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Windows Hardware 9627

DVD / 3Dfx

Bigegg

HI there. . I'm very happy with W2K BUT. . . . . . . I've got a toshiba DVD-ROM drive (6x) and a 3dfx voodoo banshee. The performance in win98se is perfect, everything is running smoothly but in W2K it's the oposid, it's like 10 frames/s or less.

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Last reply by Palos, 2000-03-08 23:23

Windows Hardware 9627

Increasing the USB port rate?

Arin

Before i got my intellimouse explorer usb, i had a ps2 mouse. I use to have the ps2 rate program and it seams that and over clocked ps2 port gave me a smoother mouse. Is there a way to boost the usb port rate.

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Last reply by Arin, 2000-03-08 23:16

Windows Hardware 9627

Liveware for Win2000 and SPDIF Out

miguelidanez

Does anybody if I can get Digital Out under win2000 with the 70mb complete liveware package? I like to listen my DVD films using DTT 2500 speakers. I can under Win98SE, but no under Win2000. Thanks!.

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Last reply by J_Pro, 2000-03-08 22:53

Windows Hardware 9627

SBLive Initialazation and W2K Very Loud when starting up

DarkWolf

Hello all, It was great of you guy's to Up The SBLive drivers for W2K, and I as most everyone else installed them fine. But I noticed 2 thing's that it is doing and was wondering if anyone else has had the same prob as I am.

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Last reply by DarkWolf, 2000-03-08 22:16

Windows Games 5469

smp Q3 problems. can you help?

ZenMachine

Hello, Im having trouble getting smp to work with Q3. I crash at random times when i load Q3. Im running a bp6 mobo with 2 Celery 366's oc'd to 550 with a geforce ddr. I've tried running my cpus at there default speed, messed around with different settings of agp aperature.

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Last reply by badboy, 2000-03-08 21:47

Windows Games 5469

Fifa 2000 under win2k

The Mag

The fifa 2000 game is protected by safedisk and that's the problem (I think), the gamecode will work but not the protection system, so it says that its the wrong cd all the time, can I fix this. Anyone knowes? The Mag.

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Last reply by The Mag, 2000-03-08 21:15

Windows Games 5469

Rollcage under Win2k

Craig

hi, did someone manage to get rollcage working under win2k? it installs fine, i can see the intro, modify some parameters in the game, but when i whant to start playing, i get back to my desktop.

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Last reply by Reaper_uk, 2000-03-08 20:22

Windows Software 5498

how to install win2k without win98?

HUB

hello! I have made win2k bootdisk and want to just install win2k only, but every time after loaded 4 bootdisks, it appeared a error message, so i cannot install win2k, what could I do though?

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Last reply by MSGuy, 2000-03-08 20:19

Windows Hardware 9627

W2K + BP6 + MPS1.4 + USB possible?

GReYHouND

Hi there, Just a quick question: Using a bp6 board and setting mps to 1. 4 in the bios and running w2k is it possible to use the usb? Thank in advance! GReYHouND. .

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Last reply by Auroran, 2000-03-08 19:42

Windows Hardware 9627

5.08 win2k Geforce drivers with FSAA and S3TC support

Arin

Has anyone seen where i can get the new 5. 08 Win2k geforce drivers that support FSAA and S3TC, or know when they are coming out for Windows 2000?.

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Last reply by evil Homer, 2000-03-08 19:21

Windows Games 5469

Will Games Overwrite?

Omega

I was wondering, I have Quake 3 Arena installed in 98, I want to install Q3a in 2000 in the same directory as my q3a folder in win98? Or does it overwrite it? This is a dual boot btw. .

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Last reply by Andy_25, 2000-03-08 19:16

Windows Hardware 9627

Fujitsu 7200rpm and ata66

APV_SAV

Does anyone knows if the Fujitsu Hard drive MPE3XXXAH series (7200rpm, 2MB cache) works with Abit BP6 or BE6's ata66 controller?

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Last reply by APV_SAV, 2000-03-08 18:00

Windows Software 5498

Link to get Direct CD and Nero working in Windows 2k READ IN

pr-man

***TRUST YOUR TECHNOLUST***

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Last reply by pr-man, 2000-03-08 16:03

Windows Hardware 9627

Windows 7d0 network is worse than WinNT4 network!! (Why?) Fo

Buckie

Hiya. This is a new problem and neither myself nor anyone I asked so far could guess what was wrong. The problem is Win2000 network. There are two computers using 2 Realtek 8029AS cards (on BNC cable) and.

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Last reply by Greggy, 2000-03-08 15:38

Windows Hardware 9627

Can't See Windows 98 Computers!

Unkoon2000

Help! I can't see any win98 computers from windows2000, but i can see the win2000 computers from a win98 computer. Does anybody know whats wrong??? This is weird!.

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Last reply by Flaz, 2000-03-08 14:55

Windows Games 5469

Problem wtih refresh rate?

Lynx

hi, sry, my englis is bad, but anyway. My question is: Anytime when I run some games, why refresh rate alway drops? Exaple: (quake2/3, Rally Chamiponchip 2000 etc. ) My windows desktop: 1152x864, 32 bit @85 Hz, but when I run some game, the monitor refresh alway drops at 75Hz.

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Last reply by deckard, 2000-03-08 13:23

Windows Games 5469

Gabriel Knight 3 - DirectX Problems in Windows 2000

gbraught

I have read all the post on GK3 and have copied over the GK3. exe from the CD. I thought the game was going to start but then got following error: No DirectDraw drivers detected. Make sure DirectX is installed properly.

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Last reply by gbraught, 2000-03-08 10:18

Windows Hardware 9627

New monitor, better preformance?

Arin

I recently called gateway and got a new monitor because i wanted a new one before the waranty ran out. anways now in unreal tournament i get about 40 frames a second on the highest settings for everything including the resolution, i have a winfast geforce ddr.

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Last reply by ACID, 2000-03-08 09:17

Windows Games 5469

Do i just have bad luck or what?

Dabman

All i hear is how everyone is playing games on win 2k, but for some reason when i try, none seem to work! i mean, i install kingpin, that compadability page said it should work, but noooo, i get some dumb error, need for speed, obvious, won't install, i looked at that page that said how you can get it to install, n ...

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Last reply by YuppieScum, 2000-03-08 07:52

Windows Hardware 9627

Directsound problem

siracing

Using the new liveware 2000 on my sblive I have a problem with windows media player. Every audio and video file I play skips from time to time. I read something about the buffer length in winamp a few days ago, but does anyone have a fix for windows media player, like perhaps a way to adjust the buffer in the regis ...

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Last reply by GrannyPantyRaider, 2000-03-08 07:20