DX8/Graphics Problems?

[misermanuk]

I keep getting a fatal execption when I try to run games and the graphics tests in DirectX 8.0
The fatal exception I get when testing DirectDraw etc in DX8 and when playing games such as Airfix DogFighter, Fifa 2001 etc is:

0028 C0006EB2 in VXD VMM(01) + 00005EB2

When I get this error message I have to restart the computer, otherwise it crashes.

My system spec is as follows:

PIII - 450
64 mb ram
8gb HDD
16mb nvidia riva tnt graphics card
Pioneer DVD rom drive
Win 98 se
Micro-star m/b with VIA APPOLLO PRO PLUS (692/596) Chipset

Can anyone tell me what this fatal exception means and whether the problem lies with DX8, the graphics card, system spec, or anything else.
Any help is gratefully accepted.


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I use to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure.

[Mephisto]

You might want to try the VXDFix.
Good luck!

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It never rains but it pours...

[JDax]

Its not a good idea to instal the latest DX whenever it comes out it always causes problems with your current games unless you have something that actualy uses it. Unless you have a game that came with DX8 get rid of it and use DX7, there is no point in upgrading because none of your previous games can use it anyways. Wait till you have to upgrade not before. Need I point of the problem with FFVII and DX6? I hope not.

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You should have killed me when you had the chance.
Your mistake.

[misermanuk]

JDax

How can I remove DX8 with no uninstall?
Short of reinstalling Win 98 is there any way.



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I use to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure.

[slingblade]

I've heard of a DX uninstaller, but I've never tried it. I'm sure I downloaded it once, but it's mysteriously vanished. Try doing a search.

[Hasitha]

Here is the DX uninstaller : http://www.tweaktown.com/downloads/dxun.zip
They say that it can uninstall DX 8. But I’m not sure whether it does it cleanly.
I think the DX uninstaller leaves some DX files , (I’ve tried it once but it did leave some files). Go to DxDiag.exe to see whether it has removed all the files ,if not then you can manually delete the files since all the files are listed there.
See whether you have the beta release, because it had some issues. If your is beta I’d recommend to get the final version from Microsoft DX site.

[misermanuk]

Thanks for all the advice people.
It appears I have the latest DX version Hasitha.
I've now found out that nvidia tnt/tnt2 cards suffer from the fatal error problem I mentioned initially.
I reduced hardware acceleration but this prevented me from running DirectX drivers.
So as a last resort I reduced AGP Aperture size in the Bios to 8M. This appears to have done the trick.
Does anyone know what the AGP Aperture does exactly, and why when I increase this to 16M, 32M, 64M the fatal exception reoccurs?
Would more system RAM help? Say another 64M.

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I use to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure.