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hi w2k insists on these items all shareing irq7, hpt370 udma100 raid controler,soundblasterlive,nvidia geforce gts,intel pro100 network card,and both via usb channels,acpi is on within the bios and sb/live is in pci slot6 ,on abitkt7raid,network card is pci#4 ,the machine seems to run okay at the moment,it was not so ,until i diabled both com ports to give some more irq space then when i checked the irq situationof all shareing irq7 occurred though i change the setting re the com ports back inthe bios it did no good,all i can say right now is arghhh any advis e appreciated

help,i,m trying to get my ata66 drive running under w2k,ive setup with the setup floppys,put the driber in etc,done the same with boot from cd setup too,every thing go well until the last reboot then i get the w2k blue screen,this is my 4th install today,i,ve got ot running on the ata33 at the moment,useing a bp6 mobo 128mb ram,nothing special,anyone know ho to handle this? i had the same prob with nt4 for a while but got around it by doing f6,but that dont work on win2k,well it dos but ,not at the the final reboot,thx

hi thx,i tryed that but still no luck i must have been doing some thing wrong,i ended up gettin the 1251 htp366 driverupdate from the abit site for the bp6 under win2k and doing a fresh install,and this time i got it to install no probs,useing win2k server,however i still had probs from time to time when win2k rebooted it would hang and during defrag would hang,but i think that was my fault,i prb botched a file somewhere with all my messing around,other than that thing went well games ran well etc,prob with sp1 and 2 it would run even betta,seems the hpt366 drivers for win2k frm the hpt site are not the ones to use,the abit ones work though,i ened up takeing win2k i,lll try it again later maybe i had a boot sector virus,maybe the drivers still have probs ------------------ braxanna

hi,is it possible to play open gl and glide games under nt4 server[not workstation]such as q2 q3 and ut and unreal?useing 3dfx cards, i know they play under nt4 workstation okay,but want to set up a home server to study nt4 server and use it for a terminal to play lan games as well,does the nt4 service pack cover nt server as well? thanks for your help ------------------ braxanna

hi well reinstalled ,but still no luck i made sure that thyer 3dfx opgl file was in system file and also put it in q3 folder,but still no luck,it bizare,what has occured ,i tired another 3dfx card [v3000] as well and had the same problem,perhaps i need to make some sort of setting on winnt? ------------------ braxanna

hi,thanks for that tip,i have to reinstall ntserver ,but soon as i do i,ll do that,is there any reason why one has to do such a thing? ------------------ braxanna

hi,thanks at the moment i have a little problem[actually its a bit bigger than that ] when i tyr to get q3 to load this is whaT I GET gwl_startopengl()-could not load opengl subsystem Q3 1.11 win-x86 Nov 29 1999 ----- FS_Startup ----- Current search path: c:\Q3Ademo/baseq3 ---------------------- Running in restricted demo mode. ----- FS_Startup ----- Current search path: c:\Q3Ademo\demoq3\pak0.pk3 (1387 files) c:\Q3Ademo/demoq3 ---------------------- execing default.cfg execing q3config.cfg couldn't exec autoexec.cfg ...detecting CPU, found x86 (P5/Pentium2, MMX) ------- Input Initialization ------- Disallowing DirectInput on NT 4.0 Skipping check for DirectInput Joystick is not active. ------------------------------------ ----- Client Initialization ----- ----- Initializing Renderer ---- ------------------------------- ----- Client Initialization Complete ----- --- Common Initialization Complete --- Winsock Initialized Opening IP socket: localhost:27960 Hostname: server1 IP: 192.168.1.1 Working directory: c:\Q3Ademo ----- R_Init ----- Initializing OpenGL subsystem ...initializing QGL ...calling LoadLibrary( 'C:\WINNT\System32\opengl32.dll' ): succeeded ...setting mode 3: 640 480 FS ...using desktop display depth of 24 ...calling CDS: ok ...registered window class ...created window@0,0 (640x480) Initializing OpenGL driver ...getting DC: succeeded ...GLW_ChoosePFD( 24, 24, 8 ) ...23 PFDs found ...GLW_ChoosePFD failed ...GLW_ChoosePFD( 24, 24, 0 ) ...23 PFDs found ...GLW_ChoosePFD failed ...failed to find an appropriate PIXELFORMAT ...restoring display settings ...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3) ...setting mode 3: 640 480 FS ...using colorsbits of 16 ...calling CDS: ok ...created window@0,0 (640x480) Initializing OpenGL driver ...getting DC: succeeded ...GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 16, 0 ) ...23 PFDs found ...GLW_ChoosePFD failed ...GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 16, 0 ) ...23 PFDs found ...GLW_ChoosePFD failed ...failed to find an appropriate PIXELFORMAT ...restoring display settings ...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3) ...shutting down QGL ...unloading OpenGL DLL ...assuming '3dfxvgl' is a standalone driver ...initializing QGL ...calling LoadLibrary( 'C:\WINNT\System32\3dfxvgl.dll' ): failed ...shutting down QGL ----- CL_Shutdown ----- RE_Shutdown( 1 ) ----------------------- GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem it weird this happened on nt4 server,but also occured on nt4 workstation,i,ve tryed the different driver sets for my voodoo banshee card,and still no luck,funny thing is that in the past i had no problems at all,except that the nt4 opengl screen savers would not work,now nothing though i can run unreal and ut okay?i,ve logged in as admin in vga mode, to do it as well,could my banshee card s hardware be at fault? thanks for any advise ------------------ braxanna

