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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