Directx issue

bombidol

I recently installed Winxp and i cant get any games to work. Its a Geforce FX 5200 not great i know but it ran games in win2k. When i do a DXDIAG it says that Direct 3d is not active but i cant activate it. Games generally give me a Direct3d error when i try and run them.

any ideas?

jcoote

whats the error gar??????

did u try installing the latest directx and windows updates

stevenmu

You probably just need to (re)install the latest nvidia drivers for the card and then (re)install the latest directx

Airblazer

stevenmu wrote:

You probably just need to (re)install the latest nvidia drivers for the card and then (re)install the latest directx

but install the direct x drivers first

bombidol

I have reinstalled directx a few times but you know yourself it doesnt really reinstall per se if you are trying to install the latest version over the latest version. And ive reinstalled the latest Nvidia drivers too. same thing happening.

astrofool

whats your full system spec?

It's probably some drivers missing somewhere. Is it XP service pack 2? Have you downloaded everything from windows update?

bombidol

windows update is on, its SP2, and its a reasonable specced machine that everything was working fine with when it was w2k

Airblazer

go into your system spec and see if ther are any yellow "bangs" on any of the hardware...it's possible that some audio component might be missing a driver..long shot but what the hell!

jcoote

stupid question but it is the winxp driver your using now for the nvidia and not the win2k one yeah???

try uninstalling the video card from system and let windows re-dectect maybe??

just throwing idears out there

bombidol

Nope all the hardware is installed. Ive removed and reinstalled the VC a few times.
DXDIAG says this

Direct3D functionality not available. You should verify that the driver is a final version from the hardware manufacturer

Its the XP/2000 Driver

Airblazer

when you installed the driver for the card did it come up with any errors?
Post a screenshot of dxdiag as well if u can. this will more info

bombidol

Heres a screenshot

stevenmu

Best thing might be to totally uninstall DirectX and the Nvidia driver, use Add/Remove Programs first and then there's utilities available on Guru3D.com to make sure they're both fully removed. Then reinstall driver and DirectX and test again. If that doesn't work remove both again and try installing an older Nvidia driver, see if that makes a difference.

gline

did u upgrade from 2000 or format and install xp???

jcoote

yeah as stevenmu said a fresh install is the next step i'd try tbh

or maybe check that your hardware acceleration on the card is up full whack