hi,well tryed that,cept 3dfx nolonger has any mini gl drivers posted on thier site,but pasted the 3dfxogl into the quake 3 directory its driveing me nuts as i never have had this prob before,i,m useing ntserver with service pak 6a,i,ve tried the latest drivers and tyred all the archive drivers as well ------------------ braxanna

hi,thanks at the moment i have a little problem[actually its a bit bigger than that ] when i tyr to get q3 to load this is whaT I GET gwl_startopengl()-could not load opengl subsystem Q3 1.11 win-x86 Nov 29 1999 ----- FS_Startup ----- Current search path: c:\Q3Ademo/baseq3 ---------------------- Running in restricted demo mode. ----- FS_Startup ----- Current search path: c:\Q3Ademo\demoq3\pak0.pk3 (1387 files) c:\Q3Ademo/demoq3 ---------------------- execing default.cfg execing q3config.cfg couldn't exec autoexec.cfg ...detecting CPU, found x86 (P5/Pentium2, MMX) ------- Input Initialization ------- Disallowing DirectInput on NT 4.0 Skipping check for DirectInput Joystick is not active. ------------------------------------ ----- Client Initialization ----- ----- Initializing Renderer ---- ------------------------------- ----- Client Initialization Complete ----- --- Common Initialization Complete --- Winsock Initialized Opening IP socket: localhost:27960 Hostname: server1 IP: 192.168.1.1 Working directory: c:\Q3Ademo ----- R_Init ----- Initializing OpenGL subsystem ...initializing QGL ...calling LoadLibrary( 'C:\WINNT\System32\opengl32.dll' ): succeeded ...setting mode 3: 640 480 FS ...using desktop display depth of 24 ...calling CDS: ok ...registered window class ...created window@0,0 (640x480) Initializing OpenGL driver ...getting DC: succeeded ...GLW_ChoosePFD( 24, 24, 8 ) ...23 PFDs found ...GLW_ChoosePFD failed ...GLW_ChoosePFD( 24, 24, 0 ) ...23 PFDs found ...GLW_ChoosePFD failed ...failed to find an appropriate PIXELFORMAT ...restoring display settings ...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3) ...setting mode 3: 640 480 FS ...using colorsbits of 16 ...calling CDS: ok ...created window@0,0 (640x480) Initializing OpenGL driver ...getting DC: succeeded ...GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 16, 0 ) ...23 PFDs found ...GLW_ChoosePFD failed ...GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 16, 0 ) ...23 PFDs found ...GLW_ChoosePFD failed ...failed to find an appropriate PIXELFORMAT ...restoring display settings ...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3) ...shutting down QGL ...unloading OpenGL DLL ...assuming '3dfxvgl' is a standalone driver ...initializing QGL ...calling LoadLibrary( 'C:\WINNT\System32\3dfxvgl.dll' ): failed ...shutting down QGL ----- CL_Shutdown ----- RE_Shutdown( 1 ) ----------------------- GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem it weird this happened on nt4 server,but also occured on nt4 workstation,i,ve tryed the different driver sets for my voodoo banshee card,and still no luck,funny thing is that in the past i had no problems at all,except that the nt4 opengl screen savers would not work,now nothing though i can run unreal and ut okay?i,ve logged in as admin in vga mode, to do it as well,could my banshee card s hardware be at fault? thanks for any advise ------------------ braxanna

hi,at the moment i have just set up a raid 0, array 2x20 gig ibm,s,i have win98 installed,and will be dual booting with win2ks,and nt4s when i get some more ram,my problem is when i go to boot off the win98 floppy,then select start pc with crom surport,things goe okay until it gets to a point where it say"scanning pci bus with mechanism 2"and thats where it stays i can see the floppy light on.and i,ve got away for ten minutes but still the same message "useing pci mechanism 2 to scan pci bus,anyone know whats happening,or what i need to do? thanks ------------------ braxanna

