MrGaribaldi
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Hello
Got a bit of pc trouble I hope you can help me with..
I put it here, as it involves several different parts of the system, and could very well be windows related...
I've got an almost clean system, clean install about 2 weeks ago, but it's got a few problems which are really annoying...
The system:
A64 3000+ on MSI Neo Plat (754) with 1GB DDR400 (brand) with an X800pro and SB Live! 24 bit (pci), printer Brother HL1430.
Software: Windows 2000 pro SP4, Cat 5.5, Brother driver 1.59, Creative drivers found on the net
Games affected: Unreal 2k4, Delta Force Xtreme demo.
First problem was finding drivers for my soundcard, as they are not listed on creatives site. Found a set ripped from the original cd which I downloaded and installed. And it worked.
Everything went fine (or at least UT2k4 did) until I installed my printer driver. Then suddenly my sound disappeared. Winamp told me I got a corrupted D3d sound driver. Uninstalling and then reinstalling got it back, but now my printer doesn't work. Ok, I play more games than I print, so I left it like that.
Enter next problem.
When playing custom maps or custom mods in UT2k4, ATI's VPU recovery kicked in and my system went black. Ok, I figure it's just a bug in the mod (strange though, as it is endorsed by epic) but oh, well...
Disabling the vpu recovery seems to fix the problem.
Next, I try the Delta Force Xtreme demo and it too starts the vpu recovery (which incidentally is supposed to be disabled).
Actually, it doesn't only start vpu recovery, but also starts to install ATI's drivers...
Now DrWatson kicks in and tell me that and "Application exception occurred" with Idriver.exe.
This has been going on for a few hours now, and I've not been able to find out what is really the cause...
Could it be the flaky Creative drivers, SB Live! 24bit is a POS card made originally for Dell, but is now sold in Europe. Or is it a bug in the Cat 5.5? (I seem to get a few of those every now and then)
Or is it something completely different?
The IDriver.exe is located under
"D:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\8\Intel 32\IDriver.exe"
which I find a bit strange since I'm on and AMD system, but it could also be something more generic...
It does seem to be connected to DirectX, as Wolfenstein:ET works like a charm...
Any tips, ideas or suggestions are appreciated...
(I'm willing to buy a new soundcard if that's what it takes)
Thank you for reading
Got a bit of pc trouble I hope you can help me with..
I put it here, as it involves several different parts of the system, and could very well be windows related...
I've got an almost clean system, clean install about 2 weeks ago, but it's got a few problems which are really annoying...
The system:
A64 3000+ on MSI Neo Plat (754) with 1GB DDR400 (brand) with an X800pro and SB Live! 24 bit (pci), printer Brother HL1430.
Software: Windows 2000 pro SP4, Cat 5.5, Brother driver 1.59, Creative drivers found on the net
Games affected: Unreal 2k4, Delta Force Xtreme demo.
First problem was finding drivers for my soundcard, as they are not listed on creatives site. Found a set ripped from the original cd which I downloaded and installed. And it worked.
Everything went fine (or at least UT2k4 did) until I installed my printer driver. Then suddenly my sound disappeared. Winamp told me I got a corrupted D3d sound driver. Uninstalling and then reinstalling got it back, but now my printer doesn't work. Ok, I play more games than I print, so I left it like that.
Enter next problem.
When playing custom maps or custom mods in UT2k4, ATI's VPU recovery kicked in and my system went black. Ok, I figure it's just a bug in the mod (strange though, as it is endorsed by epic) but oh, well...
Disabling the vpu recovery seems to fix the problem.
Next, I try the Delta Force Xtreme demo and it too starts the vpu recovery (which incidentally is supposed to be disabled).
Actually, it doesn't only start vpu recovery, but also starts to install ATI's drivers...
Now DrWatson kicks in and tell me that and "Application exception occurred" with Idriver.exe.
This has been going on for a few hours now, and I've not been able to find out what is really the cause...
Could it be the flaky Creative drivers, SB Live! 24bit is a POS card made originally for Dell, but is now sold in Europe. Or is it a bug in the Cat 5.5? (I seem to get a few of those every now and then)
Or is it something completely different?
The IDriver.exe is located under
"D:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\8\Intel 32\IDriver.exe"
which I find a bit strange since I'm on and AMD system, but it could also be something more generic...
It does seem to be connected to DirectX, as Wolfenstein:ET works like a charm...
Any tips, ideas or suggestions are appreciated...
(I'm willing to buy a new soundcard if that's what it takes)
Thank you for reading