Here is my system.
Tyan Trinity 400 (d)
P3 866
256 PC 133 Cas3 Ram
Hercules GTS2 64 meg variety
soundblaster live platinum
3com network card
Now everything seemed to work ok with 98SE, so of course i went and upgraded to my OEM ME given to me by Microsoft and everything seemed to run ok (occasional IE locksup, but nothing major) until i tried to play Diablo 2. I'd go to run it and the screen would just stay the same and then eventually i would just control+alt+delete and see that it was not responding. So i figure "well, i haven't done a format and clean install in a while so why the hell not, that might fix it." So after doing that and reinstalling apps, configuring, blah, blah i finally get back to D2. I install, get to the video test and the system locks up. At this point i'm wondering what the heck is going on. I do a dxdiag, go to the display and try running the DirectDraw and Direct3d tests and they both fail with some hex code which nobody will ever understand i'm sure. I tried both the Detonator 3 drivers and the 5.22 reference along with the Hercules brand drivers that were updated for 5.22. As far as i can tell this is a driver problem on Nvidia's part, but on their website when you download (detonator 3) it appears that it should be working ok with ME. Anybody else have this experience/ideas/suggestions/solution?
Tyan Trinity 400 (d)
P3 866
256 PC 133 Cas3 Ram
Hercules GTS2 64 meg variety
soundblaster live platinum
3com network card
Now everything seemed to work ok with 98SE, so of course i went and upgraded to my OEM ME given to me by Microsoft and everything seemed to run ok (occasional IE locksup, but nothing major) until i tried to play Diablo 2. I'd go to run it and the screen would just stay the same and then eventually i would just control+alt+delete and see that it was not responding. So i figure "well, i haven't done a format and clean install in a while so why the hell not, that might fix it." So after doing that and reinstalling apps, configuring, blah, blah i finally get back to D2. I install, get to the video test and the system locks up. At this point i'm wondering what the heck is going on. I do a dxdiag, go to the display and try running the DirectDraw and Direct3d tests and they both fail with some hex code which nobody will ever understand i'm sure. I tried both the Detonator 3 drivers and the 5.22 reference along with the Hercules brand drivers that were updated for 5.22. As far as i can tell this is a driver problem on Nvidia's part, but on their website when you download (detonator 3) it appears that it should be working ok with ME. Anybody else have this experience/ideas/suggestions/solution?
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