hi,is it possible to play open gl and glide games under nt4 server[not workstation]such as q2 q3 and ut and unreal?useing 3dfx cards, i know they play under nt4 workstation okay,but want to set up a home server to study nt4 server and use it for a terminal to play lan games as well,does the nt4 service pack cover nt server as well? thanks for your help ------------------ braxanna

great thanks!:-) ------------------ braxanna

hi,how do the new detonater drivers handle smp in win2k with q3,in the past i,d seen that running q3 in smp in win2k caused a performance drop,has this changed now?,i know that in winnt with an old tnt2 i got 75 fps,by the way how is ut running in win2k,i mean to go out and get a geforce,but not sure whether its the right time yet,thx ------------------ braxanna

hi,does anyone have advise,info,[or can direct me to a site]on how to dail in to a rmote pc for a game of unreal tournament?,my pc runs nt4 [sp6] and my friend runs win98 first edition[p2400 98mb ram] i,ve been trying to get the game to run,as i,ve fixed his pc for him, i have it at my place,and we have to lines in the house,so i set up his pc as remote host, these are the setings i used, for mine ,ppp:windows nt,windows95 plus,internet. and for his the same except his ends in win98 instead of 95,on my end the tcp/ip settings are server assigned ip address and server assigned ,name server address, i have been able to dial in to his computer,with that done,i set up a ut game on his pc,go back to mine then start ut,however when looking for lan games in the ut browser,i cant see his game,but if i type in the ip address his pc has given me [192.168.55.2] [his being 192.168.55.1] i can then join the game,[ connection speed is 28.800bps]and for a minute or two i get a ping of 180-220 which is okay,but then my ping goes up to around 2300-6000 for most of the time and then drops back to 200 momentarily,b4 ending back up into the stratosphere,so at the moment its unplayable,on the other hand form his pc i can see alan game i,ve set up on my nt pc and join it no probs[dont have to type in the ip address]but still get the laggy ping,the modem in his pc is a motorola software modem,and is v90,kflex capable,and i,ve noticed that his modem seems to be sending data to mine ,though no file s are being transferred,even when out of agame,also the room in which his pc is currently installed is a fair way from the phone socket so its connected by a long extension line,when my pc connects to his i can only connect at 28,800bps ,but when i check his,he,s connected at 31,000bps, well sorry for the long post,but i would like to solve this,as it stands the way its set up now,ive not had to meess with his internet settings which is preferable as its preferable to haveing to change your ip addys after every game,thx in advance for any help

i found out the cause ,it just the dum motorola sm56 software modem,tryed a netcomm software/hareware modem and it fine now,actually the netcomm modem in5692,runs beaut is dirt cheap and has drivers for win2k ------------------ braxanna

hi,does anyone have advise,info,[or can direct me to a site]on how to dail in to a rmote pc for a game of unreal tournament?,my pc runs nt4 [sp6] and my friend runs win98 first edition[p2400 98mb ram] i,ve been trying to get the game to run,as i,ve fixed his pc for him, i have it at my place,and we have to lines in the house,so i set up his pc as remote host, these are the setings i used, for mine ,ppp:windows nt,windows95 plus,internet. and for his the same except his ends in win98 instead of 95,on my end the tcp/ip settings are server assigned ip address and server assigned ,name server address, i have been able to dial in to his computer,with that done,i set up a ut game on his pc,go back to mine then start ut,however when looking for lan games in the ut browser,i cant see his game,but if i type in the ip address his pc has given me [192.168.55.2] [his being 192.168.55.1] i can then join the game,[ connection speed is 28.800bps]and for a minute or two i get a ping of 180-220 which is okay,but then my ping goes up to around 2300-6000 for most of the time and then drops back to 200 momentarily,b4 ending back up into the stratosphere,so at the moment its unplayable,on the other hand form his pc i can see alan game i,ve set up on my nt pc and join it no probs[dont have to type in the ip address]but still get the laggy ping,the modem in his pc is a motorola software modem,and is v90,kflex capable,and i,ve noticed that his modem seems to be sending data to mine ,though no file s are being transferred,even when out of agame,also the room in which his pc is currently installed is a fair way from the phone socket so its connected by a long extension line,when my pc connects to his i can only connect at 28,800bps ,but when i check his,he,s connected at 31,000bps, well sorry for the long post,but i would like to solve this,as it stands the way its set up now,ive not had to meess with his internet settings which is preferable as its preferable to haveing to change your ip addys after every game,thx in advance for any help

