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  • criminal_smile
    criminal_smile Posts: 738 Forumite
    It's more of a problem solver. It will take your PC to the extremes of it's capabilities, and determine where you have problems. Stress Prime 2004 is an updated version of Prime95, with a better GUI.
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  • T4i
    T4i Posts: 1,845 Forumite
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    Prime95 is a problem solver.

    Also, goto start and click run. Type dxdiag in and press enter.

    You should see a directX version number at the bottom, what is it?

    Then goto 'display' tab and click the 'test direct draw/direct 3D' Does it crash?
  • Renee
    Renee Posts: 405 Forumite
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    Direct x version 5.03.2600.2180 Unicode
    I did the tests. On the direct draw full screen I didn't see the bouncing white box.
    It failed
  • T4i
    T4i Posts: 1,845 Forumite
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    wow, thats an old version of directX.

    Are you running win98? Or winME?
  • Renee
    Renee Posts: 405 Forumite
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    Windows xp.
    I thought Direct x 9 was the latest.
  • Rex_Mundi
    Rex_Mundi Posts: 6,311 Forumite
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    It looks like your old version of DirectX is causing the problems. You need to update to DirectX9.

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  • T4i
    T4i Posts: 1,845 Forumite
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    oh sorry, thought you had DirectX5 then....

    Next thing i'd try do is turn hardware acceleration down one notch. That can be found in your display properties somewhere, I'll help later if noone else has.

    Its now 14:30 and i'm going home! :j
  • Renee
    Renee Posts: 405 Forumite
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    When I go into control panel and click on Directx it says it's version 9.
    Can I have 2 versions on the pc
  • T4i
    T4i Posts: 1,845 Forumite
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    5.03.2600.2180 Unicode must be Version.9

    Can someone look to back that up?
  • Renee
    Renee Posts: 405 Forumite
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    Sorreee
    It says i'ts version 9.0c but at the bottom of the box it said..5.03.2600.2180
    I'm sorry if I've told you wrong but I'm not techie minded
    Sorry
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