Voodoo 1 Problem!

[viper007]

Hey there.

I recently changed to Win ME (I like to play internet checkers! eheh) and when I tried to play games in OpenGL I have had many problems.

I am using a Voodoo 1 (Monster 3D) and if games such as SOF or Half-Life (OpenGL), the video card shuts down and the monitor turns off!! I believe it to be a Win ME driver conflict. I have tried many other drivers: 3DFX Reference, Diamond etc etc...But to no avail!! None of the drivers I obtained said they directly supported "Win ME" but the default Windows drivers also did the same thing....

I might just have to go back to 98, and miss out on playing "Internet Checkers" forever!!

Any suggestions at all??

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

dish out the $50-$70 to get a VooDoo3 2000 :Q

 

[AdamK47]

I hear you can make big bucks selling old and rare crap to the Smithsonian Institution.

 

[NutBucket]

Hell, dish out $30 and get a V2 1000 or equivalent.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

I don't think he asked if he should buy another video card, fellas.

That's happened to me before, viper. I didn't really fix it. It just sorta stopped happening. *shrug*

 

[Broadkipa]

Could be a Directx problem,Windows Me uses ver 7 and I expect the drivers for the V1 stoped at DX ver 4. Have you run DXDIAG to see if it passes all the graphic tests

 

[viper007]

Thanks "KnightBreed" and "Broadkipa" for helping!

Yeah I might actually have to contribute some of the problems to DirectX. I ran those tests and it all screwed up as usual. So I disabled "DirectDraw" and "Direct3D" and I was able to ran Half-Life for about 5 mins in OpenGL. Best I ever got! Its really weird though, because one I was able to get out of the game after everything shutdown and go into DXDIAG and I discovered that the 3D card was not even there anymore! So that tells me, that the whole video card just powers down...Weird huh!

Oh also, I installed DirectX 8.0 a little while ago, maybe if I could uninstall it and replace it with a older version it might work again, this could be why it worked under Win 98. Anyway to remove it??

Cheers....

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

<< Anyway to remove it?? >>


Here ya go.

 

[viper007]

Thanks KnightBreed!

But one problem, it does not work under win me!

Any other programs available?

Cheers..

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Oops, sorry. Didn't see what OS you were using.

I don't know of any WinME or Win2k unistallers. I'll keep looking.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Ok, I found this right here.

From the site:

<< DirectX Buster is a DirectX uninstaller for Windows 95 and above. It supports DirectX from Version 5 (DirectX 3 not testet but should work properly) up to DirectX 8 inclusive all new components. >>


If you scroll down a bit to the download section. Under DirectX Buster, it says it doesn't work with Win2k, but doesn't mention anything about not working with WinME.

You can give it a try, I suppose. But before you do, I highly recommend going to Tweakfiles.com and carefully reading what files need backed up.

Good luck.

 

[viper007]

Thanks KnightBreed! Your the best! Also have a excellent Christmas and a awesome new year..


Cheers..

 

[EvilCoconut]

maybe power supply prob?

 

[ArchAngel777]

I seriously recamend getting rid of that Voodoo1.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

viper, you too my friend. Enjoy the holiday season.

Evilcoconut, he said he was having this problem in OpenGL. Most likely if it was a PSU problem, he'd be getting errors and such in any 3d app (be it Glide, OpenGL, or DirectX).

ArchAngel, yes I think he should as well, but not everybody has the money or incentive to upgrade. I have the money to upgrade my Voodoo2, but I see no reason to do so.