You may experience problems after you install Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio .NET on a computer that uses a Savage S3 video card (888475)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2003), Enterprise Architect Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2003), Enterprise Developer Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2003), Academic Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Enterprise Architect Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Enterprise Developer Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Academic Edition

SYMPTOMS

You install Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. After you restart your computer, one of the following symptoms may occur:
  • The computer fails at the Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio .NET startup screen and you must perform a hard restart to continue.
  • You receive an error message on a blue screen and you must restart the computer.
  • Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio .NET may throw an unhandled exception error and close.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when the driver for your Savage S3-based video card is outdated.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, you must update the driver for your Savage S3-based video card.

For information about how to contact S3 Incorporated, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416 Hardware and software vendor contact information, A-K

60781 Hardware and software vendor contact information, L-P

60782 Hardware and software vendor contact information, Q-Z

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

To verify that your computer has a Savage S3-based video card installed, open the Device Manager and then examine the manufacturer of the video card. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. In Control Panel, open System.
  2. Click the Hardware tab.
  3. Click Device Manager.
  4. Expand Sound, video and game controllers.
  5. Verify that Savage S3 is listed in the listed of controllers.
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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:2/14/2006
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