no 3d acceleration windows vista beta 2

The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

Whoops! My mistake... whenI posted this originally, I was told that it did not work and to try again later. Apparently it did work, as the post is up here both my original posting and the time I 'posted again later'. Could an admin please delete this duplicate? I don't see a way to do it on my end (unless I'm missing it...)
"BahamutZaero" wrote:

The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

Drivers, friend. Update them. Don't stick with the built-in ones, I had the same problem when I did that.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "BahamutZaero" wrote in message

Whoops! My mistake... whenI posted this originally, I was told that it did not work and to try again later. Apparently it did work, as the post is up here both my original posting and the time I 'posted again later'. Could an admin please delete this duplicate? I don't see a way to do it on my end (unless I'm missing it...)
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

Actually, I have updated my drivers. I'm running the latest ATI Radeon Windows Vista drivers. However, even after installing them, it made no change - my computer refuses to display 3D graphics.
"Ian M. Walker" wrote:

Drivers, friend. Update them. Don't stick with the built-in ones, I had the same problem when I did that.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "BahamutZaero" wrote in message Whoops! My mistake... whenI posted this originally, I was told that it did not work and to try again later. Apparently it did work, as the post is up here both my original posting and the time I 'posted again later'. Could an admin please delete this duplicate? I don't see a way to do it on my end (unless I'm missing it...)
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

I believe I'm seeing the same problem. I have an Acer Travelmate 8204 WLMi. It's a dual core 2.0Ghz, 2GB, ATI X1600 laptop.
All Vista features appear to work fine... and Aero looks great. But whenever I run WoW, I get the error BahamutZaero mentions about needing DirectX 9.0c. I've tried both the default Beta 2 drivers and the Vista Beta drivers from the ATI web-site.
Is this a known issue?
"BahamutZaero" wrote:

Actually, I have updated my drivers. I'm running the latest ATI Radeon Windows Vista drivers. However, even after installing them, it made no change - my computer refuses to display 3D graphics.
"Ian M. Walker" wrote:
Drivers, friend. Update them. Don't stick with the built-in ones, I had the same problem when I did that.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "BahamutZaero" wrote in message Whoops! My mistake... whenI posted this originally, I was told that it did not work and to try again later. Apparently it did work, as the post is up here both my original posting and the time I 'posted again later'. Could an admin please delete this duplicate? I don't see a way to do it on my end (unless I'm missing it...)
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

I believe I'm seeing the same problem. I have an Acer Travelmate 8204 WLMi. It's a dual core 2.0Ghz, 2GB, ATI X1600 laptop.
All Vista features appear to work fine... and Aero looks great. But whenever I run WoW, I get the error BahamutZaero mentions about needing DirectX 9.0c. I've tried both the default Beta 2 drivers and the Vista Beta drivers from the ATI web-site.
Is this a known issue?
"BahamutZaero" wrote:

Actually, I have updated my drivers. I'm running the latest ATI Radeon Windows Vista drivers. However, even after installing them, it made no change - my computer refuses to display 3D graphics.
"Ian M. Walker" wrote:
Drivers, friend. Update them. Don't stick with the built-in ones, I had the same problem when I did that.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "BahamutZaero" wrote in message Whoops! My mistake... whenI posted this originally, I was told that it did not work and to try again later. Apparently it did work, as the post is up here both my original posting and the time I 'posted again later'. Could an admin please delete this duplicate? I don't see a way to do it on my end (unless I'm missing it...)
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

I had the same problem even when I was just trying to play the games that came in w/ Vista like the chess game and etc... the game menu didn't even look right, I got pixelation on the game graphics.
In my Catalyst Control Center I had all the settings on high quality, so I experimented a little. I restored the settings to factory settings, and then one by one on each settings, I changed it to high quality, hit the apply button and open the game (try the easy game to load that came with the Vista not WoW), and then if the game looks ok, I close the game and then I went on to the next setting I increase it to high quality and checked the game again, so when I got to the "3D A.I. Catalyst" setting and enabled it, that's when I found out where the problem is.
So I disabled this but had all my other settings in high quality. And the games worked fine. Hope this helps.
"Count Zero" wrote:

