DirectXDisaster 8.1

[Shagger]

Help,

I've updated DirectX to 8.1 (from 8).

Previously my GF2 worked fine with DX8 running 3DMark2001 fine (but never as fast as I wanted it too, obviously).:D

So............that said, my GF2 is DX8 compatible. So now, why is it not anymore?

I've updated the VIA 4 in 1's to v4.35
I've tried the Powercolor 21.85 (latest drivers)
I've tried the Nvidia 21.85's
I've reinstalled DX8.1
all without any result.

Running the DX Diagnostic Tools D3D test gives me the result:

D3D8 Test Result: Failure at step 5 (GetDeviceCaps): HRESULT = 0x8876086a (3D not available)

And running 3Dmark2001 tells me

3DMark2001 requires a DirectX8 compatible 3D accelerator.
We recommend that you upgrade your computer or test your PC with an older version of 3DMark.

All games seem to run OK, but they are probably using DX7 compatibility.
Is it a driver issue or a DX8 glitch with the GF2? Any ideas will be most welcome.

[Silversaver]

Hi,

I have DX8.1 on both of my Win XP and Win ME, and they both running fine....

I hope you have a backup of your original OS for reinstallation...

[Shagger]

I wish mine was OK, Silversaver.

On your ME system what driver version are you running and whose is it?

I can use system restore to go back to DX8 but I want to find an answer first.

I've noticed that the AGP Texture test is not in the System Information, Tools, DX8 Diagnostic Tools on my PC (the old DX8 setup had 3 D3D and AGP tests). Could it be an AGP issue?

[Silversaver]

Hi, This is a very good qustion,

I remember once I had a problem with my Plextor 16x10x40 driver with Win XP. Everything works fine until one day I install WinOnCD 3.8. The WinXP no longer dectect the Plextor CD-RW driver no matter how I reinstalled them.

The only solution for me is to reinstall the Windows with backup image file to solved the problem..... It is sad, but I have no idea why....... The only thing I can think of is the newest driver always have bug, if you running fine with current driver, keep the same driver without update to new driver. New isn't always good. I'll prefer stability...

[Shagger]

I've completed a format of the HDD following installing a RAID stripe array.

The issue has now disappeared so I can only assume that it was a conflict from installing DirectX 8.1 over the previous version, or a remnant left over from an earlier Nvidia driver.

Thanks for all the help though, guys.:) :) :)