DirectX problem?

[jh88fan]

A while back I installed a Radeon 7500 PCI in my HP store-bought PC. I had to disable the onboard video to do this. With some 3d games (not all) I get this error message or something like it when I run or configure a game:

"Access violation at address xxxxxxxx in module "D3D.DLL". Read of address xxxxxxxx."

I'm currently running Windows 98SE, DirectX9.0, Catalyst 3.0 drivers for the Radeon 7500.

specs for the system:
P3 533mhz
256mb pc100
unknown mobo (store-bought), 133mhz fsb though
Radeon 7500 PCI version, 64mb ram, 128-bit

I should mention that these games ran, although poorly, with the onboard video before I upgraded.

Is this a problem with DirectX, the drivers for the 7500, or something else I've overlooked? I haven't had much luck with tech support.

Any help would be really appreciated!

JH

[DragonNOA1]

Do you have any other problems with the computer? Like with restarting or shutting down? Anything else goofy?

I read online to make sure you have the latest DX and IE installed. Goto windows update and patch it up.

[jh88fan]

I have had some trouble shutting down, but I believe that it's a problem I've been having with MSN Messenger (see this thread: http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.p...threadid=96923). I don't think the two are related, but I'm not sure.

Is it possible that my video card doesn't support DirectX9?

I'll check for updates, thanks for the advice.

JH

[tomster2300]

What games cause your pc to display that error message? You could be right in saying that your video card doesn't support Directx 9.