I believe I'm seeing the same problem. I have an Acer Travelmate 8204 WLMi. It's a dual core 2.0Ghz, 2GB, ATI X1600 laptop.
All Vista features appear to work fine... and Aero looks great. But whenever I run WoW, I get the error BahamutZaero mentions about needing DirectX 9.0c. I've tried both the default Beta 2 drivers and the Vista Beta drivers from the ATI web-site.
Is this a known issue?
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
Actually, I have updated my drivers. I'm running the latest ATI Radeon Windows Vista drivers. However, even after installing them, it made no change - my computer refuses to display 3D graphics.
"Ian M. Walker" wrote:
Drivers, friend. Update them. Don't stick with the built-in ones, I had the same problem when I did that.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "BahamutZaero" wrote in message Whoops! My mistake... whenI posted this originally, I was told that it did not work and to try again later. Apparently it did work, as the post is up here both my original posting and the time I 'posted again later'. Could an admin please delete this duplicate? I don't see a way to do it on my end (unless I'm missing it...)
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

Hello, same problem from Italy... my acer aspire 1620 (2.8Mhz P4 with 1Gb ram and ATI Mobility Radeon 9700) is unable to work in 3d (glass is off!) and uses only the "standard vga" driver... the built in driver from Microsoft and the driver from Vista are unable to Start (error 10 ..?). Also: I wasn't able to properly install any of the 3 wireless lancard I have... :S looks like Vista is not recognizing the chipset or something which is "behind" the video board or the pcmcia interface...
Any other with the same problem?
Thanks to all!!
Michele
"Edtorious" wrote:

I had the same problem even when I was just trying to play the games that came in w/ Vista like the chess game and etc... the game menu didn't even look right, I got pixelation on the game graphics.
In my Catalyst Control Center I had all the settings on high quality, so I experimented a little. I restored the settings to factory settings, and then one by one on each settings, I changed it to high quality, hit the apply button and open the game (try the easy game to load that came with the Vista not WoW), and then if the game looks ok, I close the game and then I went on to the next setting I increase it to high quality and checked the game again, so when I got to the "3D A.I. Catalyst" setting and enabled it, that's when I found out where the problem is.
So I disabled this but had all my other settings in high quality. And the games worked fine. Hope this helps.
"Count Zero" wrote:
I believe I'm seeing the same problem. I have an Acer Travelmate 8204 WLMi. It's a dual core 2.0Ghz, 2GB, ATI X1600 laptop.
All Vista features appear to work fine... and Aero looks great. But whenever I run WoW, I get the error BahamutZaero mentions about needing DirectX 9.0c. I've tried both the default Beta 2 drivers and the Vista Beta drivers from the ATI web-site.
Is this a known issue?
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
Actually, I have updated my drivers. I'm running the latest ATI Radeon Windows Vista drivers. However, even after installing them, it made no change - my computer refuses to display 3D graphics.
"Ian M. Walker" wrote:
Drivers, friend. Update them. Don't stick with the built-in ones, I had the same problem when I did that.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "BahamutZaero" wrote in message Whoops! My mistake... whenI posted this originally, I was told that it did not work and to try again later. Apparently it did work, as the post is up here both my original posting and the time I 'posted again later'. Could an admin please delete this duplicate? I don't see a way to do it on my end (unless I'm missing it...)
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

Hello, same problem from Italy... my acer aspire 1620 (2.8Mhz P4 with 1Gb ram and ATI Mobility Radeon 9700) is unable to work in 3d (glass is off!) and uses only the "standard vga" driver... the built in driver from Microsoft and the driver from Vista are unable to Start (error 10 ..?). Also: I wasn't able to properly install any of the 3 wireless lancard I have... :S looks like Vista is not recognizing the chipset or something which is "behind" the video board or the pcmcia interface...
Any other with the same problem?
Thanks to all!!
Michele
"Edtorious" wrote:

