Huge Video Memory Issue!!!!!

Omg, I really need help,my comp wont let me play my games [esp. (SWG, Sims 2)] I previously had a problem with nvidia where i couldn't log onto my computer, after i did what the nvidia site told me to fix the issue, when i tried to play SWG it said "...32 video memory needed (detected 0)..." when i click ok it said "Direct3D could not be correctly initialized. Sometimes this will be fixed by rebooting your machine. If still occurs after a fresh reboot, you may need to reinstall DirectX" not only did i reboot and it not work, reinstalled also and it still didnt work, OMg, im going out of my mind with out swg, can someone plz plz plz help me?!??!?!?

 

post your system specs.

heres what you need to do:

download Driver Cleaner from here http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3214.html

also download the latest drivers from the Nvidia website. www.nvidia.com

1.) go to Add/Remove programs and uninstall the Nvidia Display/Graphics drivers.

2.) Reboot and enter safe mode (tap f8 upon reboot).

3.) from safe mode, run driver cleaner, removing 'nvidia display' drivers

4.) reboot, install latest nvidia drivers.

 

ok, i downloaded the drive cleaner but the "download the latest drivers from the Nvidia website" part, im pretty scared about that, becuz im a newb with computers and the last time i messed with that site, i ended up not being able to log onto windows, so can u plz be specific with the downloading part on nvidia if its not to much trouble UNLESS that is what safe mode if for(which i hope it is)

 

and how do i post my "specs"

 

fill out the following form:

CPU:____
Operating System:________
Video Card:____
Motherboard:______
Sound Card:_______
Amount of RAM:______
Computer Manufacturer:______
The model number of the computer:____

it's 5am .. if I missed one .. sue me

 

go here http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

select Grpahics Driver

Choose GeForce and TNT2

Choose your OS

download the file.

save the file somewhere you can locate it easily (not the desktop, as in safe mode you might not see it if you log into an admin account).

follow the intructions I listed in the first post. make sure you select 'nvidia display' from the Driver Cleaner menu so you remove the correct drivers.

If done correctly as instructed above, the install should work just fine.

 

I have a problem, im most likely going to do what your saying but on another forum, someone told me to "In your Bios you can set the video aperature but don't do this until you know what your video memory is." Which one do yourecommend because i dont even know how to do that.

 

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7N8X2.0 REV 1.xx
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.25 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7N8X2.0 REV 1.xx
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A7N8X2.0 Deluxe ACPI BIOS Rev 1003 03/19/2003
Drives Memory Modules c,d
80.00 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
18.71 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-252B [CD-ROM drive]
SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-352B [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

WDC WD800JB-00CRA1 [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WCA8E7491617, rev 17.07W17, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DDR1' has 512 MB
Slot 'DDR2' is Empty
Slot 'DDR3' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 0) 80.00 GB 18.71 GB free

Network Drives
None detected


Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
NVIDIA NForce MCP2 IDE Controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 [Display adapter]
Bus Adapters Multimedia
NVIDIA PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio
NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface
NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) MCP Audio Processing Unit (Dolby(R) Digital)
Standard Game Port
Communications Other Devices
Communications cable between two computers [Modem]
1394 Net Adapter
3Com 3C920B-EMB Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller
Instant Wireless PCI Card V2.7
NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Adapter
Network Card MAC Address: 00:06:25:1D:B6:93
Network IP Address: 192.168.1.100 / 24 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB Printing Support
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub
Virus Protection
Norton AntiVirus Version 9.05
Virus Definitions Version 4/1/2005 Rev 25
Last Disk Scan on Thursday, February 24, 2005 5:53:54 PM
Realtime File Scanning On

 

video, or more commonly 'graphics' aperature is just a BIOS setting relative to how much RAM your video card has. its not terribly important, especially for an older card, so you can pretty mucy leave it default. if you do want to change it, I would leave it at 64MB.

 

ok, so which one should i do, this one or: "Originally Posted by InYearsToCome
post your system specs.

heres what you need to do:

download Driver Cleaner from here http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3214.html

also download the latest drivers from the Nvidia website. www.nvidia.com

1.) go to Add/Remove programs and uninstall the Nvidia Display/Graphics drivers.

2.) Reboot and enter safe mode (tap f8 upon reboot).

