Severe Video Problems

[Bob]

Casey,
Another thought. Did you check with ATI? They have
updates for XP. By the way, you can uninstall 9.0. Just
have to know how. Nothing I can do but I know someone who
did. He can uninstall anything with that registry and a
run program. Anyway, here's more help.
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/
>-----Original Message-----
>Did you completely uninstall 8.1? I mean check the
>registry and do a run program. Then the same with 9.0
and
>reinstall it. That's my two cents. Unless 9.0 doesn't
>like your RAM.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I hope someone can help me with this: I bought two
>>idential computers: 3.06 GHz P 4; 512 MB RAM; ATI
>Radeon
>>9700 Pro w/128 MB RAM, WIN XP Home Ed, DirectX 8.1. On
>>one computer, I immediately downloaded and installed
>>DirectX 9.0a and the latest video drivers. The
computer
>>constantly freezes up (either mini-dumps or video stuck
>>in a loop). Games that have to be played in 32-bit
>video
>>mode can't be played at all because of the freeze ups;
>>one game I normally play in 16-bit mode had to be
>changed
>>to 256K mode. Installing the original video drivers
>made
>>things worse, probably because they were incompatible
>>with DirectX 9.0a. Since DirectX can't be uninstalled,
>>I reinstalled the updated video drivers and pray the
>>games don't crash at a critical point. The other
>>computer with the original video drivers and DirectX
8.1
>>has no problems, but also doesn't play the type of
games
>>I play.
>>
>>If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
>>
>>Thanks for your help.
>>
>>Casey
>>
>>.
>>
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