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    Dell Vostro 1710 Direct3d problem

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by DMitar, Jul 26, 2009.

  1. DMitar

    DMitar Newbie

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    Hi,

    My problems is: DxDiag -> Display -> Direct3d Acceleration: Not Available

    Display Settings -> Advanced Settings -> Troubleshoot Tab: Your current display driver does not allow changes to be made to hardware acceleration settings.

    OS: Win Vista Ultimate 32-bit

    it's latest video driver from dell.com:
    Driver status: This device is working properly.
    Driver Provider: NVidia
    Driver Date: 09/06/2008
    Driver Version: 7.15.11.7597

    My computer is:
    System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
    System Model: Vostro1710
    BIOS: Ver 1.00
    Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
    Memory: 2046MB RAM
    Page File: 3857MB used, 471MB available
    Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 10
    DX Setup Parameters: Not found
    DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

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    DxDiag Notes
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    Display Tab 1: No problems found.
    Display Tab 2: No problems found.

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    DirectX Debug Levels
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    Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
    DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
    DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
    DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
    DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
    DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
    DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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    Display Devices
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    Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
    Manufacturer: NVIDIA
    Chip type: GeForce 8600M GS
    DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
    Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0425&SUBSYS_02751028&REV_A1
    Display Memory: 1013 MB
    Dedicated Memory: 245 MB
    Shared Memory: 767 MB
    Current Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (59Hz)
    Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
    Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
    Driver Version: 7.15.0011.7597 (English)
    DDI Version: unknown
    Driver Attributes: Final Retail
    Driver Date/Size: 6/9/2008 07:23:00, 5877760 bytes
    WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp:
    Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4765-11CF-9873-85020DC2C935}
    Vendor ID: 0x10DE
    Device ID: 0x0425
    SubSys ID: 0x02751028
    Revision ID: 0x00A1
    Revision ID: 0x00A1
    Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C ModeVC1_B ModeWMV9_B ModeVC1_A ModeWMV9_A
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    DirectDraw Acceleration: Enabled
    AaGP Texture Acceleration: Enabled


    HEEEEEEEEELP! I search the net for hours and nothing helped! heeeeeeeeeeeeeelp :(
     
    DMitar, Jul 26, 2009
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  2. Slayer366

    Slayer366 Notebook Consultant

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    Sounds like a driver problem to me. That or DirectX might not be detecting things correctly.

    Have you tried to install the latest DirectX? Even Vista does not come with all of the necessary DirectX 9 files.

    Have you also tried using Omega Drivers? His latest ones seem to be from December of 2007, but those might work a lot better than you may think.

    Try that and let me know if it works out. Unless of course you have already tried this.
     
    Slayer366, Aug 16, 2009
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