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Hard sprites failed to load ...????
Name: Admiral Date: June 13, 2004 at 17:57:08 Pacific OS: XP Pro SP1 CPU/Ram: Intel Pentium 4 - 2.4 Ghz
Comment:
I get this message while playing a game:
Hard sprites failed to load DDERR_NODIRECTDRAWHW 88760233
...then the game freezes and I have to do a soft reboot.
So, is this a video card problem? video driver problem? OS problem? other hardware problem?
What should I be checking and testing to determine the problem?
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