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  • #1

    I hate directx

    Mostly because you can't remove it and reinstall.

    So anyway, I was playing a game tonight when the graphics started freaking out. This happened one other time (with CivIV) and I ended up nuking and reinstalling everything...I'd like to avoid that this time. I'm having the exact same symptoms as before: everything that requires directx fails with weird geometry issues. Did the normal attempt restore, uninstall/reinstall drivers, update directx, even tried manually pulling the individual dlls out of the directx cabs in case the files were corrupted, did no good. Anybody have any thoughts before I nuke this again?

    This is a GF 6600GT, latest drivers etc.

    dxdiag's direct3d tests all look like this:
    Attached Files
    "In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, Hyperion
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    Woah. That looks pretty cool.

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    • #3
      Err, you can reinstall DirectX.
      "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
      Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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      • #4
        I'm more inclined to think it's a driver issue than a DirectX issue.

        Try a program like DriverCleaner to completely uninstall your current Nvidia drivers: http://www.drivercleaner.net/
        "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
        Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Asher
          Err, you can reinstall DirectX.
          No, you can run the directx installer, which does a cursory scan of what's already installed and gets newer versions when available. It doesn't overwrite your current version, only updates. You cannot easily remove it or even roll back to an old version (without a flaky third-party utility) and completely reinstall the whole package. Which it occasionally seems to need.

          I already tried drivercleaner as part of my remove/reinstall process. Thanks, though.
          "In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, Hyperion

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          • #6
            There was a DX-de-installer for W95, maybe similar thing exist for XP.

            Like this, maybe...
            http://myappz.tk/
            I've allways wanted to play "Russ Meyer's Civilization"

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            • #7
              Have you checked if there are any coments in the Files tab in dxdiag ? or for that matter in the other tabs ?
              With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

              Steven Weinberg

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
                There was a DX-de-installer for W95, maybe similar thing exist for XP.

                Like this, maybe...
                http://myappz.tk/
                I found that, unfortunately it doesn't support XP w/SP2. The other tool that is mentioned a lot, directx happy uninstaller, is crippleware that I'd prefer to avoid if there are any other options.

                Originally posted by BlackCat
                Have you checked if there are any coments in the Files tab in dxdiag ? or for that matter in the other tabs ?
                Everything in dxdiag reports as clean.
                "In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, Hyperion

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                • #9
                  Then I think you are screwed

                  A far out suggestion - do you have a graphics card that never has been used on said machine ? If a such behaves, then it may be that you have a driver problem instead of a DX.
                  With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

                  Steven Weinberg

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                  • #10
                    Actually, unbelievably, I'm not screwed. Figuring I couldn't really make it worse, I pulled a bunch of directx registry keys, manually deleted the files, and ran the installer again. I had to clean up behind it by manually moving some of the files, but all is well now.
                    "In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, Hyperion

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                    • #11


                      "Damn, this POS doesn't work - lets smash it a bit more and see if it can repair itself."

                      Hope you aren't a doc
                      With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

                      Steven Weinberg

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                      • #12
                        Why are there multiple versions of DirectX9.0c ?
                        Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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                        • #13
                          Where do you find those ?
                          With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

                          Steven Weinberg

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                          • #14
                            Diferent gameses.
                            Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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                            • #15
                              There are. There is even a December 2005 release.
                              (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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                              (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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