HP Paviolion 8380, Q3, ATI Rage Pro driver

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2 total messages Started by Phuc Tup Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:16

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Author: Phuc Tup
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:16

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I was able to get Quake 3 to run on this machine when the game first 
came out, and that was with all the graphic options turned to the least 
demanding settings.
I've changed things in the computer over the years, but the game always 
worked.  After the last reformat and re-installation, I've had trouble 
with it.  I did install all the updates and patches (including BIOS 
update) from the HP web-site, as well as DirectX 9.0c.
The game wouldn't run, kept getting error message that it couldn't load 
GL subsystem.
This model Pavilion has an onboard ATI Rage Pro 8 MB video chip.   I 
downloaded a driver for this directly from ATI, and the game worked. 
However, the new driver would only let me choose from 4 screen 
resolution sizes (and each of the 4 could be 16 or 32 bit) for the 
desktop, and the only one that functioned (or that my monitor supported) 
was 640x480, which is pretty miserable for web-browsing and word processing.
Does anyone have any tips about how to get this working?
I know the computer is "ancient", but I had it networked with 2 others 
so I can play Quake 3 deathmatch with my kids.

Re: HP Paviolion 8380, Q3, ATI Rage Pro driver

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Author: Shinnokxz
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:24

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Try looking around online for an older release of the driver. Or you 
could go into into the advanced tab, and mess with frequencies and 
resolutions in there. Perhaps it's misreading your monitor while having 
the 'hide resolutions your monitor doesn't suppport' checked?
-- 
Shinnokxz - http://www.coryhansen.com

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