I had the same problem even when I was just trying to play the games that came in w/ Vista like the chess game and etc... the game menu didn't even look right, I got pixelation on the game graphics.
In my Catalyst Control Center I had all the settings on high quality, so I experimented a little. I restored the settings to factory settings, and then one by one on each settings, I changed it to high quality, hit the apply button and open the game (try the easy game to load that came with the Vista not WoW), and then if the game looks ok, I close the game and then I went on to the next setting I increase it to high quality and checked the game again, so when I got to the "3D A.I. Catalyst" setting and enabled it, that's when I found out where the problem is.
So I disabled this but had all my other settings in high quality. And the games worked fine. Hope this helps.
"Count Zero" wrote:
I believe I'm seeing the same problem. I have an Acer Travelmate 8204 WLMi. It's a dual core 2.0Ghz, 2GB, ATI X1600 laptop.
All Vista features appear to work fine... and Aero looks great. But whenever I run WoW, I get the error BahamutZaero mentions about needing DirectX 9.0c. I've tried both the default Beta 2 drivers and the Vista Beta drivers from the ATI web-site.
Is this a known issue?
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
Actually, I have updated my drivers. I'm running the latest ATI Radeon Windows Vista drivers. However, even after installing them, it made no change - my computer refuses to display 3D graphics.
"Ian M. Walker" wrote:
Drivers, friend. Update them. Don't stick with the built-in ones, I had the same problem when I did that.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "BahamutZaero" wrote in message Whoops! My mistake... whenI posted this originally, I was told that it did not work and to try again later. Apparently it did work, as the post is up here both my original posting and the time I 'posted again later'. Could an admin please delete this duplicate? I don't see a way to do it on my end (unless I'm missing it...)
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

Hello, same problem from Italy... my acer aspire 1620 (2.8Mhz P4 with 1Gb ram and ATI Mobility Radeon 9700) is unable to work in 3d (glass is off!) and uses only the "standard vga" driver... the built in driver from Microsoft and the driver from Vista are unable to Start (error 10 ..?). Also: I wasn't able to properly install any of the 3 wireless lancard I have... :S looks like Vista is not recognizing the chipset or something which is "behind" the video board or the pcmcia interface...
Any other with the same problem?
Thanks to all!!
Michele
"Edtorious" wrote:

I had the same problem even when I was just trying to play the games that came in w/ Vista like the chess game and etc... the game menu didn't even look right, I got pixelation on the game graphics.
In my Catalyst Control Center I had all the settings on high quality, so I experimented a little. I restored the settings to factory settings, and then one by one on each settings, I changed it to high quality, hit the apply button and open the game (try the easy game to load that came with the Vista not WoW), and then if the game looks ok, I close the game and then I went on to the next setting I increase it to high quality and checked the game again, so when I got to the "3D A.I. Catalyst" setting and enabled it, that's when I found out where the problem is.
So I disabled this but had all my other settings in high quality. And the games worked fine. Hope this helps.
"Count Zero" wrote:
I believe I'm seeing the same problem. I have an Acer Travelmate 8204 WLMi. It's a dual core 2.0Ghz, 2GB, ATI X1600 laptop.
All Vista features appear to work fine... and Aero looks great. But whenever I run WoW, I get the error BahamutZaero mentions about needing DirectX 9.0c. I've tried both the default Beta 2 drivers and the Vista Beta drivers from the ATI web-site.
Is this a known issue?
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
Actually, I have updated my drivers. I'm running the latest ATI Radeon Windows Vista drivers. However, even after installing them, it made no change - my computer refuses to display 3D graphics.
"Ian M. Walker" wrote:
Drivers, friend. Update them. Don't stick with the built-in ones, I had the same problem when I did that.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "BahamutZaero" wrote in message Whoops! My mistake... whenI posted this originally, I was told that it did not work and to try again later. Apparently it did work, as the post is up here both my original posting and the time I 'posted again later'. Could an admin please delete this duplicate? I don't see a way to do it on my end (unless I'm missing it...)
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

