lesner wrote in message <7uo3hs$s41$1@news.shlink.de>... >Original Message: >------------------------------ >>On Tue, 05 Oct 1999 12:58:10 GMT, MattLeiter >><MatthewLeiter@compuserve.com> wrote: >> >>>Whenever I try and run a game with Native support for Voodoo (v1) - >>>therefore using the GLIDE api, I get a blank grey or black screen & then >the >>>machine hangs. >> >>Did you reinstall your Voodoo drivers? Windows 98 probably changed >>some things around, and the drivers aren't properly installed anymore. >>Download the latest reference drivers from 3DFX and install those, >>being sure to run the Sweep utility to nuke all older versions. >> >>Glenn > >NEW MESSAGE : >------------------------------- > >HELLO ! > >DO NOT INSTALL "3DFX" DRIVERS ON YOUR ORCHID RIGHTEOUS 3DFX BOARD !!!! >IT WON'T WORK CORRECTLY !! > >I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ! >JUST INSTALL DIRECTX 6.1 or BETTER (DX 7) >AND USE THE ORIGINAL ORCHID RIGHTEOUS DRIVER >VERSION 3.01 ! >ftp://ftp.diamondmm.com/orchid/right301 .EXE (3 MB) > >IT WORKS FINE ON MY SYSTEM, >640x480 AT 56-62 FPS >800x600 AT 26-33 FPS > >- AMD K6-2 3D 450 >- DFI P5BV3+ VIA MVP3 1MB (Bios updated) >- 128 MB SD-RAM >- ATI 3D RAGE-PRO 8MB TV > > >I HOPE IT WILL HELP YA ! :-) > >GREETINGS FROM GERMANY > >A-M-L > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11094b,3ab2aebc395b31f3 X-Google-Attributes: gid11094b,public X-Google-Thread: f4bb2,3ab2aebc395b31f3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bb2,public X-Google-Thread: 10a47c,3ab2aebc395b31f3 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a47c,public X-Google-Thread: 1050fa,3ab2aebc395b31f3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1050fa,public From: "SR" <SR@SR.net> Subject: Re: Voodoo Graphics card will not work under Win98 Date: 1999/10/22 Message-ID: <ziPP3.17918$18.643079@nnrp3.clara.net> X-Deja-AN: 539085633 References: <7tcskr$rho$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <g0j6N4eeyHI6+dVp2PBcCP+lspTx@4ax.com> <7uo3hs$s41$1@news.shlink.de> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Complaints-To: abuse@clara.net X-Trace: nnrp3.clara.net 940556575 195.8.89.203 (Fri, 22 Oct 1999 02:42:55 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 02:42:55 BST Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,3dfx.d3d.drivers,3dfx.products,alt.games.3dfx