OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!

[Rabbit16v@attbi.com (Rabbit16v)]

Thought you may have had the wrong decade.  I understand that they've been
around a long time just didn't realize that you had been around that long.
I forget sometimes that the Scirocco is, to some people, a mid-life-crisis
toy. :)

Dave


> No I used to run them on my IBM PC CLONE DUH.
>
> --- Rabbit16v <Rabbit16v@attbi.com> wrote:
> > ATI since the early eighties?  What, did you run
> > them in your Commodore?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > > I agree I have 3 machines here with XP and I only
> > use ATI since ealy 80's
> > > and I guess I got used to handling their poor
> > delivery system for windows
> > > for drivers, make sure your motherboard has latest
> > bios update then
> > drivers
> > > for everythign else, do not install CDROm drivers,
> > but set card to be VGA
> > > 16Bit card then install drivers from web site
> > should solve your problem,
> > it
> > > has for all my various ATI cards I have here
> > including my Radeon 7500, and
> > > ATI Radeon Wonder.
> > >
> > > ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
> > >
> > >
> > > =>-----Original Message-----
> > > =>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> > > =>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf
> > Of Joe Doty
> > > =>Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:20 PM
> > > =>To: Euroroc II; Jeff Toomasson;
> > scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > =>Subject: RE: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!
> > > =>
> > > =>
> > > =>Negative.  We use XP Pro on every workstation
> > here at my office, and I
> > > =>personally use it for development.  It is rock
> > solid.
> > > =>
> > > =>The problem lies with ATI's poor driver support.
> >  I have an ATI Radeon
> > > =>8500, it took me a while to get the problems
> > with that ironed out.  I
> > > =>would recommend going to
> > http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and making
> > > =>sure all of your other hardware's drivers are
> > updated (mainly chipset).
> > > =>I would also flash the BIOS with the latest
> > version.  Lastly, make sure
> > > =>you get the most recent driver for the card from
> > ATI's website.
> > > =>
> > > =>Joe Doty
> > > =>IT/Development
> > > =>joe@lcnetwork.com
> > > =>
> > > =>-----Original Message-----
> > > =>From: Euroroc II [mailto:flaatr@yahoo.com]
> > > =>Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:09 AM
> > > =>To: Jeff Toomasson; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > =>Subject: Re: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!
> > > =>
> > > =>Best fix to XP is to install 2000... XP is
> > Windows for Dummies (well
> > > =>isn't every version?)
> > > =>
> > > =>-my 0.01 (Not even woth 0.02)
> > > =>-RGK-
> > > =>
> > > =>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
> > > =>
> > > =>
> > > =>
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