Problem with Geforce 2

[markgaskell007]

I currently have a Geforce 2 V7700 32Mb graphics card and was working fine when i was running windows ME. I have recently upgraded to Windows XP. A game called Medal of Honor used to play fine when using windows ME but since changing to XP will no longer load up. I've tried to reinstall the drivers for the graphics card, when I do Windows XP says that 'it has not passed windows XP logo testing'. Is the graphics card I currently have incompatable with Windows XP? Could someone please help me.

Thanks Mark

 

[rubikian]

It's the game that cannot run in winXP. Find the patch for the game or make your PC dual boot between ME and XP.

 

[Crashman]

LOL, there are supposedly a lot of stuff that won't run under XP because of that. It's called "if the company bribes us, we'll aprove their software for our OS".

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[chuck232]

Hey, they're in the business for money :tongue: .

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[Toejam31]

According to this page at ntcompatible.com, Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault is supposed to be functional in WinXP.

<A HREF="http://www.ntcompatible.com/comp.php?cat=games&idx=m&sort=WindowsXP&st=25" target="_new">Games - Index M</A>

EA Games also shows, under the game requirements, that it can be run in WinXP:

<A HREF="http://www.ea.com/eagames/main/pccd/moh_alliedassault/home.jsp?src=11eagnav2gmfdfmhanone" target="_new">Requirements: Medal Of Honor - Allied Assault</A>

I suggest that you ignore the warning about the WinXP logo testing when installing the new video card drivers. How well a driver functions in WinXP has nothing to do with whether or not it has been signed by the Microsoft Windows XP Publisher. I'm currently running the older 28.32 driver set from nVidia with a GeForce2 Ti card. These drivers are definitely <i>not</i> signed, and I have had absolutely no difficulties of any kind.

The key to the installation is that you must NOT use the installation launcher (Setup.exe) to install the drivers. They must be right-clicked, extracted into a new folder, and then updated from the Device Manager, by right-clicking on the listed graphics adapter, and choosing "Update Driver". You should then browse to the folder that contains the extracted drivers, highlight the .inf file, click "Open", and the choose your video card from the list.

It may be necessary to install this patch if you have an AMD processor:

<A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321178 " target="_new">DirectX 8.1 Potential Issues in Games That Use Software Vertex Processing</A>

The <A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q306676&" target="_new">Q306676</A> patch is also recommended.

Here's the location of the latest patches for the game:

<A HREF="http://mohaa.ea.com/downloads/demo.html" target="_new">Medal of Honor Allied Assault™ UK & US 1.11 Patch</A>

Your graphics card is not incompatible with WinXP.

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