HELP? 3dfx help needed?

I am running WIN95b with a Pentium 166MMX and a Diamond Stealth II s220. I am about to upgrade to a much faster computer, but since I found a great price on a 3dfx card, I went ahead and bought it now. After installing my Best Data Arcade FXII 12MB card, everything seemed to work fine. I was able to run N99 with no problem. I just noticed last night, that my system gets into a state where my monitor will not display a full screen dos session. After rebooting, I am able to get a full screen dos session. I can however press Alt - Enter and run in a windowed dos session at all times. And, after running the WIN95 executable of N99, I am able to run applications in a full screen dos session. Anybody out there have a clue what is going on? I thought that the 3dfx card should not be doing anything until I ran a 3dfx application. So, why is it interfering with me running full screen dos sessions? My Glide version is 2.51. My new system will be WIN98, so maybe I won't have this problem when I upgrade, but this problem is freaking me out. Thanks for any thoughts or replies. TEN ID: eddyj

Eddy, Haven't encountered your specific problem, but the latest Glide version is 2.54 (you said yours is 2.51). You might try either the Diamond drivers at www.diamondmm.com or the 3dfx reference drivers. I use the Diamond drivers on my Creative Labs Voodoo2 12 meg and they work great. From what I've read, virtually all the Voodoo2 boards are essentially the same design and the drivers are practically interchangeable among vendors. I also have the Stealth II S220 as you do. Good luck, ANash

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> I am running WIN95b with a Pentium 166MMX and a > Diamond Stealth II s220. I am about to upgrade to > a much faster computer, but since I found a great > price on a 3dfx card, I went ahead and bought it now. > After installing my Best Data Arcade FXII 12MB card, > everything seemed to work fine. I was able to run > N99 with no problem. I just noticed last night, > that my system gets into a state where my monitor > will not display a full screen dos session. After > rebooting, I am able to get a full screen dos session. > I can however press Alt - Enter and run in a > windowed dos session at all times. And, after running > the WIN95 executable of N99, I am able to run > applications in a full screen dos session. > Anybody out there have a clue what is going on? > I thought that the 3dfx card should not be doing anything > until I ran a 3dfx application. So, why is it interfering with > me running full screen dos sessions? > My Glide version is 2.51. > My new system will be WIN98, so maybe I won't have > this problem when I upgrade, but this problem is freaking > me out. > Thanks for any thoughts or replies. > TEN ID: eddyj

Thanks for your reply. I received an email back from Best Data, which said to connect my monitor directly to my 2d card when it will not run a full screen dos session. That cleared up the problem and indicated an incompatibility between the Diamond Stealth II s220 and the Arcade FXII. I noticed also that what caused my full screen dos sessions to get screwed up was going into display settings (Even if I did not change anything). I also noticed that I could correct the problem by running the windows version of N99. I am waiting for another response from Best Data. I asked them if they have tested their 3d card with any Rendition verite video cards, and if so which ones. I may just have to return the Arcade FXII, and buy a Diamond or Creative Labs card. Thanks again for your reply.

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>Eddy, >Haven't encountered your specific problem, but the latest Glide version >is 2.54 (you said yours is 2.51). You might try either the Diamond >drivers at www.diamondmm.com or the 3dfx reference drivers. I use the >Diamond drivers on my Creative Labs Voodoo2 12 meg and they work great. >From what I've read, virtually all the Voodoo2 boards are essentially >the same design and the drivers are practically interchangeable among >vendors. >I also have the Stealth II S220 as you do. >Good luck, >ANash >> I am running WIN95b with a Pentium 166MMX and a >> Diamond Stealth II s220. I am about to upgrade to >> a much faster computer, but since I found a great >> price on a 3dfx card, I went ahead and bought it now. >> After installing my Best Data Arcade FXII 12MB card, >> everything seemed to work fine. I was able to run >> N99 with no problem. I just noticed last night, >> that my system gets into a state where my monitor >> will not display a full screen dos session. After >> rebooting, I am able to get a full screen dos session. >> I can however press Alt - Enter and run in a >> windowed dos session at all times. And, after running >> the WIN95 executable of N99, I am able to run >> applications in a full screen dos session. >> Anybody out there have a clue what is going on? >> I thought that the 3dfx card should not be doing anything >> until I ran a 3dfx application. So, why is it interfering with >> me running full screen dos sessions? >> My Glide version is 2.51. >> My new system will be WIN98, so maybe I won't have >> this problem when I upgrade, but this problem is freaking >> me out. >> Thanks for any thoughts or replies. >> TEN ID: eddyj

