Bios doesn't register iwith DirectX

[mboswell]

On the first tab of dxdiag no entry for my bios is entered. According to the tech support for a game I just bought I need to get Directx to recognize my bios. I updated it but it still doesn't come up. I also have all the latest Windows updates etc.

 

[GregANDTCH]

Tell us more about your computer/motherboard.
What game and version Windows are you using?

 

[jackschmittusa]

Try downloading Aida32 and see if it will detect your bios.

 

[mboswell]

I'm running Win 98 SE with a 600 mhz Pentium 3, with a Radeon 9200 SE and a Creative Sound Blaster Live!. I have a Gateway Tabor 3 motherboard with 320 MB of ram. Myst is the game that is crashing (during play it becomes unresponsive and the the title bar of the program appears).
AIDA32 does recognize my bios.

 

[GregANDTCH]

Which gateway part # is your board.
I am trying to look up features and there's more than one part #.
4000xxx

 

[mboswell]

the motherboard part number is 4000585

 

[jackschmittusa]

You really have me stumped here. The bios is obviously capable of reporting correctly if Aida32 can see it. I have no idea why it is not reported to DX. I will think on this some more.

 

[GregANDTCH]

Motherboard page
http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/JABIL/4000585/4000585nv.shtml

 

[mboswell]

I don't see anything relevent on that support page.

 

[GregANDTCH]

Your right!
I was just using it as a useful bump.
I thought there might be a newer bios posted,
but it looked kinda old.

So Bump!

Have you updated your DirectX ?

 

[mboswell]

Yes I did. I have the newest drivers for everything as well.