hey my problem is its only showin up with shades of purple and black, alos its only takeing up the left hand side of my screen. ive done a reinstall have current DX and vidio card drivers and my vid card is supported. anyone know what the problem is?

you sure your vid card is supported? What about the latest drivers?

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I have an ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP 2X. with latest drivers. However i just checked my PC and for some reason i dont have as much ram as i used to.. down to 96 ram. could that be the problem?

I`ve a ATI Rage Pro and I have black walls, too...