Hello, same problem from Italy... my acer aspire 1620 (2.8Mhz P4 with 1Gb ram and ATI Mobility Radeon 9700) is unable to work in 3d (glass is off!) and uses only the "standard vga" driver... the built in driver from Microsoft and the driver from Vista are unable to Start (error 10 ..?). Also: I wasn't able to properly install any of the 3 wireless lancard I have... :S looks like Vista is not recognizing the chipset or something which is "behind" the video board or the pcmcia interface...
Any other with the same problem?
Thanks to all!!
Michele
"Edtorious" wrote:

I had the same problem even when I was just trying to play the games that came in w/ Vista like the chess game and etc... the game menu didn't even look right, I got pixelation on the game graphics.
In my Catalyst Control Center I had all the settings on high quality, so I experimented a little. I restored the settings to factory settings, and then one by one on each settings, I changed it to high quality, hit the apply button and open the game (try the easy game to load that came with the Vista not WoW), and then if the game looks ok, I close the game and then I went on to the next setting I increase it to high quality and checked the game again, so when I got to the "3D A.I. Catalyst" setting and enabled it, that's when I found out where the problem is.
So I disabled this but had all my other settings in high quality. And the games worked fine. Hope this helps.
"Count Zero" wrote:
I believe I'm seeing the same problem. I have an Acer Travelmate 8204 WLMi. It's a dual core 2.0Ghz, 2GB, ATI X1600 laptop.
All Vista features appear to work fine... and Aero looks great. But whenever I run WoW, I get the error BahamutZaero mentions about needing DirectX 9.0c. I've tried both the default Beta 2 drivers and the Vista Beta drivers from the ATI web-site.
Is this a known issue?
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
Actually, I have updated my drivers. I'm running the latest ATI Radeon Windows Vista drivers. However, even after installing them, it made no change - my computer refuses to display 3D graphics.
"Ian M. Walker" wrote:
Drivers, friend. Update them. Don't stick with the built-in ones, I had the same problem when I did that.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "BahamutZaero" wrote in message Whoops! My mistake... whenI posted this originally, I was told that it did not work and to try again later. Apparently it did work, as the post is up here both my original posting and the time I 'posted again later'. Could an admin please delete this duplicate? I don't see a way to do it on my end (unless I'm missing it...)
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

I tried disabling "3D A.I. Catalyst", but no luck. Still getting the same error.
So it looks like this is still being reproduced on 3 Acer laptops: BahamutZaero's Acer 5760 Michele's Acer 1620 Count Zero's Acer 8204
Maybe this is specific to the Acer laptop platforms? I've submitted a bug via the Beta Client. Hopefully we'll hear something back on this.
"Edtorious" wrote:

I had the same problem even when I was just trying to play the games that came in w/ Vista like the chess game and etc... the game menu didn't even look right, I got pixelation on the game graphics.
In my Catalyst Control Center I had all the settings on high quality, so I experimented a little. I restored the settings to factory settings, and then one by one on each settings, I changed it to high quality, hit the apply button and open the game (try the easy game to load that came with the Vista not WoW), and then if the game looks ok, I close the game and then I went on to the next setting I increase it to high quality and checked the game again, so when I got to the "3D A.I. Catalyst" setting and enabled it, that's when I found out where the problem is.
So I disabled this but had all my other settings in high quality. And the games worked fine. Hope this helps.
"Count Zero" wrote:
I believe I'm seeing the same problem. I have an Acer Travelmate 8204 WLMi. It's a dual core 2.0Ghz, 2GB, ATI X1600 laptop.
All Vista features appear to work fine... and Aero looks great. But whenever I run WoW, I get the error BahamutZaero mentions about needing DirectX 9.0c. I've tried both the default Beta 2 drivers and the Vista Beta drivers from the ATI web-site.
Is this a known issue?
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
Actually, I have updated my drivers. I'm running the latest ATI Radeon Windows Vista drivers. However, even after installing them, it made no change - my computer refuses to display 3D graphics.
"Ian M. Walker" wrote:
Drivers, friend. Update them. Don't stick with the built-in ones, I had the same problem when I did that.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "BahamutZaero" wrote in message Whoops! My mistake... whenI posted this originally, I was told that it did not work and to try again later. Apparently it did work, as the post is up here both my original posting and the time I 'posted again later'. Could an admin please delete this duplicate? I don't see a way to do it on my end (unless I'm missing it...)
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

