> What sound card do you have?
> There have been some messages in the microsoft.public.directx
> newsgroup about the direct sound component in directx6 and AWE64
> Soundblasters causing games to crash. The solution has been to disable
> the sound card when using directx6.
> You can't just reinstall directx5, you have to remove directx6 first.
> There are apparently some utilities available to do this (sorry I
> don't have any links, someone else might like to help here)
> >I installed Powerslide...didn't work. reinstalled...didn't work.never
> >got going.gave up.
> >Sat down to drive GPL...didn't work. It got as far as the "Sierra
> >Sports" screen and that was it. Freeze time.
> >I've been on the computer for the last five hours trying to get it
> >working again.
> >I believe Powerslide installed directx6 drivers on my computer. I tried
> >reinstalling directx5. Reinstalling voodoo2 reference drivers. nothing
> >worked.
> >Even my Jack Nicklaus 5 doesn't work now.
> >HELP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>HELP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >roy
> >AMD k6 300-2. 64 megs ram. V1000 board under a 12 meg Diamond Monster
> >II.
Thanks for the tip. I've got an AWE32, but I don't see much point in
disabling it whenever I play a game that uses directx6.I'll see if I can
find that directx6 uninstaller. Other than that, it looks like I might
have to reinstall Windows.
roy
