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Unsupported graphics card??

Leticia Peterson
Registered User
Join date: 6 Aug 2006
Posts: 2
08-24-2006 10:10
I have an All-In-Wonder 9200 Series ATI graphics card and Second Life worked fine before I reformatted my pc... I installed the lastest drivers and it's still telling me the same thing, any ideas as to why it won't work now? I already called tech support and they suggested trying the forums...
Leticia Peterson
Registered User
Join date: 6 Aug 2006
Posts: 2
08-30-2006 15:22
/bump
Aires Pierterson
New England Fur
Join date: 24 Dec 2005
Posts: 39
08-30-2006 20:05
As a forewarning, I don't have the slightest clue about All-In-Wonder Cards. Only ATI cards I've touched were the Rage 128 and X200. Maybe try using an older video driver? If you try that, be sure to completely clean out your last set of drivers.
kallyfaith Rolland
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Join date: 16 Oct 2005
Posts: 28
Ditto
08-30-2006 20:38
My honey is currently having the same issue. Looking for some info on this if anyone has any suggestions.
Omega Naumova
Registered User
Join date: 17 Oct 2005
Posts: 5
Possible Fix?
08-30-2006 21:32
I am the 'Honey' from Kally's post above.

What I had to do was go into my Control Panel > System > Hardware (Tab) > Device Manager and then 'Disable' the stock video card for my PC and make sure the video card we installed in my PC was 'Enabled'.

Hope this helps someone.
Kwipper Manimal
Registered User
Join date: 12 Jan 2005
Posts: 52
Weird Video Card Driver Error Message
08-30-2006 22:14
I recently built myself a new computer, before stating the problem I shall list my exact computer specs here.

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS M2N-E
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ Wisdsor 2.0GHz Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor
CPU Cooling: Stock heatsink/fan that came with CPU
DIMM Slot 01: Corsair XMS2 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800
DIMM Slot 02: Corsair XMS2 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 800
DIMM Slot 03:
DIMM Slot 04:
PCI-E Slot: eVGA GeForce 7900 GT KO (256 MB)
PCI Slot 01: Nothing
PCI Slot 02: Sound Blaster Audigy 4 (SB0610)
PCI Slot 03: ATI TV Wonder Pro
SATA 01: Western Digital 250GB SATA2 (7200 RPM)
IDE 01: LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S
Power Supply: Antec TruePower 2.0 430Watt (Model: TPII-430) (+5V|36A) (+12v1|17A) (+12v2|17A) (+3.3V|28A)
Case: Antec SLK2600AMB Solution Series
LCD Monitor: Viewsonic VX922
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP SP2
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c
Printer: HP PSC 2235 all-in-one

Now I went to nVidia's site and I downloaded and installed the latest drivers for my card. (Which apprently are the Detonator v91.31 drivers installed) I also have installed the latest Northbridge drivers for my motherboard which uses the nForce 570 Chipset (nForce 570 drivers version 9.16)

Now. When I run Second Life, after it gets done through the hardware detection phase, I get the following error.

"Second Life is unable to run because your video card drivers are out of date or unsupported. Please make sure you have the latest video card drivers installed.

If you continue to receive this message, please contact customer service."

and then the game stops loading.

I have tested other games out on my computer (Half Life 2: Episode 2, Half Life 1) and I even ran 3DMark03, 3DMark 05, and 3DMark 06 and I didn't come across any errors. So I know the problem isn't with my drivers.

Also I wasn't coming across this error on my previously built system that had an ATI X850 graphics card installed.

Please fix this error ASAP. I want to play Second Life please.
Neurosis Sin
Registered User
Join date: 5 Sep 2006
Posts: 24
09-05-2006 21:04
my homeboy is trying to work this same error... I have a nvidia 7600 GT OC w/ current drivers...

HE HAS TWO nvidia 7600 GT in SLi... he should be far more powerful than I yet he cannot even start secondlife... this guy is a hardcore online gamer... dont crap on him like this.. plz help linden
Thili Playfair
Registered User
Join date: 18 Aug 2004
Posts: 2,417
09-05-2006 22:40
Usually comes from older drivers messing SL up,

meh SL is odd try;
  1. download vid drivers
  2. uninstall any vid drivers and run http://www.drivercleaner.net/
  3. restart pc
  4. reinstall with the ones you downloaded
  5. restart pc
  6. try SL yet again
Gotten this on nvidia 6800, 7900, r9800 vid cards myself.
Kyrah Abattoir
cruelty delight
Join date: 4 Jun 2004
Posts: 2,786
09-06-2006 00:48
right click desktop, hit properties > advanced and check the tabs, in one of them ther eis a slider "hardware acceleration", you have to slide it all the way to the right, iti is usually all the way to the left after a formatting
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Neurosis Sin
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Join date: 5 Sep 2006
Posts: 24
09-07-2006 18:25
thnx for the help... its the most recent drivers from NVIDIA.. also checked the hardware accelleration and its on full already so... He plays EVE online like a madman on crack @ 1440x900 the computer is like silk man... secondlife just doesnt like it for some reason... I just came back to secondlife hoping to renew myself into it like i had before but I'm beginning to think even with my monster machine (it runs on mine) its still a big dissapointment and money pit.