• Direct3D errors / help :-}

    From Colin Wilson@btiruseless@btinternet.com to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 21:20:32
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

    I recently changed gfx card, and have started to have a problem with directx...

    I used to be on a Voodoo3 PCI card, and moved on to an Geforce3 - the
    voodoo drivers *were* uninstalled, and the display set to standard VGA
    prior to installing the Nvidia drivers.

    Now i`m finding some games refuse to play, and dxdiag reports this when testing the Direct3D functionality:

    Direct3D 7 test results: Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device): HRESULT
    = 0x80004005 (Generic failure)
    Direct3D 8 test results: Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device): HRESULT
    = 0x8876086c (error code)
    Direct3D 9 test results: Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device): HRESULT
    = 0x8876086c (error code)

    I`ve seen a suggestion to disable and re-enable Direct3D, which hasn`t
    worked, and apart from uninstalling the newest WHQL drivers and reverting "back" to the ones that came with the card itself (they were never used,
    and are probably quite old), i`m stumped :-}

    I`ve also tried a 3rd party directx uninstaller, which lead me to me
    being unable to reboot successfully, and had to "reinstall" over the top
    of my existing setup to get me going again - followed by installing the Directx 9.0a again.

    Anyone got any suggestions ?

    TIA :-}
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