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Q175427: Full Court Press: DirectX: Conflict With ThinkPad Video Driver

Article: Q175427
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty kbdisplay
Last Modified: 08-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft NBA Full Court Press for Windows, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you run NBA Full Court Press in the standard "window" mode, the NBA Full
Court Press window is black during gameplay. Only the title bar and scoreboard
are visible.

RESOLUTION
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Install an updated video driver, or use the compatible display driver "Trident
Super VGA".

Press the F4 key on your keyboard to run the program "full-screen" mode.

NOTE: On a laptop screen, the program will appear centered on the display. This
is because the LCD screen has a fixed 800 x 600 pixels resolution. This is
normal behavior. The game's "full-screen" mode uses 640 x 480 pixels.

MORE INFORMATION
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If the game appears to stop responding (hang) when you attempt to close it, try
the following steps:

1. Press the F4 key on your keyboard to run the program in a window.

2. Use the ALT+F4 key combination to quit the program.

  or -

  Press the ESC key to open the Options menu.

3. Click Quit Game.

This problem was observed with the video drivers for the IBM ThinkPad (Cyber9320)
and ThinkPad (Cyber9385/82) VL drivers version 4.0 DirectX certified version
4.00.00.0490. The drivers used the following files:

- Xgivdd95.vxd v. 1.00
- Xgiw95a.drv v. 1.00

Additional query words: fcp black screen window mode

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbdisplay 
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbZNotKeyword kbNBAFullCourtPress
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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