Game Error 122

[marinerfan]

Hi,
I just decided to get an older Dimension 8300 up and running with a shiny new copy of windows 7 (32 bit) and thought "what the heck, I'll try to get DDO running on it so I can have friends over to play"...
Well, long story short, I am having graphics problems, which is odd because I was able to play this game (albeit, very choppy) when I had it running on Ubuntu a few months earlier.

I realize there are older posts on this error 122 message, but all of them seemed too outdated to give me any concrete help.

Here are the specs I can find (not too tech-savvy):

1TB hard drive
512 RAM
Pentium 4 Processor

Graphics:
It says "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter"
and a bit futher beneath, 128 MB

I'm pretty sure there should be a dedicated graphics card in there since I was able to play on this computer through ubuntu. I think it's an NVIDIA but as far as how good it is, I'd assume it'd be about as weak as this game could be played on.

Does anybody have any initial ideas for what I could do either to try to fix it or gather more info so that I can get some help? Thanks

I realize I am supposed to post dxdiag data and that will be posted shortly

[marinerfan]

 Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
       System Model: Dimension 8300               
               BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05
          Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz, ~3.0GHz
             Memory: 512MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 512MB RAM
          Page File: 473MB used, 1061MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

 DxDiag Notes
------------
      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

--------------------
DirectX Debug Levels
--------------------
Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

---------------
Display Devices
---------------
          Card name: Standard VGA Graphics Adapter
       Manufacturer: (Standard display types)
          Chip type: NVIDIA
           DAC type: 8 bit
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0322&SUBSYS_01B910DE&REV_A1
     Display Memory: n/a
   Dedicated Memory: n/a
      Shared Memory: n/a
       Current Mode: 800 x 600 (32 bit) (1Hz)
       Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
      Monitor Model: 
         Monitor Id: 
        Native Mode: 
        Output Type: 
        Driver Name: vga
Driver File Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
     Driver Version: 6.1.7600.16385
        DDI Version: unknown
       Driver Model: unknown
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 7/13/2009 18:25:51, 10752 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp: 
  Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4062-11CF-6F33-093C0FC2CB35}
          Vendor ID: 0x10DE
          Device ID: 0x0322
          SubSys ID: 0x01B910DE
        Revision ID: 0x00A1
 Driver Strong Name: Unknown
     Rank Of Driver: Unknown
        Video Accel: 
      Deinterlace Caps: n/a
       D3D9 Overlay: n/a
            DXVA-HD: n/a
       DDraw Status: Not Available
         D3D Status: Not Available
         AGP Status: Not Available

I left out the rest of the information from the notepad because I don't think you'd need anymore info, but if I omitted something vital, let me know and I'll post it.

Thanks!

[Dulcimerist]

I'm pretty sure your hardware isn't able to support Windows 7. That's your problem right there.

I would highly recommend using Windows XP on this, and see if you're able to get a cheap deal on more RAM.

My guess is that your nVidia card is a GeForce FX 5200. You might be able to get a cheap deal on a slightly better graphics card. Just make sure your power supply has enough wattage to power anything new you put in.

[marinerfan]

I'm pretty sure your hardware isn't able to support Windows 7. That's your problem right there.

I would highly recommend using Windows XP on this, and see if you're able to get a cheap deal on more RAM.

My guess is that your nVidia card is a GeForce FX 5200. You might be able to get a cheap deal on a slightly better graphics card. Just make sure your power supply has enough wattage to power anything new you put in.

Alright that's kind of what I was suspecting. Seems weird to me that I can run windows 7 with no problems, but since I'm a computer student I can get free OS..I'll switch to xp and try that out. Thanks

[zatarra128]

There is no need to dump Win7 and use an outdated unsupported OS like XP. Windows 7 have a compatability tool that immulates XP for older programs so if you feel the need to use XP just have Windows 7 do it for you. If you need help look under troubleshooting in windows help and it will walk you through it.

Z

[My2Cents]

There is no need to dump Win7 and use an outdated unsupported OS like XP. Windows 7 have a compatability tool that immulates XP for older programs so if you feel the need to use XP just have Windows 7 do it for you. If you need help look under troubleshooting in windows help and it will walk you through it.

Z

Well I have an old PC here running win98 and another one still running Win3.1 under MSDOS 6.



(Although I admit I use the Win31 PC rarely these days...)

[Smitey]

Hi Marinefan,

Several forums assert the Dell Dimension 8300 is Win7 compatible and run it themselves:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...0-de7ab661f7cb

http://forums.techarena.in/portable-devices/1381354.htm

The ID from your dxdiag indicates an FX5200 as Dulcimerist states.

You are currently using version 163.85 drivers

175.16 were the last produced by Nvidia for your card for XP:
http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/winxp...6_whql_uk.html

So if Start>Control panel>windows update>Optional doesn't have any drivers for this card under Win7 you will be out of luck in updating the drivers

(windows drivers due to the vendor no longer supporting this AGP card and linux drivers have been written by opensource folks)

For the error 122 Turbine's advice is to:

Click the first button in the row in the upper-right corner of the launcher (the one with the single down-arrow on it) and choose "Options" from the menu

In "Options" under the "Repair" tab, click to activate the "Reset game display settings" option, click "Ok" and continue logging into the game choosing "Yes" when asked if you want to reset the settings.