Deus Ex Invisible War crashing

Hello all
Sorry if this is the wrong place for this, but getting no joy anywhere
else.
Bought DeusEx Invisible War dvd version a few days ago, brand new
copy, still shrinkwrapped, and cant get the thing to run.
Installed direct from dvd, version 1.2. No patches applied. Installed
with and without antivirus software running, complete uninstall
between. Try to run, get black screen, then black window top left of
screen, window disappears, game doesnt run, explorer crashes, start
menu programs duplicated.
Contacted Eidos and they suggested installing latest video drivers. I
did this and lost Direct3D
functionality. DXDIAG Direct3D tests all failed.
Direct3D 7 test results:
Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device):
HRESULT = 0x80004005 (Generic failure)
Direct3D 8 test results:
Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device):
HRESULT = 0x8876086c (error code)
Direct3D 9 test results:
Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device):
HRESULT = 0x8876086c (error code)

This was due to the new drivers. Installing drivers dated 17/12/2006
fixed the problem.

Now when I run the game I get the game loading,
the intro plays and I can select a character.
As soon as I select Start Game, however, the screen goes black and
nothing happens. The only way out is a complete reboot.
Can anyone offer any advice ?
XP Pro sp2
Radeon 9600XT 256 Mb ram
1Gb system Ram
80Gb Maxtor 6Y080P0 master hdd 52.1Gb free
250Gb Maxtor 7L250R0 secondary hdd 221 Gb free
Athlon 2800 XP running at 2085 MHz
DirectX 9c

TIA
Stuart

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Hi Stuart Crow,

Since recent drivers aren't able to resolve this issue for you,
try these: OMEGA Drivers: http://www.omegadrivers.net

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Stuart Crow Wrote:
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| Hello all
| Sorry if this is the wrong place for this, but getting no joy anywhere
| else.
| Bought DeusEx Invisible War dvd version a few days ago, brand new
| copy, still shrinkwrapped, and cant get the thing to run.
| Installed direct from dvd, version 1.2. No patches applied. Installed
| with and without antivirus software running, complete uninstall
| between. Try to run, get black screen, then black window top left of
| screen, window disappears, game doesnt run, explorer crashes, start
| menu programs duplicated.
| Contacted Eidos and they suggested installing latest video drivers. I
| did this and lost Direct3D
| functionality. DXDIAG Direct3D tests all failed.
| Direct3D 7 test results:
| Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device):
| HRESULT = 0x80004005 (Generic failure)
| Direct3D 8 test results:
| Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device):
| HRESULT = 0x8876086c (error code)
| Direct3D 9 test results:
| Failure at step 8 (Creating 3D Device):
| HRESULT = 0x8876086c (error code)
|
| This was due to the new drivers. Installing drivers dated 17/12/2006
| fixed the problem.
|
| Now when I run the game I get the game loading,
| the intro plays and I can select a character.
| As soon as I select Start Game, however, the screen goes black and
| nothing happens. The only way out is a complete reboot.
| Can anyone offer any advice ?
| XP Pro sp2
| Radeon 9600XT 256 Mb ram
| 1Gb system Ram
| 80Gb Maxtor 6Y080P0 master hdd 52.1Gb free
| 250Gb Maxtor 7L250R0 secondary hdd 221 Gb free
| Athlon 2800 XP running at 2085 MHz
| DirectX 9c
|
| TIA
| Stuart