Chaos: Black Flashes or Black Box Surrounding Pointer (177494)


The information in this article applies to:

  • DreamWorks Interactive, Lost World: Jurassic Park Chaos Island 1.0
This article was previously published under Q177494

SYMPTOMS

When you play Lost World: Jurassic Park Chaos Island, you may experience one of the following problems:
  • A black box surrounds the pointer on the Recruit screen.
  • The display is distorted and black flashes appear, making it impossible for you to play the game.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if you use an Orchid Kelvin Video 64 video card.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, install the video drivers included on the Jurassic Park Chaos Island CD-ROM. To do so, follow these steps:
  1. Insert the Lost World: Jurassic Park Chaos Island CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
  2. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  3. Double-click Add New Hardware.
  4. If you use Microsoft Windows 95, click Next, click No, and then click Next. If you use Microsoft Windows 98, click Next, click Next, click No, and then click Next.
  5. Click Display Adapters, and then click Next.
  6. Click Have Disk.
  7. In the Copy Manufacturer's Files From box, type the following line, and then press ENTER

    <cdrom>:\setup\drivers\directx3.0\drivers\display

    where <cdrom> is the letter of the CD-ROM drive.
  8. In the Manufacturers box, click Orchid Technology.
  9. In the Models box, click Orchid Kelvin 64 (Cirrus Logic), and then click OK.
  10. Continue to follow the installation instructions until the updated display driver is installed.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/8/2001
Keywords:kbdisplay kbenv kbprb KB177494
©2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.