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Problems with Diamond Viper II

DemiSlayr
this is what it says in the hardware compatability list This card runs perfectlly under Windows 2000 RC-2. All Direct3D and DirectDraw options run fine. DVD Playback is great when using PowerDVD 2.
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AGP Sideband on BX with NVIDIA geo256

Feral
Is there a way to enable sidebanding for the Geoforce 256 on Win2k? I am using powerstrip and have been searching for a way to enable it. Can someone steer me in the right direction? I have searched the board and could not find anthing on sidebanding.
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Possible Fix for refresh rates in Windows 2000?

pr-man
Ok I might be talking out of my A$$ since I have not yet installed my copy of Windows 2000 pro yet but I noticed that everyone is having problems with refresh rates. I used to use a small utility in win98 called MultiRes and it allowed you to changeon the fly the refresh rate and resoulution quite easily, i noticed ...
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Dell Liveware 2k FIX!!!

JosefTor
Hi. (This is for all people who are reporting problems) I have updated the Dell W2k Live Drivers to universal drivers for all non-dell pcs and I have made it so that you can use cards other then the Live Value v 512.
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I am a fool! I need lots of help with my dual system!!!

GuY
hi, I don't know much about dual cpu's and win2k. I have a Dual p2 400 (runs at 896, 448 each cpu). In the BIOS on the start up it runs in dual, but I don't know if win2k is running dual. I have a VD3 2000 and a Montego II quadzilla soundcard in this computer.
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ARGGGGGHHHH ! WIN2K IS OUT => NEWBIE CRISES

Awaxx
What a lovely forum we had, just before this blac day : February 17th. Only a few and very interesting question a day and only a few stupid you should try the search buton ones a week. A now, it's newbie crisis and I have nothing to read and not even a question to answer !!!!! Everybody says here : 1 - I have this ...
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i740 regtweak help

aesqe
Could someone please tell me how exactly do I add the info found on under intel i740 to the registry? Do I add gfxdrv and gfxglicd as new keys, values, or what? thanks in advance
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Voodoo2 Multimonitor only support?!?!

sheared
I saw this on as Usenet group: i know that 3dfx will bring out a v2 driver soon, as i've tested the beta versions. there will be no whql certification. it is a multimonitor driver, i. e. you must either run your only monitro off the v2 in 2d and 3d (2d is really bad quality) or have two monitors.
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SBLive! Problem (non-Liveware related)

Bael
After installing Win2k on my computer (specs below) the only sound I get is a repetitve clicking (think: mouse click) noise or loud static. Win2k has it listed that I do indeed have a SB Live! card installed, and that it is 'working properly' - but I get no sound other than what I mentioned above.
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MUSTEK 1200 UB (NOT USB ) but UB !

Guillaume
Grrrr. . . I'm looking for A MUSTEK 1200 UB driver for Windows 2000. . . There is a beta driver, but its not a beta driver. . . this is the program to scan under Win2000, but not the USB driver. When I try to install Driver on the CD, I have an Error code 28 ( Driver not installed ) Impossible to find it.
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Low fps with Voodoo2 under Win2K

FlyingPenguin
Anyone having this problem with V2 under Win2K? I seem to be framerate capped at 40fps. It's a P2-300 w/12Mb V2. Under NT 4 or Win98 on the same system I can easily get 70-75 fps in Q2 using the Brian Hook standard timedemo w/Vsync disabled.
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Logitech Win2k Driver for Quick Cam Live ?

Tschibo
Hi Where can I find a Win2k driver for the Quick Cam Home. . I hope You can help me Thanks Tschibo Hi Gibt es schon Windows 2000 Treiber für die Quick Cam Home von Logitech. . evtl auch Beta treiber ? cu Tschibo.
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Weird Sidewinder Gamepad Problems in Win2k

eraser-
I have been having a weird problem with win2k and my 3 Sidewinder Pads. When 1 pad is connected to the machine it works fine, when i hook up a second pad in daisy chain the second pad always has a twitch to the left.
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poll: athlon / win2k / geforce / 3.78 / 3.66 ?

Distar
hi athlon users ! we dont seem to be able to narrow down the problems on athlon/geforce desktop lockups so lets start a poll and see if there are athlon users that can run 3. 78 without lockups. . please reply: (example and my config) - _athlon_: 500 _board_: gigabyte 7ix _nvidia_card_: creative geforce sdr _driver ...
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Get your SBLive! to work in NT

Ben
This is what works for me. 1) Install NT. 2) Install Service Pack 3 (not 4,5, or 6) 3) Head over to and download sblnt4up. exe. 4) Install the SBLive! with the original CD-ROM that came with the card.
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MPS vs ACPI Multiprocessor performance

Aegeas
Anyone done any benchmarking or comparison of features between a MPS Win2k system and a Multiprocessor ACPI Win2k system? Concerned mainly about overhead of the ACPI system and multitasking benefits to be had by disabling ACPI.
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How do you formate c: with NTFS 5?

Apoptosis
Every time I want to wipe my drive clean of a previous win2k installation I do the following: 1. Boot with my good ole win98 boot disk. 2. fdisk to remove NTFS partion, and create new dos partion. 3.
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Creative GeForce256 Pro, Everquest and Win2K

Deryk Lister
Hi I just upgraded from a Voodoo3 3000 to a Creative 3D Blaster GeForce 256 Annihilator Pro. I am running Windows 2000 (2195) and have tried both the NVidia drivers and the ASUS ones. Creative don't seem to have their own drivers yet.
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SBLive, Dell LW & Power Management

Shrink
Okay - Hibernation still works with these drivers. Additionally, the computer will go into standby mode. However, it won't wake up from standby. Can anyone successfully put their computer into standby mode and wake it up while having the Dell SBLive drivers/software installed? Thanks for your replies 🙂 Oh, while I ...
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