Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?)

I am trying to run a game and every time I double-click the icon, the
screen goes black for a few seconds as if the game is loading and then
returns to the desktop. The game will not start. I had an old 3df
Vodoo Banshee card and went out yesterday and bought a GeForce FX5200
with 128 megs of ram and still nothing. Less flicker and stuff with
the new card, but still the game will not work. Below is from the game
site (requirements) and below that is what is on my computer. Maybe
someone can see something I can't, at least I hope so!

Game site Requirements:

Minimum System Specification
400MHz processor
Windows 98
128MB RAM
Nvidia TNT graphics card or similar
DirectX compatible sound card

Recommended System Specification
800MHz processor
Windows XP
256MB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 3 graphics card or similar
DirectX compatible sound card
----------------------------------------------
I have:


Operating System System Model
Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 (build 2195)
Gateway G6-400
System Serial Number: 00128
Chassis Serial Number: 00128
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
400 megahertz Intel Pentium II
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Intel
Corporation WS440BX AA719570-206
Serial Number: ISWS
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Intel Corp. 4W4SB0X0.15A.0006.P04 10/09/98
Drives Memory Modules c,d
6.45 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
282 Megabytes Hard Drive Free Space

Memorex 52MAXX 2452AJ [CD-ROM drive]
TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1202 [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

WDC AC26400R [Hard drive] (6.45 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WM6222720, rev
15.01J15, SMART Status: Healthy 384 Megabytes
Installed Memory

Slot 'J6J1' has 128 MB
Slot 'J6J2' has 128 MB
Slot 'J7J1' has 128 MB
Local Drive Volumes


c: (on drive 0) 6.45 GB 282 MB free
Network Drives
None detected
Users Printers
local user accounts last logon
Mark Ferrante 12/9/2004 4:32:25 PM (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator never (admin)
ASPNET never
Guest never

DISABLED Marks a disabled account; LOCKED OUT Marks a locked account

Canon Bubble-Jet BJC-4100 on LPT1:
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(r) 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
[Display adapter]
Sony CPD-200ES [Monitor] (16.1"vis, s/n 4044755, November 1997)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM)
Game Port for Creative
Communications Other Devices
3Com Windows Modem ISA ADI
CNet PRO200WL PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Network Card MAC Address: 00:80:AD:73:FD:01
Network IP Address PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard
(101/102-Key)
Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
NT Apm/Legacy Interface Node
USB Root Hub
Virus Protection
No details available
Installed Microsoft Hotfixes [Back to Top]
..NETFramework
1.1
no verification data S867460 on 9/15/2004 (details...)
DataAccess
no verification data Q832483 on 6/8/2004 (details...)
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Internet Explorer 6
SP1
passed verification KB834707-IE6SP1-20040929.091901 on
10/13/2004 (details...)
passed verification KB889293-IE6SP1-20041111.235619 on
12/2/2004 (details...)
Internet Explorer
no verification data SP1 (SP1)
no verification data Q823353 (details...)
no verification data Q833989 (details...)
no verification data Q867801 (details...)
Windows 2000
SP0
passed verification KB837272 on 7/7/2004 (details...)
SP4
no verification data Q327194[SP] on 6/8/2004 (details...)
SP5
passed verification KB329115 on 10/3/2004 (details...)
passed verification Q818043 on 6/10/2004 (details...)
passed verification KB820888 on 6/8/2004 (details...)
passed verification KB822831 on 6/8/2004 (details...)

Windows 2000
SP5 (continued)
passed verification KB823182 on 6/8/2004 (details...)
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passed verification KB825119 on 6/8/2004 (details...)
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passed verification KB840987 on 10/13/2004 (details...)
passed verification KB841356 on 10/13/2004 (details...)
passed verification KB841533 on 10/13/2004 (details...)
passed verification KB841872 on 7/14/2004 (details...)
passed verification KB841873 on 7/14/2004 (details...)
passed verification KB842526 on 7/14/2004 (details...)
Windows Media Player
passed verification Q828026 (details...)
passed verification KB837272 (details...)
SP0
passed verification Q828026 on 6/8/2004 (details...)

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Any ideas what is wrong? Thanks in advance for your help.

Mark Ferrante

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?)

I wanted to add that I ran dxdiag and got the following information.
It says I am running DirectX 9.0c. However, when I ran the Direct X
tests, everything was fine except one test. It asked if I saw a
revolving black box on a full black screen. I did not and said no. It
tested again and I saw it. Looking at the results once the tests were
completed, I saw this:

Direct3D 7 test results: Failure at step 32 (User verification of
Direct3D rendering): HRESULT = 0x00000000 (error code)

I thought I might include this in case it helps:

------------------
Time of this report: 12/9/2004, 22:48:04
Machine name: FERRANTE
Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional (5.0, Build 2195) Service
Pack 4
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gateway
System Model: G6-400
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel Pentium II processor, ~400MHz
Memory: 384MB RAM
Page File: 216MB used, 704MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINNT
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode

Any suggestions?

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?)

Ferrante wrote:
> I wanted to add that I ran dxdiag and got the following information.
> It says I am running DirectX 9.0c. However, when I ran the Direct X
> tests, everything was fine except one test. It asked if I saw a
> revolving black box on a full black screen. I did not and said no. It
> tested again and I saw it. Looking at the results once the tests were
> completed, I saw this:
>
> Direct3D 7 test results: Failure at step 32 (User verification of
> Direct3D rendering): HRESULT = 0x00000000 (error code)
>
> I thought I might include this in case it helps:
>
> ------------------
> Time of this report: 12/9/2004, 22:48:04
> Machine name: FERRANTE
> Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional (5.0, Build 2195) Service
> Pack 4
> Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
> System Manufacturer: Gateway
> System Model: G6-400
> BIOS: Default System BIOS
> Processor: Intel Pentium II processor, ~400MHz
> Memory: 384MB RAM
> Page File: 216MB used, 704MB available
> Windows Dir: C:\WINNT
> DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
> DX Setup Parameters: Not found
> DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode
>
> Any suggestions?
>
Could be multiple things. The processor, power supply, memory. I think
you are lacking in all areas.

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?)

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:06:45 -0800, Walt <wnelsonjr@comcast.net>
wrote:


>>
>Could be multiple things. The processor, power supply, memory. I think
>you are lacking in all areas.

Below are the requirements:
Game site Requirements:

Minimum System Specification
400MHz processor
Windows 98
128MB RAM
Nvidia TNT graphics card or similar
DirectX compatible sound card

Recommended System Specification
800MHz processor
Windows XP
256MB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 3 graphics card or similar
DirectX compatible sound card

I have all of the minimum requirements, so the game should at least
run, shouldn't it?

Mark