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Old October 3rd 04, 06:32 AM
glee
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You apparently have version 4.1 of a driver for an AOpen video card based on the
SiS6326 chipset. The driver I linked you to is a generic SiS6326 driver from SiS
themselves....the chipset maker. They use a different numbering system for driver
versions, so the lower number is not relevant. I suggest the generic driver because
you say the AOpen driver does not work. Are you sure it is an AOpen video card?

To install the generic SiS driver, first uninstall the driver you are currently
using so that the display will revert to standard 640x480 basic VGA. Reboot, then
run the installation for the generic driver, rebooting when prompted. If it does
not work or fails to reboot correctly, start in Safe Mode and remove it.
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
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"Stella" wrote in message
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Hi Glee,
Have downloaded this driver, but not installed yet...am
concerned that it appears to be a considerably lower
version than the driver currently in use.

e.g, you recom a v1.32, but have a v4.1 in use now that
does not work.
Would appreciate your reassurance thanks
Stella


Subject: DX9.0C and driver probs
From: "Stella"
Sent: 9/29/2004 4:37:28 PM




Hi Glee,
Appreciate your prompt reply,,,,
Will try your suggestion and hopefully won't be back!
thanks again,
Stella


-----Original Message-----
Try the generic driver v. 1.32 from SiS for that chipset:
http://download.sis.com/
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Stella" wrote in

message
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I have copied this post from the DirectX section as no-

one
appears to be monitoring that forum...hopefully someone
here can assist?

Hi All,
I am a novice so please bear with me here...
I have win98se, and had DirectX8.0 installed. Today i
bought the Sims 2 game and installed it. During the
installation it advised I had to upgrade to

DirectX9.0c -
which was on the disc provided - which I did.
Installation complete, but game won't open. Error

message
appears stating:

"failed to find any DirectX9.0c compatible graphics
adapters in this system. please make sure you have
DirectX9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have

installed
the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer".

According to Device Manager & listed under Display
Adapter, I have an AOpen SIS6326 (GPU) driver v.4.11,

chip
type 6326 RevC5. There are no conflicts.

Does this mean I have to upgrade the sis6326 driver? If
so, to what? The SiS download webpagr does not even
mention this driver, let alone which one to upgrade it

to.

Lastly, the DX diag tool - 'display tab' mentions the
driver doesn't support Direct3D 9+, and also suggests
testing functionality of DirectDraw and Direct3D. The
Direct3D test stated that the display driver does not
support API (DDI version too low).
Would appreciate any advice as I don't know what to do.

Many thanks,
Stella