Omega 4.6 and DX9

g_harl · Jun 26, 2004, 07:20 PM

Just installed omega drivers as reccomended in readme with no errors and went to test halo and got this error "A problem occured inisilising directdraw, Hardware accelaration maybe disabled, please run dxdiag" . Hardware accelaration is on full and on further investagation in dxdiag got this, "direct3d funcinality not available. you sould verify that the driver is the final version from your hardware manerfacturer". Tried reinstalling DX9 to no avail.

Graphics card: Sapphire ati radeon 9600xt 256mb
Operating System: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1
System Manufacturer: SiS
System Model: 730S
BIOS: Version 1.00
Processor: AMD Duron(tm) Processor, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.4GHz
Memory: 256MB RAM
Page File: 157MB used, 460MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance

G_HARL

pr0digal jenius · Jun 27, 2004, 04:25 AM

what had you been running before these drivers.....???? the stock catalysts..or a different card, or what?

g_harl · Jun 27, 2004, 10:13 AM

the catalyst drivers that came wit my card. 4.1 think, but were getting lots of infinite loop errors.

pr0digal jenius · Jun 27, 2004, 06:49 PM

try reinstalling direct X again, update/reinstall chipset drivers for your motherboard(SiS), run driver cleaner and then reinstall the omega drivers.....if that doesnt work, run driver cleaner again and install the stock catalyst 4.6's.....if that still doesn't work come back and let em know and we'll think of somethign else

g_harl · Jun 29, 2004, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by pr0digal jenius
try reinstalling direct X again, update/reinstall chipset drivers for your motherboard(SiS), run driver cleaner and then reinstall the omega drivers.....if that doesnt work, run driver cleaner again and install the stock catalyst 4.6's.....if that still doesn't work come back and let em know and we'll think of somethign else

tried it and still getting the same problem with the ati catalyst 4.6, my motherboard agp slot is rated at 4x and i used the utility which came with the gart drivers to set it to 4x, but the catalst drivers still reconise it as 2x. there is no settings relarted to this in the bios. could this be part of the problem?

pr0digal jenius · Jun 30, 2004, 03:36 AM

don't think so...but AGP settings SHOULD be in your BIOS...need to look into that for sure

mainman · Jun 30, 2004, 03:44 AM

I dont think its a driver related problem, and the Mobos with sis chipset dont have Agp rate in the bios, i think the problem is PSU related, what Power Suply do you have?

Possible solutions:

Fresh install of windows
Install latest sis agp drivers
Update bios
Install DX9.0b
Install Cats 4.6

I still think its a PS issue. I used to get the same problem with my 9700pro, with my older mobo sis648, a bios update, latest agp drivers and a bether PSU solved the problem for me.

g_harl · Jun 30, 2004, 09:03 PM

ive currently got a cheap generic 300w ps what came with my case. thanks for your help, will be getting a new one shortly

Jun 26, 2004, 07:20 PM	#1
g_harl DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Omega 2.5.51 and DX9 Just installed omega drivers as reccomended in readme with no errors and went to test halo and got this error "A problem occured inisilising directdraw, Hardware accelaration maybe disabled, please run dxdiag" . Hardware accelaration is on full and on further investagation in dxdiag got this, "direct3d funcinality not available. you sould verify that the driver is the final version from your hardware manerfacturer". Tried reinstalling DX9 to no avail. Graphics card: Sapphire ati radeon 9600xt 256mb Operating System: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 System Manufacturer: SiS System Model: 730S BIOS: Version 1.00 Processor: AMD Duron(tm) Processor, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.4GHz Memory: 256MB RAM Page File: 157MB used, 460MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902) DX Setup Parameters: Not found Any ideas? Thanks in advance G_HARL Last edited by g_harl; Jun 26, 2004 at 10:11 PM.

Jun 30, 2004, 03:44 AM	#7
mainman Mr. Nobody Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: OmniPresent Nightwatcher Posts: 5,961 Rep Power: 71	I dont think its a driver related problem, and the Mobos with sis chipset dont have Agp rate in the bios, i think the problem is PSU related, what Power Suply do you have? Possible solutions: Fresh install of windows Install latest sis agp drivers Update bios Install DX9.0b Install Cats 4.6 I still think its a PS issue. I used to get the same problem with my 9700pro, with my older mobo sis648, a bios update, latest agp drivers and a bether PSU solved the problem for me. __________________ Last edited by mainman; Jun 30, 2004 at 03:50 AM.

Jun 27, 2004, 04:25 AM	#2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	what had you been running before these drivers.....???? the stock catalysts..or a different card, or what?

Jun 27, 2004, 10:13 AM	Thread Starter #3
g_harl DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	the catalyst drivers that came wit my card. 4.1 think, but were getting lots of infinite loop errors.

Jun 27, 2004, 06:49 PM	#4
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	try reinstalling direct X again, update/reinstall chipset drivers for your motherboard(SiS), run driver cleaner and then reinstall the omega drivers.....if that doesnt work, run driver cleaner again and install the stock catalyst 4.6's.....if that still doesn't work come back and let em know and we'll think of somethign else

Jun 30, 2004, 03:36 AM	#6
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	don't think so...but AGP settings SHOULD be in your BIOS...need to look into that for sure

Jun 30, 2004, 09:03 PM	Thread Starter #8
g_harl DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	ive currently got a cheap generic 300w ps what came with my case. thanks for your help, will be getting a new one shortly