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Originally Posted by Chief of the Boat
Ahh.. good. Thanks for the response. Not easy to get. Well, I have an X1600 that has been serving me well. Flight Games, SH3, etc. SH4 looks good too, though, you know... I 'could use' better. In an effort to 'try', I downloaded 7.6 [and 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5]. I installed 7.6 and played SH4. I 'think' it was a little better on Frame Rate, etc. Then... I found that when I started my computer, it came up in the XP desktop. Further, I hate the racket from the stock 'sounds' so I have selected 'No Sounds' in the control panel, and normally, they are NOT on. Well, with 7.6 installed, even that setting didn't 'hold'. I THEN found that if I went back to 7.1, the 'odd' condition remained. So...[moan]... I reformatted the computer, and started again. After a week or so of trying to nail it down, I have concluded that installation of the files for 7.2 --7.6 installs some file(s) that 'confuses' the O.S., causing it to not hold settings. Worse,I can't 'go back' to 7.1 'conditions'. I wiped out the registry on each try...'nope'.
My Wife's computer is also Hewlett-Packard and her's does exactly the same things... with HER X1600.
I did a final DB&N cleaning of MY H/D, reformatted... installed 7.1 and all is well, of course. I went to the ATI site and tried to get Tech Support on the issue, but I guess my 'card' is too old for that.
Since this occurs in TWO machines, it must be 'real'... but I had hoped to get a better handle on it...
COB
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