Geforce 440 on both W2000 / W98 AGP problems 1

[blom0344]

I have a dual-boot DEll 8100 with both W2000 and W98 first edition. DirectX monitor shows that AGP accelaration does function under W98, but under W2000 this is greyed out....

I have the 50.48 drivers installed under W2000 and an older set under W98.

These combinations did work properly in the past , but I had to install everything again after a harddrive crash.
What could be wrong?

T. Blom
Information analyst
tbl@shimano-eu.com

 

[ski]

Did you try the latest Nvidia drivers for Win 2000?

 

[blom0344]

Just dowmloaded the latest drivers 56.72.
Any chance that I plugged the videocard in the wrong slot?

T. Blom
Information analyst
tbl@shimano-eu.com

 

[ski]

See if installing the MB chipset drivers for Win 2000 as per the following link helps.
It's recommended that you first uninstall the current video drivers, install the chipset drivers, and reinstall the video drivers.

http://support.dell.com/us/en/kb/document.asp?dn=1039993

 

[blom0344]

Wow, that is a VERY good link you got there.

Here's a star .......

Thanx...

T. Blom
Information analyst
tbl@shimano-eu.com

 

[ski]

You're welcome, and good luck.

 

[blom0344]

I performed the uninstall/install routine from the Dell guide.
AGP texturing is enabled now and in device manager there is still just one 'unknown device' present.
(Must be the sound card I guess)

Cheers.........


T. Blom
Information analyst
tbl@shimano-eu.com

 

[ski]

Glad to hear that you got the DX acceleration problem fixed, and thanks for posting back with the solution.

Where is the unknown device listed in Dev. Mgr.?
Are you having sound problems?

 

[blom0344]

Well, Last Night I got so fed up with reoccuring W2000 problems, I decided to skip the whole dual-boot concept and re-install the original Windows ME operating system. I know that W2000 is supposed to be the most stable of the bunch, but I still got a load of software not working under W2000 (therefore the dual boot idea)

The PC was installed by the helpdesk at my work, but they shoved both W98 and W2000 in the same partition. Got a feeling that was a wrong way to start anyway.

So, now I have installed all drivers in the correct order (Chipset,Video drivers,Soundcard) but still got an unknown device left. Still have to buy new speakers for the soundcard, but that should not have anything to do with the unknown device I guess?

T. Blom
Information analyst
tbl@shimano-eu.com

 

[ski]

Thanks for the detailed explanation on your situation.

And you're right, installing 2 O/S's on the same partition is a definite no-no, and the speakers have nothing to do with an 'unknown device' problem.

Did you format the partition and do a clean Windows ME install?

When you open Device Manager, is there an error code number under 'Device Status' when you double click on the unknown device?

 

[DragonQ0105]

I once had "PCI Bus Master" with a yellow exclamation mark claiming that it had no drivers....but my PCI Ethernet Card for Broadband worked fine...as did my PCI Sound Card...so I just left it.

If your system runs fine, and everything seems to be OK, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[blom0344]

Ski,

I did format the partition and did a clean re-install with the DEll reinstallation CD...

I think the error code is '28'.

The OS seems to work, but I have funny error messages , among them the dreaded winmgmt.exe error.

Strangely enough Win ME seems to boot very quickly compared to the original set-up (3 years ago ) when I had both W2000 and WinME installed (on different partitions).

Is it a good idea to unplug/plug all devices once again?

T. Blom
Information analyst
tbl@shimano-eu.com

 

[ski]

Error 28 indicates a driver problem with a device.
See if the solution for that error at the following link helps:

http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/troub-46.shtml

If no luck, then remove all cards(except the video card) from Device Manager, shut down, remove all cards except for one, leave the video card installed, restart, let Windows recognize the card and reinstall its drivers, and reinstall all remaining cards one at a time.

 

[ski]

WRT the winmgmt.exe errors, see if renaming that file to winmgmt.old helps.