CoX wont recognize a perfectly good Video Card
By
ArcticFahx,
Posted on: 2010-02-05 23:38 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Yea ive tried the reinstall of my drivers many times now. Ive checked to make sure my motherboard drivers are up to date... its all there. Just for some reason OpenGL is remaining at 1.1
Here is what I'd recommend and in the order I would do them...
Note: You may need to get the drivers in Step 2 before formatting/reinstalling and burn them to a disc so you won't be left without a network card.
1st: Format/Reinstall Windows. You're having way too many issues for a fresh install. I suspect something was borked with the installation.
2nd: Go to the manufacturer website for your motherboard and download/install all of the drivers available for your particular model. This step is very important and should be the first thing you do after a fresh installation of Windows.
3rd: Once all of the drivers pertaining to your motherboard are installed, download/install all updates from Windows Update. Including SP3. I generally recommend doing this before installing video drivers as this will create a stable environment to install said drivers. Your OS will be up to date with any kernel fixes and or resolve any issues some drivers may have had in the past.
4th: Download/install the latest drivers for your video card. If you know the latest drivers won't work for you, go ahead and download/install the last known good drivers for your card.
You're welcome to continue to try to resolve this the hard way (ie. Troubleshooting/installing/uninstalling drivers etc.), but if you just recently formatted and installed Windows I would just bite the bullet and start over again with a clear plan on what needs to be done and in the order suggested above.
We'll see....
1. Make sure your onboard video card in the new motherboard is truly disabled.
2. Update to the newest version of Direct X - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...7-5ab8109cb4f5
3. Update your video drivers to the newest. - No need to roll back: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_196.21_whql.html
4. Contact technical support - http://help.ncsoft.com/cgi-bin/ncsof...nduser/ask.php
After yet another reformat and reinstall of EVERYTHING and still the same problem im in contact with Nvidias tech support. They seem to have some idea of why my OpenGL isnt updating properly so hopefully we can get to the bottom of this
Well Nvidia is completely stumped. They gave me 3 distinctly different solutions and none of them worked. After yet another complete wipe and reinstall my opengl is still 1.1 and there seems to be nothing i can do.
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I still think something is wrong with your motherboard installation. Other than faulty/broken hardware (or user error), it's the only explanation at this point. Even if you say your "drivers are there", the system might just be using Generic drivers just to make the device operable, but you'd need the real driver to make it fully functionable. Honestly, I've never purchased a motherboard that didn't come with a driver disc (except once off e-bay, and then I was still able to download one).
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Originally Posted by Eternal Mydnyt
Well Nvidia is completely stumped. They gave me 3 distinctly different solutions and none of them worked. After yet another complete wipe and reinstall my opengl is still 1.1 and there seems to be nothing i can do.
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Complete and total shot in the dark here, but have you tried any of the older drivers? And by older I mean prehistoric? As in 7x.xx, 8x.xx, 9x.xx and so on. Granted it should have nothing to do with it, but at this point it can't hurt anything either. They can be found here.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html
You said a complete computer meltdown? What kind, heat or otherwise?
And are you absolutely *certain* your video card escaped unscathed? What was the BSOD message when it BSODed?
It's quite possible your video card isn't as perfect good as you thought.
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Originally Posted by Back Alley Brawler
Did you just use "casual gamer" and "purpled-out warshade" in the same sentence?
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The two errors i got both refer to components that are listed under 1.3
Does anyone know of any method of updating OpenGL without the videocard drivers? I tried using the Extensions Viewer to do it and it had an unhandled exception.
That said, when I click on "Find OpenGL Drivers" in the program, it does the same thing as "Check for Updated drivers" and just brings me to the NVidia Website to get current Video drivers for my card.
My OpenGL shows version 3.1
My DirectX shows version 9.0c (I'm on WinXP Pro as well).
I recommend following the driver install procedure we mentioned above. To summarize:
- Download the current NVidia driver from the nvidia website. (don't install it yet)
- Download and install Driver Sweeper (don't run it yet)
- Uninstall any Nvidia programs and driver references from your control panel.
- restart your computer into Safe Mode
- Run Driver Sweeper to rid the system of any other extra refernces to the old driver version.
- restart the system again
- install your new NVidia driver and restart again
I'm hoping you'll be all set after that, or at least much closer than you are now.. like I said before, it sounds like you have some other issues still brewing in there somewhere.
I'd try looking for an install file from your motherboard manufacturer's website. If it didn't come with a driver disc of any kind, you might be missing drivers for other key components on your motherboard, and for all we know, THAT'S what's causing all the other devices to fail right now.. so even reinstalling the video "correctly" might not even work until you get the motherboard itself installed properly first.