spooge?

[paul]

i am receiving the spooge drivers not found error/

i am running an ATI Mobility M4 card in a Dell INspiron 8000 notebook- this is the dxdiag for the display


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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: Hardware-accelerated Direct3D 9 is not available because the display driver does not support it. You may be able to get a newer driver from the hardware manufacturer.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: Mobility M4
Manufacturer: ATI
Chip type: M4 AGP4X
DAC type: Internal DAC (350Mhz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4D46&SUBSYS_00A41028&REV_00
Display Memory: 32.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: ati2dvai.dll
Driver Version: 5.13.0001.5023 (English)
DDI Version: 7 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 11/18/2002 15:48:24, 381114 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtai.sys
Mini VDD Date: 11/18/2002 15:48:10, 347036 bytes
Device Identifier: n/a
Vendor ID: n/a
Device ID: n/a
SubSys ID: n/a
Revision ID: n/a
Revision ID: n/a
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

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i think i have the most recent drivers from dell. windows update.. anyways- thanks in advance.

[Moe]

Display Tab 1: Hardware-accelerated Direct3D 9 is not available because the display driver does not support it. You may be able to get a newer driver from the hardware manufacturer.

Are you absolutely sure there are no newer drivers available? Yours are two years old.

[paul]

yea- i having problems with dell because the receiving department at the university that signed for the computer never sent off the registration to dell _ so dell will not answer my questions directly regarding these drivers (or new ones) until i can get the bureaucrats sorted out. im working on it- its a pain in the lower end.

the 2003 drivers are the only downloads on the website that i can find.

thanks though moe, once i get dell sorted out ill try again- if anyone else has info that would be appreciated

=)

[Moe]

I couldn't verify that your card is hardware T&L capable. That is a requirement for DoW, it is possible that this card will not run the game, even with newer drivers.