Diamond Monster 3DII DX6 problems

I have a small issue with my Voodoo2 card. I recently attempted to update my drivers to the latest and greatest from Diamonmm.com. Since that update, my DXDIAG.exe shows my Voodoo2 as being "uncertified". Can anyone help point me in the right direction for "certified" Diamond Monster 3DII drivers for DX6? -- -/- Walk Walker Official HAL Backmarker

did you try www.diamondmm.com ? >I have a small issue with my Voodoo2 card. I recently attempted to update my >drivers to the latest and greatest from Diamonmm.com. Since that update, my >DXDIAG.exe shows my Voodoo2 as being "uncertified". Can anyone help point me >in the right direction for "certified" Diamond Monster 3DII drivers for DX6? >-- >-/- Walk Walker >Official HAL Backmarker

> >I have a small issue with my Voodoo2 card. I recently attempted to update > my > >drivers to the latest and greatest from Diamonmm.com. Since that update, my > >DXDIAG.exe shows my Voodoo2 as being "uncertified". Don't worry about it. Whether or not a driver is certified by Microsoft for DirectX, in the case of a major manufacturer like Diamond, is probably just a matter of timing. Since these drivers came out well after DX6 was released, it stands to reason that they would not be certified since Microsoft wouldn't have had a chance to test them. These are the official Diamond Monster 3D2 drivers and they work fine with DirectX 6.0. Dave Ewing

Don't worry. "Uncertified" only means that they haven't been tested yet by Microsoft. Usually they don't cause any problems. Daniel -- Daniel Lichtenberger, Vienna/Austria

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> > >I have a small issue with my Voodoo2 card. I recently attempted to update > > my > > >drivers to the latest and greatest from Diamonmm.com. Since that update, my > > >DXDIAG.exe shows my Voodoo2 as being "uncertified". > Don't worry about it. Whether or not a driver is certified by Microsoft > for DirectX, in the case of a major manufacturer like Diamond, is > probably just a matter of timing. Since these drivers came out well > after DX6 was released, it stands to reason that they would not be > certified since Microsoft wouldn't have had a chance to test them. > > >Can anyone help point me > > >in the right direction for "certified" Diamond Monster 3DII drivers for DX6? > These are the official Diamond Monster 3D2 drivers and they work fine > with DirectX 6.0. > Dave Ewing

They may work fine with your directx 6.0 but I've had major problems since installing Powerslide last week. Powerslide installed directx 6.0 onto my computer and none of my direct x games have worked properly since. I've uninstalled directx 6.0 and tried to reinstall directx 5.0, with which I had no trouble in the past. Now direct x 5 won't install. I've tried finding the dlls on the web and it looks like microsoft has beaten me to it. Try and find directx dlls on the net and all you get is "this site is down or out or whatever". Anyone reading this, I desperately need the directx 5 dlls. I've reinstalled GPL at least ten times. I've tried to reinstall directx 5 from various game cd's. I've download direct.5 from microsoft. None of these will install directx 5 fully on my computer. No GPL since Jan. 31st. Heeeeeeeeelllllllllpppppppp. roy

Try www.3dfx.com I got mine from there. I just put the glide2x.dll file in my GPL dir and bingo. It all works. Now if I could just get it to work properly with my Viper 550

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> > > >I have a small issue with my Voodoo2 card. I recently attempted to update > > > my > > > >drivers to the latest and greatest from Diamonmm.com. Since that update, my > > > >DXDIAG.exe shows my Voodoo2 as being "uncertified". > > Don't worry about it. Whether or not a driver is certified by Microsoft > > for DirectX, in the case of a major manufacturer like Diamond, is > > probably just a matter of timing. Since these drivers came out well > > after DX6 was released, it stands to reason that they would not be > > certified since Microsoft wouldn't have had a chance to test them. > > > >Can anyone help point me > > > >in the right direction for "certified" Diamond Monster 3DII drivers for DX6? > > These are the official Diamond Monster 3D2 drivers and they work fine > > with DirectX 6.0. > > Dave Ewing > They may work fine with your directx 6.0 but I've had major problems > since installing Powerslide last week. Powerslide installed directx 6.0 > onto my computer and none of my direct x games have worked properly > since. I've uninstalled directx 6.0 and tried to reinstall directx 5.0, > with which I had no trouble in the past. Now direct x 5 won't install. > I've tried finding the dlls on the web and it looks like microsoft has > beaten me to it. Try and find directx dlls on the net and all you get is > "this site is down or out or whatever". > Anyone reading this, I desperately need the directx 5 dlls. I've > reinstalled GPL at least ten times. I've tried to reinstall directx 5 > from various game cd's. I've download direct.5 from microsoft. None of > these will install directx 5 fully on my computer. > No GPL since Jan. 31st. Heeeeeeeeelllllllllpppppppp. > roy

-- Todd Norbury SLONG GPL http://www.ozemail.com.au/~norbtech Seeya in the pits. Make sure there's a cold beer when I get back.

> Try www.3dfx.com > I got mine from there. I just put the glide2x.dll file in my GPL dir and bingo. It > all works. Now if I could just get it to work properly with my Viper 550 The dlls I'm talking about are ddraw.dll, dinput.dll, dsound.dll, d3d.dll and dplay.dll. These are supposed to be loaded into my windows system by directx5 but they just don't seem to want to go in there. roy

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> > > These are the official Diamond Monster 3D2 drivers and they work fine > > > with DirectX 6.0. > > > Dave Ewing > > They may work fine with your directx 6.0 but I've had major problems > > since installing Powerslide last week. Powerslide installed directx 6.0 > > onto my computer and none of my direct x games have worked properly > > since. I've uninstalled directx 6.0 and tried to reinstall directx 5.0, > > with which I had no trouble in the past. Now direct x 5 won't install. > > I've tried finding the dlls on the web and it looks like microsoft has > > beaten me to it. Try and find directx dlls on the net and all you get is > > "this site is down or out or whatever". > > Anyone reading this, I desperately need the directx 5 dlls. I've > > reinstalled GPL at least ten times. I've tried to reinstall directx 5 > > from various game cd's. I've download direct.5 from microsoft. None of > > these will install directx 5 fully on my computer. > > No GPL since Jan. 31st. Heeeeeeeeelllllllllpppppppp. > > roy > -- > Todd Norbury > SLONG GPL > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~norbtech > Seeya in the pits. Make sure there's a cold beer when I get back.

Hi Roy I think you will have a problem trying to install directx5 drivers over drivers that have already been modified by directx6. It is practically impossible (in my experience, but YMMV) to locate all the files you will need to get this to run again. I would personally reformat, because the time you will spend looking for the right files to alter will take you a lot longer than the time it takes to reformat your drive. Another good reason to partition your hdd and keep all the important stuff backed up to it (GPL files)) Microsoft.public.directx ng is worth a visit, as they have guys there who deal with this stuff all the time. Cya on the track Phil >The dlls I'm talking about are ddraw.dll, dinput.dll, dsound.dll, >d3d.dll and dplay.dll. These are supposed to be loaded into my windows >system by directx5 but they just don't seem to want to go in there. >roy