Buffalo wrote:
From my post "GeForce 7600GT AGP on Win2000ProSP4" I just realized
that if I didn't have Halo installed, I wouldn't be able to keep my
7600gt AGP card able to play Q3 or view videos in full screen.
Damn, their must be a better solution. I just reinsatlled my AGP ECS
mb drivers. I used the latest ones from ECS (my mb is an ECS K7s5a
rev3.1 with a HoneyX Bios.
I don't have the HDD to install an XP system into to test out your
ideas. I still use a dual 98se-2kSP4 system with an Athlon Mobile
2400+ (266MHz fsb) with 1 GB of ram.
My Desktop resolutiob is at 1440x900 with a refresh of 75MHz with a
Planar PX2710MW LCD monitor. Even if I set my Halo game vid setting
the same, I still have the same problem.
Amy other ideas on how I can get my video display to work properly
without having to start Halo after the video changes shortly after
bootup. Once changed, it seems to stay that way for the rest of the
session, even after 12 hrs.

Thanks again,
Buffalo
One addition, when I was using the previous vid card ATI Radeon 8500LE, I
did not experience the problem I do now. (the new card gives me much better
fps in my games).
Also, when I try to uninstall the vid drivers and then reboot, the screen is
very corrupted and tears whenever I move the mouse pointer. It is very
difficult to make out what is on the screen. The same exact thing happens in
Safe Mode, even without uninstalling the vid drivers first.
Buffalo
PS: It seems that my PC does not load the PCI Standard VGA (if any at all)
default drivers. I cannot even find the .inf for that default driver.