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Voodoo3 Crashing with Alt+Tab

  • 24-01-2000 5:49am
    #1
    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭


    Anyone know how to stop this happening?
    I have the latest drivers, (so don't bother suggesting that WWM) smile.gif, and every time I go to minimise someting like Half-Life or Quake, it just goes black and crashes.


Comments

  • #2
    TinCool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭TinCool


    This happens with a lot of games running through a v3, had that painful problem when I had a v3 and was running q2, would have to close down q2 in order to get back into irc. Just have to live with it I'm afraid.


  • #3
    WhiteWashMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan



    as if i would.
    like paul said...just live with.
    mind you, it doesnt happen with mine and ive got a pci v3 2000


  • #4
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 9,035 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    Yeah - I actually posted the 3dfx wwboard and the answer was nothing can be done. Works fine with UT though.

    M


  • #5
    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    not just v3.
    happens to a lot of cards.
    at random smile.gif


  • #6
    Sonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 488 ✭✭Sonic


    it happens on my tnt aswell , alt tab to windows and then back to q1 , half the screen is missing , same on q2 and q3


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  • #7
    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭SantaHoe


    Hmmmm I once ran Quake and Half-Life at the same time and saw elements of both on the screen at the same time, it was freaky I tells ya'!


  • #8
    Emperor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 59 ✭✭Emperor


    On the same thread, any time I do anything such as change the resolution, alt+tab, or even quit from winquake or quakeworld, i get a blue screen "fatal exception" message and have to restart. Generally it says "winoldap caused a general protection fault in xxxxxxxx". I'm sure i have the latest drivers (my card is an nVidia tnt), any idea what's up?


  • #9
    amp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭amp


    My v3 3500 agp doesn't do that. I can alt-tab from Q3 to my desktop, which has freaky colours but the same res. And alt-tab back in to Q3, when it goes back it's a little darker then after cupla seconds goes normal.
    UT and Half-life work fine.
    [Insert cool quote here]
    Play GLminesweeper!
    http://www.iol.ie/~adamj/dl/mineswp.jpg



  • #10
    Canaboid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭Canaboid


    Just a hunch but could it be games are running in 16bit and windows is 24/32 bit. Set 'em all to 16bit and see if it stops.


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