Halp: X850 can't initialize Direct3D

[Jadestar]

Okay. I'm over here at my buddy's trying to troubleshoot a problem he's having with a hand-me-down rig he just got. He told me that none of the games he was trying were working-- most of them give an error such as 'Failed to initialize DirectX 9 renderer'. Doom 3 does run, which I assume is due to its non-reliance on DirectX.

It looks like his card is an ATi X850-- AGP. I've made absolutely sure that the latest Catalyst drivers are installed and that DirectX 9.0c is installed correctly. It is. The problem seems to be in Direct3D-- the DirectDraw test runs fine through the dxdiagnostic tool, but once we run the Direct3D test it fails all attempts. The exact error messages are:

"Test failed at step 8 (creating 3D device): HRESULT = 0x80004005 (generic failure)"

"Test failed at step 8 (creating 3D device): HRESULT = 0x8876086c (error code)"

"Test failed at step 8 (creating 3D device): HRESULT = 0x8876086c (error code)"

For D3D 7, 8, and 9 respectively. We've uninstalled and re-installed the video card's drivers so many times-- and I've gone through DX9.0c installation a handful of times as well. I've played around in the BIOS and Windows settings a little but I can't seem to figure this one out.

Any ideas would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!

 

[God_Of_Death]

try the new omega drivers based on the 7.12 cat's. they work better on agp cards than their ati counterparts