Video Adapter Compatiblity with DirectX

[reneemoe]

I reformated my computer and all the blah a while ago, but now my Sims2 game won't find the DirectX eventhough I have it installed. I get the message:

Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer.

The thing is I installed the driver disk on my system afterwards. I thing the card is a 128MB NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440.


XP Home Edition
THx 4 UR X! MOe

 

[fastco]

Uninstall Syms and reinstall it.....

 

[reneemoe]

whats Syms?

 

[reneemoe]

Oh, you meant Sims, no that doesn't work

 

[DonNagual]

My guess is that when you reinstalled windows, you didn't reinstall all your system drivers, or perhaps you installed old versions.

Specifically, be sure you install the following:

Your graphics card driver: get them from http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Your motherboard's chipset drivers: you can get them from your motherboard's maker's website. If you want help finding the right drivers, post the full specs of your system.

Good luck, and welcome to Techspot by the way!

 

[reneemoe]

Video Cards
128MB NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440
Motherboards
Intel (Essex) Pentium 4 - 2.0-GHz (400-MHz)
Memory
MEM DDR 256-MB PC266B 32X8
CD-ROM, CD-RW or CR-RW Drives
Lite-On 40x 12x 48x CDR-W 02ID R1
Hard Drives - Find Upgrades
Maxtor 40-GB 5400-RPM Hard Disk Drive Revision 0
Floppy Drives
NEC 1.44-MB Floppy Disk Drive Revision 0

 

[DonNagual]

Unfortunately, we can not find your motherboard with that information.

Is your system by chance a "brand name" like a dell or something? If so, give us your model number.

If not, download and run this probing software: https://www.techspot.com/downloads/27-cpu-z.html

and tell us what it says under "mainboard".

 

[reneemoe]

It's a Gateway 500 S
Gateway says its a Intel (Essex) Pentium 4 - 2.0-GHz (400-MHz)

 

[DonNagual]

Gateway makes BAJILLIONS of computers.

Is your system by chance a "brand name" like a dell or something? If so, give us your model number.