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Crash after installing directX SDK

by Christin Stock · in Technical Issues · 09/01/2008 (5:06 pm) · 3 replies

Hi, everyone.
I'm stuck by this problem: the demos in all game folders(atlasdemo, forgedemo, stronghold...) crashed after I installed the direcrX SDK, I am using TGEA 1.7.1 and tried directx sdk march2008, June2008, Oct2006.All are the same problem. Any suggestions ?

Thanks

#1
09/01/2008 (5:10 pm)
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System Information
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Time of this report: 9/2/2008, 10:05:18
Machine name: GPC3
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.070227-2300)
Language: English
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Vostro 410
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 3326MB RAM
Page File: 848MB used, 4361MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
#2
09/02/2008 (4:28 am)
Try to
Start > Programs > Microsoft DX SDK > DXoutilities > DX control panel
Uncheck "Allow Hardware Acceleration" and set debug to "Use debug version of direct3d"

I hop to untie you problem:)
#3
09/21/2008 (5:00 pm)
Thanks a lot, but it is still not working.
Maybe it's caused by the software configuration of my PC.