Cant get past login screen

[FTJR]

Hi Folks,

I had to reformat my disk, so I have reinstalled AH, Hires pack and skin pack.

When I went to the splash screen the first time the cache generated. After the cache finished I went to the video settings to check them, at 512.

When I ok'd out of that I returned to the splash screenn. But it was blue with the clipboard whited out. I could hover the mouse over the buttons and exited.

I then restarted AH, this time the screen remained blue with a Green and yellow bar  half across the top left. I went back to the video settings and set them to 1024. No success.

I then installed Omega drivers 1.6693, as opposed the Nvidia cant remember the number, but the latest WHQL one. Still no luck.

XPsp2, 1 gig RAM, DirectX9c.

your thoughts please.

[Skuzzy]

If you installed the NVidia 91.xx drivers, you will need to get Driver Cleaner and remove all references to the drivers.  NVidia seriously borked up the 91.xx drivers.  They crash with great frequency in many things.

Also note, installing the hires textrure pack will do nothing for you if you are running at 512, or less, texture size.

What video card do you have?

[FTJR]

Skuzzy, I uninstalled the nvidia drivers, then rebooted into safe mode used driver cleaner to remove all reference. I then installed the omega. I allowed the newer files to remain in place, i.e I did not let all the older files overwrite the newer ones.

I have a Geforce 6800

Cheers

[Skuzzy]

Should be using the 8x.xx series drivers for the 6800.  

Did you install the motherboard INF driver files?

[FTJR]

ok on the 8x.xx series.

I dont know anything about motherboard INF files sorry.



update: i went back to 84.56 drivers still no change. So how to find/fix these INF files please.


Tks

[332nd outlaw]

they should be on your mother board disk or you can more then likly Dl them from the manufacture

[Skuzzy]

If you failed to install the motherboard driver files, then many things will break.  If you look in the hardware device manager and expand the "System Devices" list you should see the names of each component and part number.  If they are generic names, then you have not installed the motherboard drivers.

I may be jumping the gun a bit.  Is this an OEM computer (Dell, HP, Compaq....)?  And are you using the operating system disk that came with the computer?

[FTJR]

Ok, I have....

reinstalled the INF files for the motherboard

reinstalled directX 9c

reinstalled the original driver for the card

reinstalled the game.

crash, crash crash.

installed the  latest driver (yeah I know they're unstable, but nothing else had worked).

I am back to the blue splash screen with the picture of the p51/109 flashing up intermittantly, when the the clipboard comes up, it is normal, I navigate to the video settings screen that is normal, go back to the original screen the clipboard is whited out, using the tool tips I navigated off line, the graphics are very off, and the frame rate indicator is flashing on and off, like the p51/109.

hmmmm..

Sorry forgot to mention, Dell 8400,

[Skuzzy]

Time to send in a DXDIAG output.  I'll take a look.  However, if you are using the latest NVidia drivers, you will have all manner of problems.  Nothing we can do about that one.

[FTJR]

You should have it by now Skuz,

Also, just an update, I reinstalled AH, and now when it booted up, I got the usual screen, with the cache generation. After the cache finished as the clipboard came up it froze. Then I got the BSOD, with the message "appears to be caught in an infinite loop" nv4disp.dll  

A few hours later I tried to view the skin viewer, it also went to the BSOD, same message.

Regards

[FTJR]

Just an update. It turned out to be the motherboard. All fixed now. Thanks for your time.




FTJR