Monster 3D Problems

I just purchased a Monster 3D card for my system and I am having problens with it. I got it installed OK but when I go to try to play a game any game it freezes on me and the only thing I can do is restart my computer. I have a PPro 200 with 64 megs of ram and a Matrox Millennium 2 and the Monster. I phoned Tech support but they are not open until Monday and I want to play. Please HELP ME Thanks Barrie

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> I just purchased a Monster 3D card for my system and I am having problens > with it. I got it installed OK but when I go to try to play a game any game > it freezes on me and the only thing I can do is restart my computer. > I have a PPro 200 with 64 megs of ram and a Matrox Millennium 2 and the > Monster. > I phoned Tech support but they are not open until Monday and I want to play. > Please HELP ME > Thanks > Barrie

A few ideas: Make sure the cable is installed snugly Make sure the card is seated tightly Swap the card to a different PCI Slot Update the drivers First off, you will want new drivers ... the ones on the Diamond CD are OLD ... Go here: http://www.diamondmm.com/products/drivers/monster-3d.html Then you will want to install the latest GLIDE drivers, go here: http://www.3dfx.com/software/download_glidert.html And last of all, you will want to make sure you have DirectX 5.0 if the game requires it: http://www.microsoft.com/directx/resources/default.asp This is the proper order of installation: 1. Diamond 1.09 drivers 2. DX 5.0 3. DX 5.0a update files 4. 3dfx Glide 2.43 file Hope this helps ... Doug

thanks for the note on DX 5.0a. i dint know there was an (a) out. Steve

I understand your problem. I had the same deal. Go to http://www. monstermm.com to download the Monster patch. See if it works. It help me out. Gary

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> I just purchased a Monster 3D card for my system and I am having > problens > with it. I got it installed OK but when I go to try to play a game any > game > it freezes on me and the only thing I can do is restart my computer. > I have a PPro 200 with 64 megs of ram and a Matrox Millennium 2 and > the > Monster. > I phoned Tech support but they are not open until Monday and I want to > play. > Please HELP ME > Thanks > Barrie

My mistake the url is www.diamondmm.com Regards, Gary

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> I just purchased a Monster 3D card for my system and I am having > problens > with it. I got it installed OK but when I go to try to play a game any > game > it freezes on me and the only thing I can do is restart my computer. > I have a PPro 200 with 64 megs of ram and a Matrox Millennium 2 and > the > Monster. > I phoned Tech support but they are not open until Monday and I want to > play. > Please HELP ME > Thanks > Barrie