Voodoo 2DX6 drivers lock-ups in GPL

I am having some problems with my Win98 system locking up. (I'm running a Pii 450Mhz, 128Meg ram Creative Voodoo 2 12 Meg). I loaded the latest Voodoo 2DX6 drivers from the 3dfx page, and now I get lockups usually in the menus. When I move between the menu pages, sometimes the cursor appears to "stick" in a flashing patch of the screen, but the cursor becomes available, leaving the fashing patch on screen. Sometimes the lockups occur immediatly, sometimes I can race, and return to the menus to log out, and then it will lock. I've made sure that in the v2 properties the triple buffering (glide) is un-checked, but stll with no joy. I'm running the Direct3D v2.18 & Glide v2.54 Voodoo 2 drivers, (part of the Software Kit v3.01- Release Candidate 1) When I go back to the D3D v2.17 & Glide v2.53 the problem goes away, but the graphics are just slightly "lighter". I was hoping it was something else other than the drivers that was causing the problem, but it looks like I'll have to go back to the older drivers. My machine is brand new and I was wondering if this problem had been seen before, or whether it is just me...!! Any help would be greatly appreciated SteveG

Hi Steve I'm experiencing exactly the same - using Win98 on a PII400 with a Creative Voodoo2 12MB. The latest drivers are causing lock-ups. If you find a solution please let me know! Lawrence

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>I am having some problems with my Win98 system locking up. (I'm >running a Pii 450Mhz, 128Meg ram Creative Voodoo 2 12 Meg). >I loaded the latest Voodoo 2DX6 drivers from the 3dfx page, and now I get >lockups usually in the menus. When I move between the menu pages, >sometimes the cursor appears to "stick" in a flashing patch >of the screen, but the cursor becomes available, leaving the fashing >patch on screen. >Sometimes the lockups occur immediatly, sometimes I can race, and >return to the menus to log out, and then it will lock. >I've made sure that in the v2 properties the triple buffering (glide) is >un-checked, but stll with no joy. >I'm running the Direct3D v2.18 & Glide v2.54 Voodoo 2 drivers, (part >of the Software Kit v3.01- Release Candidate 1) >When I go back to the D3D v2.17 & Glide v2.53 the problem goes away, >but the graphics are just slightly "lighter". >I was hoping it was something else other than the drivers that was >causing the problem, but it looks like I'll have to go back to the >older drivers. >My machine is brand new and I was wondering if this problem had been seen >before, or whether it is just me...!! >Any help would be greatly appreciated >SteveG

As you already know, it's the drivers. The workaround is to access the menus from the "play area". Not perfect but . . . . . The Reference RC1 drivers are a lot faster than the old ref drivers. However, I found that the Monster drivers are also better than the old rererence. You may find that the Creative are as quick - I haven't tried them.

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>I am having some problems with my Win98 system locking up. (I'm >running a Pii 450Mhz, 128Meg ram Creative Voodoo 2 12 Meg). >I loaded the latest Voodoo 2DX6 drivers from the 3dfx page, and now I get >lockups usually in the menus. When I move between the menu pages, >sometimes the cursor appears to "stick" in a flashing patch >of the screen, but the cursor becomes available, leaving the fashing >patch on screen. >Sometimes the lockups occur immediatly, sometimes I can race, and >return to the menus to log out, and then it will lock. >I've made sure that in the v2 properties the triple buffering (glide) is >un-checked, but stll with no joy. >I'm running the Direct3D v2.18 & Glide v2.54 Voodoo 2 drivers, (part >of the Software Kit v3.01- Release Candidate 1) >When I go back to the D3D v2.17 & Glide v2.53 the problem goes away, >but the graphics are just slightly "lighter". >I was hoping it was something else other than the drivers that was >causing the problem, but it looks like I'll have to go back to the >older drivers. >My machine is brand new and I was wondering if this problem had been seen >before, or whether it is just me...!! >Any help would be greatly appreciated >SteveG

I have the exact same problem! PII 450 Monster 12 meg V II Went back to the Monster drivers and all is well again. I also noticed that with the Monster drivers the images were crisper!

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> I am having some problems with my Win98 system locking up. (I'm > running a Pii 450Mhz, 128Meg ram Creative Voodoo 2 12 Meg). > I loaded the latest Voodoo 2DX6 drivers from the 3dfx page, and now I get > lockups usually in the menus. When I move between the menu pages, > sometimes the cursor appears to "stick" in a flashing patch > of the screen, but the cursor becomes available, leaving the fashing > patch on screen. > Sometimes the lockups occur immediatly, sometimes I can race, and > return to the menus to log out, and then it will lock. > I've made sure that in the v2 properties the triple buffering (glide) is > un-checked, but stll with no joy. > I'm running the Direct3D v2.18 & Glide v2.54 Voodoo 2 drivers, (part > of the Software Kit v3.01- Release Candidate 1) > When I go back to the D3D v2.17 & Glide v2.53 the problem goes away, > but the graphics are just slightly "lighter". > I was hoping it was something else other than the drivers that was > causing the problem, but it looks like I'll have to go back to the > older drivers. > My machine is brand new and I was wondering if this problem had been seen > before, or whether it is just me...!! > Any help would be greatly appreciated > SteveG