hey,i like shogo,i first tryed to run it under win2k beta 3,with voodoo 3 3000,no luck,then tryed it under win2k rc2 v3 3000,still no go,then swaped video cards,used a freinds tnt2,with the nividia refernce drivers,and wow no probs,ran absolutley beaut,and most full directx games will it seems,so shogo,s a goer but only if ya got a tnt,seems as usaul driver surport 3dfx cards sux,

well found out what thre prob is[i,m pretty sure so far]its an evil device known as a motorola sm56 software modem,avoid at all costs

hi,apparently there is a new dual mobo which accepts coppermines natively,and has on board ata100,and onboard scuzzy as welland some other cool stuff too,its gonna be produced by msi?,does anyone know where there is more info on this mobo? website etc? thx ------------------ braxanna

what sort of frame rates do u get in ut useing direct 3d,aka tnt2 etc,did you need any patchs? is your os full version or beta or rc1,2,3? i was going to buy an tnt2 ultra,and when i took the ut demo to the shop i was buying it from,we put it in and no go would only run in a window in software ,and direct 3d ran horriably,have thought of getting a tnt for some time,cause of that ,the card in the machine was 16mb tnt,also the demo did not even load into the program menu ,had to find the exe instead. ------------------ braxanna

thx,what speed is your cpu,how much ram,win2k or nt4?,is the tnt2 an ultra?i get 47-8 fps at 1024x768,16bit colour,though with glide in 16bit and direct3d in 32bit,there seems not to be too much difference,about the same direct3d does look much better in 32 bit thtas for sure,hmmm

hi ,well my scene was different,i,d never beeen able to try out smp,as the v3 3000 drivers dont surport it,but one day i built a pc for a friend for his vid card i got him a low cost tnt2m64[it was 90$ cheaper than a v3]so while i had it i thought i would check out smp in q3,i didn,t exspect it to work with the tnt2m64,i thought only the ultra surported smp,however when i downloaded the detonater 368 drivers [reference fromnividia] and put them in enabled smp it wo4rked ! and worked well,these are the figures i got tnt2m64 32mb---r_smp,demo1 fastest settings no tweaks,75.6 fps voodoo3 3000 16mb--no smp,demo1 fastest setings,no tweaks 52.2 fps i tryed lots of other things 32 bit colourand textures etc,and for me smp was much better enabled,i would lose the creative drivers they are usually not very good,use the reference drivers ,let me know how it goes,also i was useing nt4,want to go to win2k but wanna make sure ut will run good first then i,ll get a geoforce,if i can get 75 fps from the tnt2m64,then the geforce will be awesome!seems tooo that the 368 detonater drivers work with many of the tnt cards maybe even smp with the 16mb,man thats what i call good customer service

well i,d like to get a geforce,but since i really like ut,ive kept my v3 3000 for its glide capability,what sort of frmae rates do u get in ut useing direct 3d? ------------------ braxanna

hello,i recently upgraded my hard drives to ,one 6.4g quantam ata66 capable,and one 13.4g ata66 quantam,i have the 6.4 as the master and the 13 as the slave,i installed the drivers for ata66 after nt was runnin,got it to work okay,but at first when the machine booted with the hd connected to the ata66 port with the 13 as the slave it would get to the blue screen,then just hang,so i disconnected the 13,and then nt booted thru,no probs,i then tryed connecting the 13 up to the other ata66 port as a secondary master,but no luck will still not see it,so then i connected the 13 to the normal ide port,no probs booted thru ,into nt,however,try as i might i cant get the 13 to run at ata66,only the 6.4 will,can any one help?also what should i set the pageing file to? i have 256mb ram.so what would the settings be? start at?---maximum?,any help apprciated,by the way freespace2 runs beautifuly under nt 4,rgards brax

hello,i recently upgraded my hard drives to ,one 6.4g quantam ata66 capable,and one 13.4g ata66 quantam,i have the 6.4 as the master and the 13 as the slave,i installed the drivers for ata66 after nt was runnin,got it to work okay,but at first when the machine booted with the hd connected to the ata66 port with the 13 as the slave it would get to the blue screen,then just hang,so i disconnected the 13,and then nt booted thru,no probs,i then tryed connecting the 13 up to the other ata66 port as a secondary master,but no luck will still not see it,so then i connected the 13 to the normal ide port,no probs booted thru ,into nt,however,try as i might i cant get the 13 to run at ata66,only the 6.4 will,can any one help?also what should i set the pageing file to? i have 256mb ram.so what would the settings be? start at?---maximum?,any help apprciated,by the way freespace2 runs beautifuly under nt 4,rgards brax