HALO dx9.0c startup error

[Paul]

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I have DirectX 9.0c installed with hardware acceleration
enabled. Radeon 9800XT 256 card, XPsp2, AMD64-3000+ 1G
RAM. HALO installed fine, I registered, and tried to
play and had a fatal error "A problem occurred
initializing Direct3D; Hardware acceleration may be
disabled. Run DX diagnostics." Click ok and Halo quits
and I am back to the desktop. I tried reinstalling and
then uninstalling and reinstalling the game but no
difference. I can't find any other forum where this
issue is addressed. DirectX 8 is also on the machine and
is included with the game.
Any ideas? Thanks, Paul

 

[Guest]

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Hi Paul,

Start / Run / type: dxdiag
Which DirectX version do you have installed: 8 or 9 ?

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"Paul" <prtruax@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:106801c50a1c$f2c86ab0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| I have DirectX 9.0c installed with hardware acceleration
| enabled. Radeon 9800XT 256 card, XPsp2, AMD64-3000+ 1G
| RAM. HALO installed fine, I registered, and tried to
| play and had a fatal error "A problem occurred
| initializing Direct3D; Hardware acceleration may be
| disabled. Run DX diagnostics." Click ok and Halo quits
| and I am back to the desktop. I tried reinstalling and
| then uninstalling and reinstalling the game but no
| difference. I can't find any other forum where this
| issue is addressed. DirectX 8 is also on the machine and
| is included with the game.
| Any ideas? Thanks, Paul

 

[Guest]

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I had run DXDiag and saw that I had hardware acceleration
enabled and no problems detected. I disabled it to see
the difference and then got a message that the hardware
accelerated D3D 9+ is not supported with my current
display driver. The new driver documentation from ATI
doesn't say anything about DirectX 9. I am not sure if
it is worth getting new display drivers now or reverting
to DirecxtX 8. Any ADvice on that?
Paul
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Paul,
>
>Start / Run / type: dxdiag
>Which DirectX version do you have installed: 8 or 9 ?
>
>--
>Cheers, Windows XP MVP
Shell / User
>Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
scid=FH;[LN];gms
>Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
>MS Assisted Support:
http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=assistance
>My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
confer any rights.
>_________________________________________________________
>
>"Paul" <prtruax@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:106801c50a1c$f2c86ab0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>| I have DirectX 9.0c installed with hardware
acceleration
>| enabled. Radeon 9800XT 256 card, XPsp2, AMD64-3000+ 1G
>| RAM. HALO installed fine, I registered, and tried to
>| play and had a fatal error "A problem occurred
>| initializing Direct3D; Hardware acceleration may be
>| disabled. Run DX diagnostics." Click ok and Halo quits
>| and I am back to the desktop. I tried reinstalling and
>| then uninstalling and reinstalling the game but no
>| difference. I can't find any other forum where this
>| issue is addressed. DirectX 8 is also on the machine
and
>| is included with the game.
>| Any ideas? Thanks, Paul
>
>
>.
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.games.discussion (More info?)

Hi Paul,

Definitely give the latest drivers available from ATI a try, and
make sure you have the latest version of DirectX installed
from www.microsoft.com/directx - I hope that helps!

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: ;gms]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Assisted Support: http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=assistance
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1c8c01c50a63$31db1a90$a601280a@phx.gbl...
| I had run DXDiag and saw that I had hardware acceleration
| enabled and no problems detected. I disabled it to see
| the difference and then got a message that the hardware
| accelerated D3D 9+ is not supported with my current
| display driver. The new driver documentation from ATI
| doesn't say anything about DirectX 9. I am not sure if
| it is worth getting new display drivers now or reverting
| to DirecxtX 8. Any ADvice on that?
| Paul
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Paul,
| >
| >Start / Run / type: dxdiag
| >Which DirectX version do you have installed: 8 or 9 ?
| >
| >--
| >Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| Shell / User
| >Jimmy S.
| http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
| http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
| >MS Assisted Support:
| http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=assistance
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| >"Paul" <prtruax@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| news:106801c50a1c$f2c86ab0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| >| I have DirectX 9.0c installed with hardware
| acceleration
| >| enabled. Radeon 9800XT 256 card, XPsp2, AMD64-3000+ 1G
| >| RAM. HALO installed fine, I registered, and tried to
| >| play and had a fatal error "A problem occurred
| >| initializing Direct3D; Hardware acceleration may be
| >| disabled. Run DX diagnostics." Click ok and Halo quits
| >| and I am back to the desktop. I tried reinstalling and
| >| then uninstalling and reinstalling the game but no
| >| difference. I can't find any other forum where this
| >| issue is addressed. DirectX 8 is also on the machine
| and
| >| is included with the game.
| >| Any ideas? Thanks, Paul
| >
| >
| >.
| >