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Title: Landscape troubles
Post by: Sleight on June 25, 2002, 01:00:27 PM

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Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: Sleight on June 25, 2002, 03:09:09 PM

I have a Nvidia GeForce 256.

*EDIT* read the technical FAQ and capped frame rate at 45, did nothing.

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: Sleight on June 25, 2002, 08:18:33 PM

fixed it-now I have another problem.

(http://www.pinebluff.dyndns.org/~jay/ahprobphoto.bmp)

can anyone help me now?

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: AprilFitzgerald on June 27, 2002, 08:31:29 PM

reinstall directx?

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: BigMax on July 02, 2002, 12:18:14 PM

Sleight,

You have classic corrupted nVidia driver symptoms... Their drivers are a little funky in that before you install new ones, you MUST completely uninstall the old ones!! (COMPLETELY).

Here's what you need to do:

Goto The Guru of 3D (http://www.guru3d.com/) sight and download their "Detonator Destroyer" program. They also have several help files...

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Uninstall your nVidia Drivers.
Run Detonator Destroyer.
Reboot
Let your computer find and install generic monitor drivers.
Reboot again.
Install your nVidia Drivers.
Reboot one last time.

I've had all those kewl symptoms with WIN98, & 2K... And it sucked - took about 10 days to figure out where to get the proper info.  I am about 95% sure this will fix your problem.

Cyas Up!

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: maddog on July 02, 2002, 12:34:37 PM

delete config7 from AH dir (setting) restart and click "disable pallete swap" or something like that, when screen comes up... should fix it

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: Sleight on July 02, 2002, 01:23:16 PM

I have 2 video cards-will that be a problem?

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: BigMax on July 02, 2002, 01:40:12 PM

I don't know... Why do you have two?  Are you connecting two monitors?

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: Sleight on July 08, 2002, 07:29:14 AM

It's supposed to be a 2-monitor computer, but I disabled the second one.

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: BigMax on July 08, 2002, 11:24:49 PM

Down to one card & monitor.. did this fix your problem?

I'd say get one working 100%, then try the other...

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: Lephturn on July 09, 2002, 08:21:20 AM

Please provide more information.  What are your machine details besides the video card?  What OS are you running?  What nVidia driver version are you using?  What DX version?

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: Sleight on November 23, 2002, 03:58:50 PM

I know I'm sorta resurrecting this from the dead....but hey, why not...

Machine details:

900mhz Pentium 3
384 mb Ram
GeForce 256, 64mb RAM
DX 8.1
Latest Detonator drivers (40.72 or whatever)

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: BigMax on November 23, 2002, 04:15:28 PM

use the links in my signature... they should help

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: Sleight on November 23, 2002, 10:10:45 PM

I tried the fourth one but I couldn't do all the steps because I didn't have a (stadard display drivers) or whatever category. Still no workie...

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: BigMax on November 24, 2002, 05:38:02 PM

It refers to your basic VGA drivers... All computers have it.  XP automatically selects the most appropriate so these steps don't work very well with XP.  I am not sure about Win2K, but anything earlier should go step for step..

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: Sleight on November 24, 2002, 06:39:16 PM

Maybe if I uninstall my drivers using the uninstall thing in windows...

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: blackfalcon4 on November 25, 2002, 08:46:40 AM

Do you have the service packs installed?
 If not, it will fix your vid probs, has for many.

 Hope it helps :)

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: Dingbat on November 25, 2002, 12:37:43 PM

I haven't seen a mention of your OS.  Blkfalcon is right, if you have win2k you need to install the service packs.  I don't like the 40.72 nvida drivers, found that they caused ctd's and other performance issues, but YMMV

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: blackfalcon4 on November 25, 2002, 01:25:41 PM

Dingbat,
 it's in the thread header  :)

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: Skuzzy on November 25, 2002, 01:52:32 PM

Yep, the NVidia 40.72's are not as stable as the 30.82's.

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: Dingbat on November 25, 2002, 05:51:51 PM

Quote

Originally posted by blackfalcon4
Dingbat,
 it's in the thread header  :)

Oh Crap, man has it been one of those days LOL....  I must have read it three times now :)

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: BigMax on November 25, 2002, 06:30:21 PM

Think I'll try the 30.82's... I've been getting a CTD once in a while and occasionally a complete hard reboot... maybe the 40's aren't all they are cracked up to be...

Title: White screen in win2k
Post by: Sleight on November 25, 2002, 09:56:03 PM

Installing Service Pack 1 fixed it...thx all!