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    DX9- Somethings wrong

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by PopLap, Apr 17, 2008.

  1. PopLap

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    My DX9 is messed up on my imac running windows, my graphics card is ati Radeon x1600 with 128 MB of GRAM, nothing that use DX9 will work it crashes of freezes up. Look at attachment for info. i have tried to reinstall it but it is still wrong.


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    Did you try reinstalling Direct X off of microsoft's website? Have you tried going to ati.com and downloading the latest drivers from them?
     
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    Yes and Yes the thing is the mac use a different card then for a pc (apple ripping of it's costumers :mad: ), so it wont work you have to use drivers made specially for windows on a mac which they never update.
     
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    I need help here!
     
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    there is your problem right there. you should try e-mailing apple about this.
     
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    Are you sure about the specific drivers thing? Have you tried installing different ones? Do they just not allow them to install?

    I run my macbook pro in bootcamp Vista, I use modded Nvidia drivers and not the stock Apple drivers.

    If the ATI drivers wont load, try Omega drivers!
    http://www.omegadrivers.net/
     
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    i have tried new drivers but i will try again.

    Edit: ati did not work now i will try the Omega Drivers

    Edit2:the Omega drivers work put DX9 still is messed up
     
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    how can uninstall DX9 so i can reinstall it.
     
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    You should be able to locate a DirectX folder in your default install directory. Located in that folder, will be an "uninstall.exe" that will remove any form of DirectX 9 off your system, allowing you to re-install. :)
     
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    where does it install at?
     
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    I do not believe it is possible to uninstall DirectX from windows. All you can do is install a newer version of DirectX, which overwrites the appropriate parts of your older installations.

    You already downloaded http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&DisplayLang=en

    so, in that case, considering you have now tried that file, the Apple supplied ATI driver, and an Omega ATI driver I can only assume something is just broken with your windows installation or a piece of your hardware is faulty. It is also possible this is a documented issue with iMac, and you might find more information about it on apple's support site or a more mac-centric site like macrumors.
     
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    ok i think i will do a wipe and reinstall windows
     
    PopLap, Apr 19, 2008
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