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>On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:48:17 GMT, >>I am running WIN95b with a Pentium 166MMX and a >>Diamond Stealth II s220. I am about to upgrade to >>a much faster computer, but since I found a great >>price on a 3dfx card, I went ahead and bought it now. >>After installing my Best Data Arcade FXII 12MB card, >>everything seemed to work fine. I was able to run >>N99 with no problem. I just noticed last night, >>that my system gets into a state where my monitor >>will not display a full screen dos session. After >>rebooting, I am able to get a full screen dos session. >>I can however press Alt - Enter and run in a >>windowed dos session at all times. >You can press alt-enter and get a full-screen DOS session, >so whats the problem? Which DOS program are you running? >If you don't want to press alt-enter for full-screen DOS, then >the app you are trying to run has to do it. Sounds like a problem >with the app or the shortcut to the app that refuses to set itself >to full-screen DOS. >>And, after running >>the WIN95 executable of N99, I am able to run >>applications in a full screen dos session. >>Anybody out there have a clue what is going on? >I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to do. It sounds like >full-screen DOS is available by pressing alt-enter and that some >DOS app is not going into full-screen. [shrug] >>I thought that the 3dfx card should not be doing anything >>until I ran a 3dfx application. >Correct. >>So, why is it interfering with >>me running full screen dos sessions? >It doesn't sound like it is affecting it at all, to me.. >Could you be more specific as to why you believe the DOS app >should automatically be going to full-screen? >[snip]

To be specific, I noticed the problem when I tried to run N2 and all that I got was a blank screen. I had the application configured to run in full screen. Then I noticed that I could not even launch a dos prompt (COMMAND.COM). When the dos prompt is running in a window, I can see the prompt: "C:\" I press Alt-Enter to run a full screen dos prompt, and I do not see a dos prompt. All I see is a blank screen. I press Alt-Enter again, and I see the dos prompt.

I've noticed that if I run certain programs (don't know which ones), I also can't get a full DOS window screen in Win95. However, if I restart the computer (and don't run anything first) I can then achieve full DOS windows. % Thanks for your reply. I received an email back from Best Data, which % said to connect my monitor directly to my 2d card when it will not run % a full screen dos session. That cleared up the problem and indicated % an incompatibility between the Diamond Stealth II s220 and the % Arcade FXII. % I noticed also that what caused my full screen dos sessions to get % screwed up was going into display settings (Even if I did not % change anything). I also noticed that I could correct the problem % by running the windows version of N99. % I am waiting for another response from Best Data. I asked them if % they have tested their 3d card with any Rendition verite video cards, % and if so which ones. % I may just have to return the Arcade FXII, and buy a Diamond or % Creative Labs card. % Thanks again for your reply. % >Eddy, % >Haven't encountered your specific problem, but the latest Glide version % >is 2.54 (you said yours is 2.51). You might try either the Diamond % >drivers at www.diamondmm.com or the 3dfx reference drivers. I use the % >Diamond drivers on my Creative Labs Voodoo2 12 meg and they work great. % >From what I've read, virtually all the Voodoo2 boards are essentially % >the same design and the drivers are practically interchangeable among % >vendors. % > % >I also have the Stealth II S220 as you do. % > % >Good luck, % >ANash % > % > % >> I am running WIN95b with a Pentium 166MMX and a % >> Diamond Stealth II s220. I am about to upgrade to % >> a much faster computer, but since I found a great % >> price on a 3dfx card, I went ahead and bought it now. % >> % >> After installing my Best Data Arcade FXII 12MB card, % >> everything seemed to work fine. I was able to run % >> N99 with no problem. I just noticed last night, % >> that my system gets into a state where my monitor % >> will not display a full screen dos session. After % >> rebooting, I am able to get a full screen dos session. % >> I can however press Alt - Enter and run in a % >> windowed dos session at all times. And, after running % >> the WIN95 executable of N99, I am able to run % >> applications in a full screen dos session. % >> % >> Anybody out there have a clue what is going on? % >> % >> I thought that the 3dfx card should not be doing anything % >> until I ran a 3dfx application. So, why is it interfering with % >> me running full screen dos sessions? % >> % >> My Glide version is 2.51. % >> % >> My new system will be WIN98, so maybe I won't have % >> this problem when I upgrade, but this problem is freaking % >> me out. % >> % >> Thanks for any thoughts or replies. % >> % >> TEN ID: eddyj -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=