Removing DX7... Help Please!!!

Hi, I've got a PC running an AMD K6 400 and i've loaded DX7.0a to take advantage of the latest Voodoo II drivers (which are beta, and work with DX7) Since loading DX7 (from DX6.1) i've run into numerous problems with games such as Motoracer, N2, and NFS High Stakes, etc... I'd like to go back to my old video drivers, but need to get rid of DX7 first... Can anyone point me to a website that provides either an auto-de-install utility or VERY clear directions (i'm not familiar with Regedit!) on putting DX6.1 back on my system???? I suspect the AMD chip doesn't like DX7, either that or the video drivers!!! :-( Any and all help, greatly appreciated!

Go to http://www.ebrink.com/dxun/Direct.htm for a DirectX 7 uninstaller.

Have you tried your old drivers with DX7.0a? I personally still use DX5.0 VoodooII drivers in combination with DX7.0a (later VII drivers have always given me trouble). I have another tip for you that might be helpful: Although my Creative VII card generally doesn't like drivers above the DX 5.0 version, there are some newer games that simply *require* newer VII drivers, like NFS High Stakes. In that case I just extract those required VII drivers to the particular game directory. When I play that game, the correct drivers will be picked up locally, from the game's directory. This will allow the game to work with newer drivers, without actually *installing* these drivers for your VII card. I don't really know how to uninstall any DX version, but I've found that a reinstall of Windows98 will downgrade my DX to version 5.0. Maybe you should try that, and see what version of DX you'll end up with (probably depends on wich OS version you install). Once you're back to 5.0, you can pick it up from there. Ice D

This guy made a DX7 Un-installer : http://www.ebrink.com/dxun/Direct.htm Didn't try it myself, but it looks ok and enables you to put back DX6 wiyhout re-installing Windows or even formatting your harddisk. XLjunkie

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> > I'd like to go back to my old video drivers, but need to get rid of DX7 > > first... > Have you tried your old drivers with DX7.0a? I personally still use DX5.0 > VoodooII drivers in combination with DX7.0a (later VII drivers have always > given me trouble). > I have another tip for you that might be helpful: > Although my Creative VII card generally doesn't like drivers above the DX > 5.0 version, there are some newer games that simply *require* newer VII > drivers, like NFS High Stakes. In that case I just extract those required > VII drivers to the particular game directory. When I play that game, the > correct drivers will be picked up locally, from the game's directory. This > will allow the game to work with newer drivers, without actually > *installing* these drivers for your VII card. > > Can anyone point me to a website that provides either an auto-de-install > > utility or VERY clear directions (i'm not familiar with Regedit!) on > putting > > DX6.1 back on my system???? > I don't really know how to uninstall any DX version, but I've found that a > reinstall of Windows98 will downgrade my DX to version 5.0. Maybe you

should > try that, and see what version of DX you'll end up with (probably depends on > wich OS version you install). Once you're back to 5.0, you can pick it up > from there. > Ice D

i alsso got problems with7.0a. so i tried to remove them from mij hard disk.with special program to do that. but when i finished and reboot my pc..all there left was an big mess. all colers were destroyed,only thing i saw was pink grey and yellow or somphig. at least i did this format c: in dos...hehehe. it was sofar i knew the only thing what really helped me. that my member on 7.0a a lot of trouble.