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Title: Initialization failed
Post by: treesy on August 30, 2004, 05:46:30 PM

I installed a Gforce fx 5700 le with 256MB,
 all test show card working properly, however when i click on AH
 it tells me to select vidio card this is the only card installed.
   i click ok, then i get
                                    initializaton failed
                                    mainGR3d_failed-4
                           then it goes back to desktop,
                         anyone know what im doing wrong ?
                                                    Treesy

Title: Initialization failed
Post by: Blooz on August 30, 2004, 06:29:47 PM

Make sure your display settings are not set to 256 colors (should be 32 bit color I think)

Two places to check. Windows display settings and the Aceshigh.exe file Properties/ Compatibility tab (make sure 256 color box is NOT checked.

Hope this helps.

Title: Initialization failed
Post by: Ohio330 on August 31, 2004, 09:44:52 AM

Hum, from what it told you, it sounds like you may have a built-in
video card that you need to disable in the bios.  For some reason
it believes you have at least one video source, and this is most likely the cause.

Title: Initialization failed
Post by: treesy on August 31, 2004, 09:54:06 PM

got it,  thanks for your help.
                             treesy

Title: Initialization failed
Post by: ace31st on September 01, 2004, 06:34:01 AM

heres another stupid question of mine

ive heard people talking about BIOS alot, but how do you access them lol

Title: Initialization failed
Post by: Delirium on September 01, 2004, 07:22:15 AM

Don't play with your bios unless you know what you're doing.

Trust me... if you have to ask how to access it, don't.

Title: Initialization failed
Post by: Blooz on September 01, 2004, 07:51:23 AM

Good advice.

BIOS (basic input/output system) is the core of your computers startup programing. It's not like changing things in Windows where if you don't like something you can easily change it back. Make a mistake in BIOS and your machine may not start again at all!

Very risky to play around with BIOS if you don't know what you're
doing.

Title: Initialization failed
Post by: ace31st on September 01, 2004, 08:22:52 AM

just wondering how  i would disable a video card if that message appeared thatts all

Title: Initialization failed
Post by: Blooz on September 01, 2004, 08:29:19 AM

Right click My Computer, select Manage, Device Manager, Display adapters, right click the adapter and select disable.

Uninstall will do the same thing.

Title: Initialization failed
Post by: ace31st on September 01, 2004, 08:30:41 AM

thanks for the help blooz :aok .. didnt touch a thing in there hehhe

Title: Initialization failed
Post by: phobia on September 01, 2004, 08:33:38 AM

Ace,

When you boot your pc somewhere on the screen you will see something to the effect of "press this button for setup". Usually it's the Delete key but it could be different depending on your mainboard.

Once in the setup you're probably looking for "onboard peripherals" or "built-in" once again it's different for each mainboard but shouldn't be too hard to find.

Your mainboard manual ( you can download if you're like me and can't locate the original ) would be a good thing to have on hand.

Be careful in the dark forest of the BIOS,,there be dragons lurking that will render your pc inoperable.

Good luck,,cpthowdy