3.) from safe mode, run driver cleaner, removing 'nvidia display' drivers

4.) reboot, install latest nvidia drivers. "

 

one of those instructions was where to find the latest nvidia drivers.

the other one explains how to go about installing them.

so first go to the nvidia website with the link provided and do what i said. then do the Add/Remove programs thing and follow the instructions to install new drivers

 

Nvidia Display/Graphics drivers
isnt there

 

my mistake, it should just say 'nvidia' and that will remove the display drivers

 

What does device manager say about your graphic card?
Give me some feedback,try this:
Right click Desktop>properties>setting>advanced>adapter>properties>What does it tell you?

 

OMFG, it didnt work, i must have done something wrong but i dont know what

 

Service name: VgaSave
Display name: VGA Display Controller.
Device type: Non-Plug and Play Drivers
Manufacturer: Unknown
Location: Unknown

I/0 Range 03B0-03BB
I/0 Range 03C0-03DF
Memory Range 000A0000-000BFFFF

Conflicting device list:

Input/Output Range 03B0 - 03BB used by:
NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
Input/Output Range 03C0 - 03DF used by:
NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
Memory Range 000A0000 - 000BFFFF used by:
NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge

there are these two I/0 Range and one memory range, all three of their icons has and do not do sign thing over it (examplelike when your not sappose to make a U-turn and it has a red symbol over the u-turn symbol)

 

Quoting Valic

I previously had a problem with nvidia where i couldn't log onto my computer, after i did what the nvidia site told me to fix the issue,

END OF QUOTE

What did they tell you?

 

http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/nForce/Recovery_instructions.zip

 

So there is a device conflict,you might have to cleanly uninstall the drivers.Then reinstall it.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW ANY DRIVER RESIDUE CLEANING/UNINSTALLING SOFTWARE.
Are you sure add/remove program does not work

 

i could try again but i need to know what exactly i should uninstall and the steps i should do after

 

You had the 2.42 driver kit,it caused problems,nvida understands this problem gives you a complicated method of how to get back to the 2.03 driver kits,you do it and you end up with device conflicts.

Is this right or is it something else?

 

i really dont know what driver kit i have(i dont really know a lot about computers, just enough to use one), but that is what I was told to use by costomer service rep(CSR) at sony station

 

Does the driver kits include graphic drivers or other chipset driversl?Can you select to install only the graphic/display drivers?Or do you have a seperate graphic driver?

 

Chipset and graphic card model names?

 

InYearsToCome:Could the nvida in the add/remove mean the chipset drivers rather than the display drivers?
Valic:I do not have any nvida device,Somebody who has the stuff can help you much better.
You must not uninstall other nvida drivers only the display driver,then you wont make any mistakes.

 

Anybody who know nvida:

NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge

where is the driver for this device:chipset driver kit or dislay driver?

 

are you asking what the cd supplies?
the cd gives me the choices of installing:

nvidia nForce Driver

3com pci lan driver

usb 2.0 driver

asus pc probe v2.19.07

asus update v3.41.03

pc-cillin 2002

adobe acrobat reader v5.0

e-color 3deep

asus screen saver

 

Highly recomend you download the driver cleaner
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3214.html
that was first sugested by InYearsToCome.If you havent done that yet.

 

i have

 

i dont know what you mean ;-(

 

that is in the Chipset driver

@Valic, you still havent specified what video card you have (to my recollection)

please list your computer motherboard model # (since we know its an Asus Nforce2) and video card.
please do NOT list random information that some program has given you, as so far that has only told us which chipset and Operating system you are using.

 

the box says A7N8X Deluxe

 

ok .. that's your motherboard .. what about your video card?

 

is a video adaptar the same as the video card because if it is: nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

if not, how do i find out whats my video card?

 

yes. that's your video card, video adapter, graphics card, etc, etc there are many different names

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_71.84.html

those are your drivers ... just install them as inyears said to

 

Asus A7N8X v2.0 Deluxe

 

do i have to uninstall anything first?

 

if you don't see your video drivers in the add/remove then no ... if you see your video drivers there then yes

 

Also i saw you referring to an 'AGP host to PCI bridge' earlier. if that is missing drivers, you also might need to update your Chipset drivers, which can also be found on the Nvidia website here http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_udp_winxp_5.10

if this is the case, you would install this driver before the Video driver

 

does
"NVIDIA Drivers"
or
"NVIDIA Windows 2000/XP nForce Drivers"

contain video drivers? because that is whats in the add/remove

 

I think NVIDIA Drivers contains displays (if that has anything to do with it, just making sure)

 

"Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system!Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer. The application will now terminate."

 

OMG, thank you guys so much !!!!!im so greatful, everything works, you were so much more help then bleepingcomputers.com, THANX