dump to desktop

[SKurj]

From what I have picked up over the net, the debug level in your directsound is something left over from the development cycle, and may just simply casue sound to use a few more resources.

Perhaps someone else can shed more detail on this...

SKurj

[Modas]

Originally posted by SKurj
Hmm yes possibly

Have you tried 23.11's?

Other than that Modas I don't know what to tell you...




In reading the dxdiag, I noticed this...

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 2/5 (retail)

Reducing the debug level above may help if you encounter any issues sound related.  To do this though you need the DirectX control Applet..

http://www.savelkoulskuylen.demon.nl/files/directx.cpl

SKurj

Skurj -

I got the file :-).  How do I use it?  hhehehehe.  I'm just a dumb mechanical engineer, I don't know nothin' about computers  

Modas

[Modas]

Originally posted by Lephturn
In addition, your GeForce is sharing IRQ with your network card.  That is NOT good.  You need to resolve that right away.  The way to do that is to move what slot your network card is in, which looks like the first PCI slot under your AGP card.  You'll need to dig out the manual for your mainboard and figure out which PCI slots share IRQ's with other devices, then put your Ethernet card in a slot where it won't be sharing interrupts.  By the look of the number of devices you have in there, you probably won't resolve all the conflicts/sharing, but you need to make certain that your video and sound are on their own IRQs.

Your USB is sharing with your modem as well, which is not as big a deal depending on how you are connecting to AH.  Are you using broadband (network card) or using your modem to dial up AH?

Now as for nVidia driver versions, for that card on Win98 I would try the 7.78's, I have had good luck with those for TnT/GeForce level cards.  If that doesn't work, give the 14.10's a shot.  The later model drivers seem to only work well with GeForce 2 or later cards in my experience, so the problems you are having with the 2x.xx line of Detonators is not unexpected.

I've rearranged some things and got the major componets (sound and video)on their own IRQ with the exception of some IRQ holder for PCI Steering (whatever that is).  The USB and modem still are on the same IRQ. I was able to free up IRQ's 4 and 9.  Is there a way to "force" either the USB or the modem to use one of these IRQ's?

I did fly offline and was able to fly without dumping, so hopefully the problem is fixed.  I would like to get the USB on its own IRQ if at all possible.  Any suggestions on how to do this?  I tried moving the modem to a different PCI slot like I did w/ the network card, but no luck.

Thanks for the help  

Modas
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