Could not restrain myself from making another note on how reduculas this
problem is and how shameful Borland should feel about it.
As a Borland developer I cannot just go and buy a computer, as the computer
may have icons problem. As a Borland developer I have to try several
computers until I find one which displays icons OK.
Of course I may get recommended here to use one computer and just try
several video cards. Done that , it costs money, depending on how many cards
one tries, but finally it fixes the icons.
Not that easy with laptops videcards swaps. That is why when I was getting a
new laptop I was insisting on letting me to try to install D5 before I buy.
Toshiba people looked at me like at an idiot. They kept saying that laptop
was OK and video card was fine and everything was top of the range and why
would not it work.
So I had to take a risk and held my breath until I install Delphi, luckily
it worked.
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, 11 April, 2000 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [DUG]: Component Icons (again)
> OK
> Can anyone confirm Stacey's memory here? (Is it Win.ini or System.ini?)
> Mark
>
> Stacey Verner wrote:
>
> > I had to put BusThrottle = 0 in the Display (could be Video or Graphics,
> > can't remember)
> > section if my win.ini (or system.ini - sorry. This was a while ago).
> >
> > Stacey
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mark Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, 12 April 2000 8:23 a.m.
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> > > Subject: Re: [DUG]: Component Icons (again)
> > >
> > >
> > > OK.
> > > 1. am unable to lower acceleration below 60Hz
> > > 2. already have the latest (and best?) driver
> > > 3. what is direct x5 and where do I get it (if I don't
> > > already have it)?
> > > 4. are the any Delphi-side fixes that I can apply. eg if I don't use
> > > components on the Internet or ActiveX pages, is there any
> > > point in removing
> > > these from the desktop?
> > > TIA
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > Max Renshaw-Fox wrote:
> > >
> > > > AFAIK it's an issue with how the driver handles. or rather
> > > doesn't handle
> > > > directx.
> > > >
> > > > That's why lowering hardware acceleration also fixes it.
> > > Some Video cards
> > > > (S3 VIRGE notably) need new firmware, new drivers and
> > > directx 5 installed.
> > > >
> > > > Max
> > > >
> > > > Hello
> > > >
> > > > The problem is with a new installation of D3 on a new computer.
> > > > A goog number of the component icons are either black or
> > > > incorrectly displayed.
> > > >
> > > > I had this problem a couple of weeks ago on another machine and
> > > > fixed it by downloading a newer video driver. Trouble is that
> > > > this machine (Dell Latitude Cpi 128Mb) has the very newest video
> > > > driver installed. (NeoMagic 4.30.02Q).
> > > >
> > > > This is a bit strange because this machine is a replacement for
> > > > an older one of the same model, which did not have this problem.
> > > >
> > > > I normally run the display at 1024 x 768, 65535 colours and 60
> > > > Hz. I have tried dropping to 800 x 600 and 256 colours to no
> > > > avail.
> > > >
> > > > What do I do next please?
> > > >
> > > > Mark
> > > >
> > > > The problem
> > > >
> > > >
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