Hi I have a Dell poweredge Sc1420 sever set up as a pc. all seems ok but when i try to install a game called spore I get an alert saying could not create the graphic device.
Direct x is unavailable.[1002]. Does anyone know what this means and if i can do something about it. I am running windows xp and have installed the latest version of
direct x. I have an ATI tech rage xl pci-66 graphics card

Start, Run, type in; DxDiag.exe

Run through all tests. Post back with any errors.

Hi I ran the DxDiag.exe program but it returned no errors.

How old is your Dell poweredge Sc1420 server set up as a pc. Maybe it is still under warranty, or have you contacted Dell support for the product?

Keep us posted,

kind regards,

Do you have graphics drivers installed for it? I maybe wrong but what I suspect is the problem is that you are taking a specialized computing device and trying to use it as a general purpose computer if that makes sense. People don't typically use servers as personal computers and especially gaming machines so any graphics drivers might not be suitable for playing games. Also the graphics chip might not be suitable for playing games. According to the system requirments the card must have 128 mb of ram. Does your card have that? There is a list of supported graphics devices. pci graphic cards aren't very good and are very out of date.