OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!

[sciroccos@attbi.com (Chris Z.)]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tyler P." <ty@festf.org>
> And your point is...?
>

Oops, I knew I left something out.  I meant to add that I would first check
for any updated drivers and then look for any hardware conflicts that may be
causing this.  As for the original poster:  Are you positive you have a good
card that will work in a different system?

Chris




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Z. [mailto:sciroccos@attbi.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 3:06 PM
> To: Scirocco
> Subject: Re: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!
>
>
> Well, here comes my $.02.  I'm running a geforce 2 mx400 video card with
XP
> Pro and haven't had any problems yet.  Also, my chipset is the SIS 645dx.
>
> Chris Z.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tyler P." <ty@festf.org>
> To: "List (E-mail)" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 5:46 PM
> Subject: RE: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!
>
>
> > Who makes your chipset?  Agp iplementation relies on the graphics chip
and
> > the motherboard chipset.  I've never heard of an nvidia product having
any
> > agp troubles but maybe your chipset is made by SIS?  If you have an
intel
> > chipset then I don't know what the prob would be cause Nvidia + Intel is
> > about as compatible as you get.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vince Royer [mailto:vince@performancecarstereo.com]
> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:33 PM
> > To: Tyler P.; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: RE: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!
> >
> >
> > I don't know about that one. I have a geforce 2 mx and the only way my
> > computer will run is with hardware acceleration turned all the way off.
I
> > can turn it up to play games, but as soon as I come back to windows I
need
> > to turn it off asap or it will start flashing on and off and having
severe
> > redraw errors.   Games seem to work perfectly, although slower than I'd
> > expect (P4 2.0 w/ 512 mg)
> >
> > Anyone ever heard of a problem like that?
> >
> > Vince
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> > > [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Tyler P.
> > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:55 PM
> > > To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > Subject: RE: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!
> > >
> > >
> > > >From what I read, the latest ati drivers have been very good.
> > > The problem
> > > is that the 7000 series of cards suck.  I've seen some motherboards
need
> > > specific bios updates to work with them.  Also they are cheap so it
> would
> > > make much more sense to replace them with a $50 card than replace a
$200
> > > operating system.  You could easily find a geforce 2mx or a ati 9000
> (same
> > > core as 8500) for 50 - 70 bucks.   However, I would flash you system
> bios,
> > > turn on agp 1x mode, and boot into safe mode and uninstall the
> > > drivers that
> > > you put on.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: calimus@techography.net [mailto:calimus@techography.net]
> > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:04 PM
> > > To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > Subject: RE: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!
> > >
> > >
> > > Jeff,
> > >
> > > Ok, here is the bad news.  ATI Radeon cards and WinXP do not play
> together
> > > at all.  There is an Experimental driver floating out on the net
> > > somewhere,
> > > I used it once and it worked.  Figuring that ATI would get their
> > > collective
> > > asses in gear and fix this problem, I didn't keep a copy of the
> > > driver which
> > > is way out of my Geek Charactor.
> > >
> > > So basicly, unless you can find the experimental driver that used to
be
> > > offered right from ATI's site, you are basicly screwed.  I would
> > > reccomend 2
> > > things to solve your problem.
> > >
> > > 1. You want to keep the ATI card, dump Xp and use Win2k, it's that
> simple.
> > > All Xp is, is Win2K with a Tonka Toy interface anyway.  Sure
> > > there are a few
> > > neat features, but nothing that would make me switch.
> > >
> > > 2.  Dump the ATI card and go pick-up a Nvidia GeForce 4 440 Ti or
> > > better.  I
> > > can tell you now that you won't dislike the Nvidia cards and they
> > > have a bit
> > > better hardware support for OpenGL anyway.
> > >
> > > If there are any other questions you have, I'd be more then happy
> > > to try and
> > > answer them.  Oh, before I forget, rather then blow the whole
> > > drive away to
> > > get the ATI vid card settings out, Do this, is works, boot into safe
> mode
> > > and remove the card from the device manager.  This will save you some
> time
> > > if you dump the card and keep XP.
> > >
> > > William
> > >
> > >
> > > At 03:43 PM 12/22/02 -0800, Jeff Toomasson wrote:
> > >
> > > >I've been trying to load up the drivers for my video card (ATI Radeon
> > > >7500) after wiping the HD clean loading up XP Pro and it hangs during
> > > >restart while it's supposedly running "system testing" (according to
> the
> > > >ATI install program). The XP Pro logo comes on and the little status
> > > >indicator freezes on its third pass.
> > > >
> > > >I've tried going through ATI's tech support but not really finding
> > > >anything there. I haven't tried MSN yet, but that's my next stop
> > > >
> > > >The card came with the PC when I got it from the guy who bought my
M3.
> > > >He's actually a tech there and this card could be a beta (could
explain
> > > >why the device manager cannot ID it.)
> > > >
> > > >Another kick in the stomach is that he also gave me an AIW 32MB
> > > card but I
> > > >just noticed that it doesn't have the normal 16-pin interface port
that
> > > >older cards have so I can't test it with that one...
> > > >
> > > >I'm running a Sony VAIO 1.3GHz P4 with 256MB RAM so there
> > > shouldn't be any
> > > >problems there.
> > > >
> > > >Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> > > >
> > > >Thanks, Jeff