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Offline BBaw48

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« on: July 18, 2004, 10:32:10 PM »
Hi y'all. I have been suffering for weeks with  screen freezees followed by the error message: D3DERR_INVALID. I upped my ram, in installed a new ATI 9600 video card, and I installed a Soundblaster Audigy LS sound card. I still get the freezes and error message. Is it perhaps a connection issue? When we went to AH2  I went to DSL instead of dial-up. I never had a problem with dial-up, could it be my connection with DSL? Help anyone!

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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2004, 03:08:02 AM »
Reinstalled DX9 ?
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« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2004, 02:11:56 AM »
I have installed new ATI 9600 video, Soundblaster Audigy LS,
I have reinstalled DX9 several times, I have updated all new drivers several times, and I have tried Omega drivers. I'm running XP, Pentium 4, 512 ram.  I STILL get error message: D3DERR_INVALID.

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« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2004, 09:00:46 AM »
You get that message when?

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« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2004, 01:24:21 PM »
Howdy,
First the screen freezes, then it turns white for a few seconds, then the error message occurs. When I click on it the screen stays white until I Ctrl-Esc which returns my cursor along with Start window. Aces High is STILL running according to task manager so I Ctrl-Alt-Delete to bring up task manager window and shut it down. If I click on AH in the bottom screen menu I am returned to frozen view from my plane and nothing works so I manually shut down the computer.

Sometimes I get the message the first time I try to fly. Sometimes it comes after several minutes of flight or when I'm changing fields in the tower. Last night it occured as I was quitting AH.

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BBaw
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« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2004, 01:29:40 PM »
You might look at this link for a bit of background. Same Error. Different video card. Different game. But it will give you some directions to try.
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« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2004, 01:33:43 PM »
Shot in the dark, but check what your desk top color quality is.

My first try would be to find a driver cleaner and reinstall the video drivers.

Could also be a screen saver running in back ground.


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« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2004, 03:14:51 AM »
No screensavers running. I minimized icons on desktop. No wallpaper, just stock blue background. I hid the task bar.
Reinstalled drivers again. First flight was long enough to get one kill :)    then the screen froze a few minutes later.
Don't know what to do. Tested everything in dxdiag--everything works properly.
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« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2004, 02:30:55 PM »
i got this error today.....

5 times in a row it happend, then just as i was about to scream like a baby girl, it worked. I had to resetup the gfx options in the game though.... rather odd because NOTHING had changed
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« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2004, 03:15:43 AM »
Bummer.....I spent many hours today with a computer tech friend of mine. He erased my hard drive and installed everything from the bottom up: XP, MS updates, ATI drivers, Soundblaster drivers, AH2 that I had saved on a disc. I still get the D3Derr_Invalid error message with a dump.
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Offline SC-Sp00k

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« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2004, 04:12:20 AM »
I have a similar system with a ATI 9800 Pro.  If I were you I would uninstall the omega driver and use the Catalyst 4.7's in their place.  I couldnt discern any real difference between them FPS wise anyway, but I started getting all sorts of problems with stuttering, CTD's and draw times when I installed the Omega drivers.  When I binned them and went back to the Cat 4.7's, not a problem since.

Give it a run and see how you go. My moneys on the Omega's as the source of your grief.

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« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2004, 12:25:26 PM »
hhmmmm, the last time I tried to fly I got the error message before I could even take off. Now I find my Precision Pro stick doesn't work. It worked for almost 2 years or so with XP home version.  Now with XP pro it doesn't.
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Offline Hades55

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« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2004, 10:59:18 PM »
I continue to have this problem with the same message.
Skuzzy had say dx prob, so from then i have reinstall dx some times.Nothing. New clean install AHII. Nothing.
The only change i shaw was after the last (6) patch witch indeed
have make some good. I now CTD every half hour, sometimes 1,before was every 5 min.
Until yesterday witch without i change something, i ctd every 10 min.  9800XT.
(video drivers have nothing to do with this prob).
I suspect sound problems.
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Offline BBaw48

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« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2004, 11:16:29 PM »
Occasionally I'll get a Virus Protection update pop-up which closes AH2 to the task bar--usually during a turnfite or landing :)  I click on the update, then the AH2 task bar, and I return to the arena.
Could my virus protection program which is constantly running be interferring with AH and causing my screen freeze/dumps?
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Offline BBaw48

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« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2004, 01:08:49 AM »
I found out how to make my Precision Pro stick work.
I still get the freeze with error message. Sometimes my monitor reports it is not getting a signal.
I am going to replace my power supply with a 360 watt.
Possibly the new video and sound cards are sucking more juice than my system can deliver.
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