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3dfx 3500 HELP!!

Morris Jones J

3dfx 3500 HELP!!

by Morris Jones J » Sun, 05 Sep 1999 04:00:00

Ok, just installed the 3500, now none of my games work.
GPL,not running in 3dfx or glide mode, NFSHS, colors all messed up
NR99 not running, the desktop and everything else seems ok.

What do i need to do
had a Monster II 12 meg card before everything was fine
Please help

THanks
Morris

Rikanthr

3dfx 3500 HELP!!

by Rikanthr » Sun, 05 Sep 1999 04:00:00

install the drivers.
DOH!!
Rik Anthrax
Leo Merikalli

3dfx 3500 HELP!!

by Leo Merikalli » Sun, 05 Sep 1999 04:00:00

Try to set colors to 16 bit mode in windows. This is a problem with some V3
supported games

LM

Thos

3dfx 3500 HELP!!

by Thos » Sun, 05 Sep 1999 04:00:00

I had the same card previous to installing V3 3500, too. 3DFX tech support
had me remove every instance of "3Dfx" from the registry by hand before I
could get everything to work.

Now, still, I can only run GPL at 640x480. I am going to install a fan on
the Voodoo3. It seems really hot, and someone suggested heat might be my
problem.



Scott Pritchet

3dfx 3500 HELP!!

by Scott Pritchet » Sun, 05 Sep 1999 04:00:00

Hello Morris,

I had very similar problems several months ago when I switched from
a G200/Voodoo2 setup to a Voodoo3-3000.  What ThosJ says is part of
it.  What I had to do was the following.

Using the System control on the control panel, remove the Voodoo3 device
entry from the system.

Using regedit,  remove all entries that have 3DFX or Voodoo in them.

Uninstall the Voodoo3 drivers.

I also deleted all files with 3Dfx & voodoo in there name from the windows
directory structure.  This may not be required.

Here's the important part:  When you re-boot, don't install the Voodoo3
drivers.  Tell it to install standard VGA drivers.

Reboot again, then follow the installation instructions in the manual.

Things should be OK now.

Heat problems won't limit your resolution, they'll just make the system
unstable or have visual artifacts..

Best Wishes,
Scott


> I had the same card previous to installing V3 3500, too. 3DFX tech support
> had me remove every instance of "3Dfx" from the registry by hand before I
> could get everything to work.

> Now, still, I can only run GPL at 640x480. I am going to install a fan on
> the Voodoo3. It seems really hot, and someone suggested heat might be my
> problem.



> > Ok, just installed the 3500, now none of my games work.
> > GPL,not running in 3dfx or glide mode, NFSHS, colors all messed up
> > NR99 not running, the desktop and everything else seems ok.

> > What do i need to do
> > had a Monster II 12 meg card before everything was fine
> > Please help

> > THanks
> > Morris


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