DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive

Good Afternoon. I am in the process of taking out a CD-RW drive from my machine and installing a DVD-ROM/CD combo drive from another machine in the same to allow my grandson to play some of his DVD games. Both machines are similar. I completed the installation and installed one of his games but when we hit play, an error message said "cannot create the device driver for direct 3d". While installing the game, it asked if I wanted to update direct X and I did. I googled for an answer or fix but I don't quite understand what their saying to do. Can any one help in layman terms. As always, thanks in advance for any help. :confused:

Did you go into device manager and delete the old drive before you physically removed it? If not,you can do that now. When you reboot,windows will install the new drive automatically. Could have caused confusion to your OS.

I wouldn't think that the DVD/Cd drive would cause DX errors.

What OS are you running? What game did you install? Did you update your video and audio drivers?

It sounds as if the game itself required a later DirectX version, but the DVD player itself may not work unless you have the proper codecs installed as well. (DirectX is a graphics software interface, codecs are hardware-related.) Vista should have them already; XP may or may not depending on your configuration, and 2000 won't. If you need them, K-Lite's package is free and works well. The standard package ought to take care of most needs.

DirectX interface software enables CD/DVD programs to be interpreted and played back by a computer. As with any software it's always being updated/"improved" and there are different versions as a result. Microsoft usually includes the latest production version of DirectX on any given install disk when it's made. As a result, playing newer games on older machines can require updating the installed version of DirectX (as in your case).

The other thing to check is the Region setting of the DVD player. The likelihood of it being wrong is low, but make sure of it anyhow.

My OS is MS Windows XP SP2, and I updated the drivers. The game I installed is Shrek the Third. I also took lgbpops advice and downloaded K-Lites Standard package. I am still receiving the same error. I am trying to convince my grandson to be patient that there is a fix so he can play its just trying to find it. Thanks again

What are the system specs? What video card do you have?

Is there a reason why you don't install SP3? Did you update DirectX?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...7-c693d210f616

I have since installed a NVIDIA GEForce MX440 W/AGP8X display adapter which I removed from another machine..I am not sure I did it correctly. I installed it in an open slot. The default video adapter is an Intel 82845/GL Graphics Controler which I beleive is intergrated. I did not uninstall or disable it for fear that I might lose video altogether. In device manager it shows both adapters. Each has its own VGA plug in. When I have the VGA plugged into the default, I have video. When I plug it into the NVIDA, I have a blank black screen after boot and welcome. What should I do now.
The reason I do not have SP3, dialup. Takes to long to download Because of the amount of characters, I am attaching the specs. Thanks

Ah. You need to either disable the onboard video or set the nvidia as your primary. I'd disable the onboard video in the onboard video in the bios, or at least set the AGP port as primary. If you keep both, you need to go into display properties and set the nvidia card as the primary display.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307873

I can't look up the specs for that game ATM. What directX level is required? The MX440 is an old card DX7 card.

Dialup? Yikes.

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Dialup? Yikes.

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Ditto.

Find a sympathetic friend with broadband and have him/her download it to a thumb drive for you so you can then install it on your system.

That video game probably requires higher than DX7 (it's only two years old). You may have to get a more recent card to play it, I'm afraid.

And a new video card, from these requirements, is needed.

Minimum System Requirements

3D hardware accelerator card required - 100% DirectX(R) 9.0c-compliant 64 MB video card and drivers*
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP
Pentium(R) III 800MHz or Athlon(TM) 800MHz or higher processor
512 MB of RAM
520 MB of uncompressed hard disk space (plus 600 MB for the Windows(R) swap file and 12 KB free for saved games)
A 100% Windows(R) XP-compatible computer system including:
DirectX(R) 9.0c (Included)
100% DirectX(R) 9.0c-compliant true 16-bit sound card and drivers
100% Windows(R) XP- compatible mouse, keyboard and drivers
100% Windows(R) XP- compatible quad speed CD-ROM drive (600 K/sec sustained transfer rate) and drivers
*Supported Chipsets for Windows XP
All NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 4 Ti 4200 64mb and better chipsets
All ATI(R) Radeon ® 8500 64mb and better chipsets

* Important Note: Some 3D accelerator cards with the chipsets listed here may not be compatible with the 3D acceleration features utilized by SHReK the THiRD(TM) DEMO. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% DirectX(R) 9.0c compatibility. This product does not support Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 95/98/ME/NT/2000 or Vista.

Ouch. Not even close on the video card side. I would have looked it up myself, if it weren't for the content filters here. :p

Remember that filter bit.

So. . . . :D