Booooo! My GPL Broke

HELP ! MY GPL is broke! Running a Diamond Viper 550 with the latest 255 drivers, DX 6.1, & beta 2 OGL patch. Since I installed the latest Viper Drivers I can't run GPL in more than 640x480 without it giving me a GPF immediately I hit the green button to go to the track. Also when I did manage to get on the track the drivers arms are "twitching" all over the place & car is hopping around when on the straights like it never used to..this has happened since I reinstalled Win 98 - Using a Saitek R4 Used to run in 1024x768 with no probs Anyone got any ideas? Anyone had the same probs? Anyone got GPL working at higher than 640x480 with either the Diamond 255 drivers or the Nvidia Detonator drivers...? yours, unhappily confined to the pit lane... I.

I believe the OGL beta2 patch will only work with nvidia'a TNT refernce drivers, available at their website Charlie

I'm not sure about this, but you might need to reinstall GPL's two wdm drivers after reinstalling Win98. I believe there should be two .sys files (papycpu.sys and papyjoy.sys) in GPL's home directory. Copy them to your c:\windows\system32\drivers directory. There should also be a .reg file in GPL's home directory (papycpu.reg). Double click on this file to update your registry. Then reboot. This may not solve the problem, but won't hurt anything (this same procedure is done automatically when you install GPL). Randy

>HELP ! MY GPL is broke! >Running a Diamond Viper 550 with the latest 255 drivers, DX 6.1, & beta 2 >OGL patch. Do you have a good reason for running DX 6.1? If not, you might want to go back to 6.0. (Upgrading DirectX is like flashing your motherboard's BIOS: you do it when you need to, not just because there's a new version.) I have an AGP CL TNT. The Detonator drivers work fine, at all resolutions from 512x384 to 1600x1200. With the old 0.48 drivers, I had frequent crashes above 640x480. Try DX 6.0. If that doesn't fix it, try the Detonator drivers. If that doesn't work, I'm stumped. -- spamgard(tm): To email me, put "geek" in your Subject line.

Hmmm I had it working OK with the last Diamond rivers fine...but thanks.. I.

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>I believe the OGL beta2 patch will only work with nvidia'a TNT refernce >drivers, available at their website >Charlie >>Running a Diamond Viper 550 with the latest 255 drivers, DX 6.1, & beta 2 >>OGL patch.

Thanks I'll give it a go - when I said I reinstalled I meant I really reinstalled! Reformatted the drive & reloaded everything....but I'll give it a go anyway... I.

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>>...this has happened since I reinstalled Win 98 - Using a Saitek R4 >I'm not sure about this, but you might need to reinstall GPL's two wdm >drivers after reinstalling Win98. I believe there should be two .sys files >(papycpu.sys and papyjoy.sys) in GPL's home directory. Copy them to your >c:\windows\system32\drivers directory. There should also be a .reg file in >GPL's home directory (papycpu.reg). Double click on this file to update >your registry. Then reboot. This may not solve the problem, but won't >hurt anything (this same procedure is done automatically when you install >GPL). >Randy

Now if I remember rightly you can't just Overwrite DX , you have to purge it from the system...anyone know how I do that? I'll try the detonator drivers first I think......easier.... The GPF I'm getting is in Kernel32.dll BTW thanks, I

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>>HELP ! MY GPL is broke! >>Running a Diamond Viper 550 with the latest 255 drivers, DX 6.1, & beta 2 >>OGL patch. >Do you have a good reason for running DX 6.1? If not, you might want to >go back to 6.0. (Upgrading DirectX is like flashing your motherboard's >BIOS: you do it when you need to, not just because there's a new version.) >>Since I installed the latest Viper Drivers I can't run GPL in more than >>640x480 without it giving me a GPF immediately I hit the green button to

go >>to the track. >>Also when I did manage to get on the track the drivers arms are "twitching" >>all over the place & car is hopping around when on the straights like it >>never used to..this has happened since I reinstalled Win 98 - Using a Saitek

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>>R4 >>Used to run in 1024x768 with no probs >>Anyone got any ideas? Anyone had the same probs? >>Anyone got GPL working at higher than 640x480 with either the Diamond 255 >>drivers or the Nvidia Detonator drivers...? >I have an AGP CL TNT. The Detonator drivers work fine, at all resolutions >from 512x384 to 1600x1200. With the old 0.48 drivers, I had frequent >crashes above 640x480. >Try DX 6.0. If that doesn't fix it, try the Detonator drivers. If that >doesn't work, I'm stumped. >-- >spamgard(tm): To email me, put "geek" in your Subject line.

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> Now if I remember rightly you can't just Overwrite DX , you have to purge it > from the system...anyone know how I do that? > I'll try the detonator drivers first I think......easier.... > The GPF I'm getting is in Kernel32.dll BTW > thanks, > I > >>HELP ! MY GPL is broke! > >>Running a Diamond Viper 550 with the latest 255 drivers, DX 6.1, & beta 2 > >>OGL patch. > >Do you have a good reason for running DX 6.1? If not, you might want to > >go back to 6.0. (Upgrading DirectX is like flashing your motherboard's > >BIOS: you do it when you need to, not just because there's a new version.) > >>Since I installed the latest Viper Drivers I can't run GPL in more than > >>640x480 without it giving me a GPF immediately I hit the green button to > go > >>to the track. > >>Also when I did manage to get on the track the drivers arms are > "twitching" > >>all over the place & car is hopping around when on the straights like it > >>never used to..this has happened since I reinstalled Win 98 - Using a > Saitek > >>R4 > >>Used to run in 1024x768 with no probs > >>Anyone got any ideas? Anyone had the same probs? > >>Anyone got GPL working at higher than 640x480 with either the Diamond 255 > >>drivers or the Nvidia Detonator drivers...? > >I have an AGP CL TNT. The Detonator drivers work fine, at all resolutions > >from 512x384 to 1600x1200. With the old 0.48 drivers, I had frequent > >crashes above 640x480. > >Try DX 6.0. If that doesn't fix it, try the Detonator drivers. If that > >doesn't work, I'm stumped. > >-- > >spamgard(tm): To email me, put "geek" in your Subject line.

For information on uninstalling Directx, go to http://home.att.net/~ebrink1/Direct.htm roy

Are these drivers considered better than Diamonds? -Larry > I believe the OGL beta2 patch will only work with nvidia'a TNT refernce > drivers, available at their website > Charlie

How can you go back? -Larry > Do you have a good reason for running DX 6.1? If not, you might want to > go back to 6.0. (Upgrading DirectX is like flashing your motherboard's > BIOS: you do it when you need to, not just because there's a new version.)