Found yet another report on the World of Warcraft technical support forums. (That site is down, but the cached Google version of it is here... http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:QhR4Xmmcp_MJ:forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx%3Ffn%3Dwow-tech-support%26t%3D912198%26p%3D5+9.0c+vista+warcraft&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=7)
That user reports the same error when using an Acer TravelMate 8104WLMi. So there are now 4 reports of the exact same error when using Acer laptops.
"Count Zero" wrote:

I tried disabling "3D A.I. Catalyst", but no luck. Still getting the same error.
So it looks like this is still being reproduced on 3 Acer laptops: BahamutZaero's Acer 5760 Michele's Acer 1620 Count Zero's Acer 8204
Maybe this is specific to the Acer laptop platforms? I've submitted a bug via the Beta Client. Hopefully we'll hear something back on this.
"Edtorious" wrote:
I had the same problem even when I was just trying to play the games that came in w/ Vista like the chess game and etc... the game menu didn't even look right, I got pixelation on the game graphics.
In my Catalyst Control Center I had all the settings on high quality, so I experimented a little. I restored the settings to factory settings, and then one by one on each settings, I changed it to high quality, hit the apply button and open the game (try the easy game to load that came with the Vista not WoW), and then if the game looks ok, I close the game and then I went on to the next setting I increase it to high quality and checked the game again, so when I got to the "3D A.I. Catalyst" setting and enabled it, that's when I found out where the problem is.
So I disabled this but had all my other settings in high quality. And the games worked fine. Hope this helps.
"Count Zero" wrote:
I believe I'm seeing the same problem. I have an Acer Travelmate 8204 WLMi. It's a dual core 2.0Ghz, 2GB, ATI X1600 laptop.
All Vista features appear to work fine... and Aero looks great. But whenever I run WoW, I get the error BahamutZaero mentions about needing DirectX 9.0c. I've tried both the default Beta 2 drivers and the Vista Beta drivers from the ATI web-site.
Is this a known issue?
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
Actually, I have updated my drivers. I'm running the latest ATI Radeon Windows Vista drivers. However, even after installing them, it made no change - my computer refuses to display 3D graphics.
"Ian M. Walker" wrote:
Drivers, friend. Update them. Don't stick with the built-in ones, I had the same problem when I did that.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "BahamutZaero" wrote in message Whoops! My mistake... whenI posted this originally, I was told that it did not work and to try again later. Apparently it did work, as the post is up here both my original posting and the time I 'posted again later'. Could an admin please delete this duplicate? I don't see a way to do it on my end (unless I'm missing it...)
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

The WoW forum has been updated by someone from Blizzard support. They were able to get WoW to run on an older ATI Radeon Mobility 9600. But another report of the problem came in from someone with a Dell E1505.
So it's starting to look like this problem isn't specific to Acers. But rather, ATI X1000 and ATI X700 cards.
"Count Zero" wrote:

