After attempting to upgrade to the Detonator 3 drivers, Win2K has decided it doesn't like hearing about new video drivers and no longer believes in OpenGL.
System: Elsa Erazor X (SDR), Win2K, 550E@733, P3V4X, other stats on request.
The system worked _great_ with the 5.22 GeForce drivers, however something whacky happened when I attempted to go to 6.18. I unzipped the new drivers and did the usual Display:Settings:Advanced...:Search for a valid driver:Install one of the other drivers:
At this point, after having pointed to the directory containing the 6.18 drivers, Win2K appears to ignore them completely and gives me a choice of two inf files (oem7 and oem8) already in my /winnt/inf directory. Well, oem7 turns out to be the inf file for 5.1.3 and oem8 is the original Elsa driver for Win2K. Choosing either of them works, however OpenGL is gone. Winamp doesn't find it, the Win2K OpenGL screensavers don't work, and Quake III complains about not being able to use the OpenGL dll. I checked to make sure the dll is there; it is.
Finally, I can also use the 5.2.2 drivers using the Detonator 2 installer (doubleclick, install shield opens, the drivers install, Win2K reboots and then says it's using 5.2.2). FWIW, those drivers install as the oem9.inf file, which Win2K refuses to offer as an option when I do the Driver:Upgrade stuff mentioned above.
I've tried the gentler methods of fighting with windows: hiding files, re-downloading/installing drivers/Quake/etc., but it ain't workin'.
Suggestions appreciated. Let me know if there is any info that would help.
RC
System: Elsa Erazor X (SDR), Win2K, 550E@733, P3V4X, other stats on request.
The system worked _great_ with the 5.22 GeForce drivers, however something whacky happened when I attempted to go to 6.18. I unzipped the new drivers and did the usual Display:Settings:Advanced...:Search for a valid driver:Install one of the other drivers:
At this point, after having pointed to the directory containing the 6.18 drivers, Win2K appears to ignore them completely and gives me a choice of two inf files (oem7 and oem8) already in my /winnt/inf directory. Well, oem7 turns out to be the inf file for 5.1.3 and oem8 is the original Elsa driver for Win2K. Choosing either of them works, however OpenGL is gone. Winamp doesn't find it, the Win2K OpenGL screensavers don't work, and Quake III complains about not being able to use the OpenGL dll. I checked to make sure the dll is there; it is.
Finally, I can also use the 5.2.2 drivers using the Detonator 2 installer (doubleclick, install shield opens, the drivers install, Win2K reboots and then says it's using 5.2.2). FWIW, those drivers install as the oem9.inf file, which Win2K refuses to offer as an option when I do the Driver:Upgrade stuff mentioned above.
I've tried the gentler methods of fighting with windows: hiding files, re-downloading/installing drivers/Quake/etc., but it ain't workin'.
Suggestions appreciated. Let me know if there is any info that would help.
RC
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