i reply to jimbo.my cpu i just a P3 450,w/TNT m64,128ram,i think my motherboard is a Micro ATX 82440zx.i followed ur instructions excactly for formatting the drive and it went purfect,i just alredy...

i forgot to ask,when i downloaded V12.41 it went to the partition without the games on it.will that make a difference?
oh yeah i also downloaded Dx8 too.

i formatted my hard drive after all the probs i had with it,partitioned my drive,loaded Q2 on to the second drive, and it worked OK,loaded the latest version of Nvidia's driver V12.41,put Q3 back on...

cheese and rice! http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubb/biggrin.gifall done.after lotsa bourbon and too much chilli pizza(and too many burning late nites on the can:eek...

yo jimbo i do live in australia and whisky is an old farts drink.hehe.soz.i'm going to do all of the above now so i hope i'm back soon enuf,ciao!

hey nvidia_linux asked me about the long thread of Q3.what is that?
is that like the chequered paint or the short wait?hehehe http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubb/wink.gif

so basically you guys r saying i have to format and reinstall. http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubb/frown.gifi spose i have to coz i havent played q2 or q3 in ages and i'm busting to frag...

yeah! overclocking **** is fun,reinstalling stuff isn't.true? http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubb/biggrin.gif

in reply to HighCv2,i will try to answer you
q's as good as i can as i'm a kitten trying to be a lion in one day,so to speek.my cpu is a p3 450mhz,100mhzfsb,128sdram,w/tnt2 m64card.before the tnt2...

hmm i've been looking on the net on how to reinstall windows,but,do i uninstall then reinstall windows and do i have to format the hard drive or will uninstalling/reinstalling do that?
thanx...

http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubb/eek.gifF*#k reinstalling windows i cant even do this
imagine what would happen to my cpu if i did that.it would end up being a boat anchor for my dads...

in ur win.ini file under draw dib there is a line that says DVA=0.change it to =1 or if its not there create that line close,save
changes and cool its works,i dunno how but it worked for me.

hmm,i got one step further tonite.no more grey screen but now i get as far as the menu screen and my screen is flickering and flashing lines everywhere and then it freezes.grrrr...

OH jeez! Q2 did work now she don't

sorry i'm new to all this.whats the long thread?

but didnt fix mine.i have the same problem.

i just put my tnt2 m64 card in,downloaded detonator 3 v12.41 and everything else but i can't get Q3 to work! http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubb/frown.gifpleeeeze help.

I just finished overclocking my cpu to
558mhz from 450mhz and i also put in a tnt2 m64 card and now i get a grey screen everytime i go to play Q3...

after having the RUNDLL 3dfx13ps.dll error
coming up when i installed my TNT2 with gl drivers i got a little anoyed.not being able to play Q2 or Q3 i removed it and put my old 3d card in which is a...

sorry dude i'm dum as dog s*!t when it comes to terminology i'm just a newbie.what's bios settings? http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubb/confused.gif

you mean everything as the whole hard drive or just what i've loaded on recently? http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubb/confused.gif

i just removed my old voodoo banshee and drivers to install a TNT2.now everytime i turn my pc on i get this:
RUNDLL
error loading 3dfxv13ps.dll
the system cannot find the file specification
...

yeah i get the same thing with q3,but only with my TNT2 m64 3dcard.it never used to happen with my voodoo banshee.if anyone knows pleeeeeze email me at mcborstelj@bigpond.com taa....

yeah i get the same s*!t on Q3

i just installed tnt2 onto my cpu and everytime i go to play q3 i get these horizontal and verticle lines that flash on my screen and then my screen freezes.i downloaded the latest opengl for it but...