Ernesto Alvarez 818262 Posted February 25, 2012 at 07:10 PM Posted February 25, 2012 at 07:10 PM here's a first. i have an AMD Radeon HD 3200 card and DX9 for FS9, for some odd reason, started up the PC today and Direct3D no longer works. when i would start FS, the warning would pop up saying the video couldnt handle it and bla bla bla. its been working fine since i built the PC until now so i figured the drivers got messed up. updated the drivers, reinstalled the software for the card. DXDiag still shows "Direct3D functionality not available. you should verify the driver is a final version from hardware manufacture" i can launch the sim now, just everything looks funky i plan to upgrade the card anyway, but this things gotta hold on a little longer til the summer as i have to repair my gl[Mod - Happy Thoughts]es and do an FAA medical which cuts into my video card funds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Alvarez 818262 Posted February 25, 2012 at 08:25 PM Author Posted February 25, 2012 at 08:25 PM tried reinstalling DX9, rolling back the video drivers, uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers nada. and DXdiag reports DX Features not available under any of the 3. checked the registry, Direct3D has a 0 and not a 1 so that one should be good. not sure whats going on but i can tell its going to drive me up the wall. just when you arent in the mood for wrenches, one always finds a way to show up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Kolin Posted February 25, 2012 at 10:17 PM Posted February 25, 2012 at 10:17 PM Anything in the Windows event logs, or Device Manager? Cheers! Luke ... I spawn hundreds of children a day. They are daemons because they are easier to kill. The first four remain stubbornly alive despite my (and their) best efforts. ... Normal in my household makes you a member of a visible minority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Alvarez 818262 Posted February 25, 2012 at 10:40 PM Author Posted February 25, 2012 at 10:40 PM not that i can tell. theres info entries, about it. no alerts or warnings other then an app hang that happened earlier when i tested to see if it was only effecting FS9 or my other games as well, which are also having issues now without the directx features i tried starting from a previous working point, still same, not sure if it even knows anything is wrong cause other then directx, the card itself is working fine, doesnt report any errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Alvarez 818262 Posted February 26, 2012 at 12:46 AM Author Posted February 26, 2012 at 12:46 AM FIXED! i remembered i did the 3gb switch the other night and backtracked. minute i took out the switch, bingo, all working again. weird, 3gb switch worked on my old drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Kolin Posted February 26, 2012 at 12:49 AM Posted February 26, 2012 at 12:49 AM FIXED! i remembered i did the 3gb switch the other night and backtracked. minute i took out the switch, bingo, all working again. weird, 3gb switch worked on my old drive Makes me wonder if there's an incompatibility with the video driver. Lousy drivers are why we're limited to 3.xx GB on Win32. Cheers! Luke ... I spawn hundreds of children a day. They are daemons because they are easier to kill. The first four remain stubbornly alive despite my (and their) best efforts. ... Normal in my household makes you a member of a visible minority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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