Found yet another report on the World of Warcraft technical support forums. (That site is down, but the cached Google version of it is here... http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:QhR4Xmmcp_MJ:forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx%3Ffn%3Dwow-tech-support%26t%3D912198%26p%3D5+9.0c+vista+warcraft&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=7)
That user reports the same error when using an Acer TravelMate 8104WLMi. So there are now 4 reports of the exact same error when using Acer laptops.
"Count Zero" wrote:
I tried disabling "3D A.I. Catalyst", but no luck. Still getting the same error.
So it looks like this is still being reproduced on 3 Acer laptops: BahamutZaero's Acer 5760 Michele's Acer 1620 Count Zero's Acer 8204
Maybe this is specific to the Acer laptop platforms? I've submitted a bug via the Beta Client. Hopefully we'll hear something back on this.
"Edtorious" wrote:
I had the same problem even when I was just trying to play the games that came in w/ Vista like the chess game and etc... the game menu didn't even look right, I got pixelation on the game graphics.
In my Catalyst Control Center I had all the settings on high quality, so I experimented a little. I restored the settings to factory settings, and then one by one on each settings, I changed it to high quality, hit the apply button and open the game (try the easy game to load that came with the Vista not WoW), and then if the game looks ok, I close the game and then I went on to the next setting I increase it to high quality and checked the game again, so when I got to the "3D A.I. Catalyst" setting and enabled it, that's when I found out where the problem is.
So I disabled this but had all my other settings in high quality. And the games worked fine. Hope this helps.
"Count Zero" wrote:
I believe I'm seeing the same problem. I have an Acer Travelmate 8204 WLMi. It's a dual core 2.0Ghz, 2GB, ATI X1600 laptop.
All Vista features appear to work fine... and Aero looks great. But whenever I run WoW, I get the error BahamutZaero mentions about needing DirectX 9.0c. I've tried both the default Beta 2 drivers and the Vista Beta drivers from the ATI web-site.
Is this a known issue?
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
Actually, I have updated my drivers. I'm running the latest ATI Radeon Windows Vista drivers. However, even after installing them, it made no change - my computer refuses to display 3D graphics.
"Ian M. Walker" wrote:
Drivers, friend. Update them. Don't stick with the built-in ones, I had the same problem when I did that.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "BahamutZaero" wrote in message Whoops! My mistake... whenI posted this originally, I was told that it did not work and to try again later. Apparently it did work, as the post is up here both my original posting and the time I 'posted again later'. Could an admin please delete this duplicate? I don't see a way to do it on my end (unless I'm missing it...)
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

I am having the identical problem here as well... I have an Acer Aspire 5670 running Ati x1400 Mobility Radeon as well. I am so happy to see another identical system out there having the same problem .
"BahamutZaero" wrote:

The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

Same damn problem!
Anyone find a solution yet....
i have a dell 1505 annoying as hell i cant load any games!
"BahamutZaero" wrote:

The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

run application under adminstrator, right clicck on icon and select (RunAs Amin) and turn off User Acxccess Control "Brock" wrote in message

Same damn problem!
Anyone find a solution yet....
i have a dell 1505 annoying as hell i cant load any games!
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

Tried Jason !
No luck and ready to give up!
I think i've tried every solution...
"BahamutZaero" wrote:

The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

Can u show how to do that. When u do 'run as administrator' the program starts (and fails). Where/how to turn of User Access Control? If u mean the 'disable uac' in msconfig, I allready did that. Tx...
"jason" wrote in message

run application under adminstrator, right clicck on icon and select (RunAs Amin) and turn off User Acxccess Control "Brock" wrote in message Same damn problem!
Anyone find a solution yet....
i have a dell 1505 annoying as hell i cant load any games!
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

Running Beta 2, I can't help you there. Beta 2 did have a lot of issues on the video side. I can tell you that this isn't much of a problem in RC2. Of course, I am running an nVidia card though. "Brock" wrote in message

Same damn problem!
Anyone find a solution yet....
i have a dell 1505 annoying as hell i cant load any games!
"BahamutZaero" wrote:
The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should. However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the problem must be with drivers or settings.
I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM, dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers from ATI.com).
As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?