Re: Need help Instlling a Voodoo 5-5500 PCI in a Presario model 7465

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From: Applemac_G4
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 03:45

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"Scott Colbath" <scolba@primenet.spamandeggs.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone with any experience with this?

I replaced the Voodoo 3 AGP card in my Presario 5838 with a Voodoo 5 AGP,
went off without a hitch.

> I am replacing a Voodoo 3-3000 PCI  with the Voodoo 5-5500. Is there
> any particular slot I should use for the 5500?

Well my Voodoo 5 AGP is a big card.  This actually was a bit of a problem as
I had to use the AGP slot, and the end of the card was conflicting with the
area that the various IDE cables plugged into the motherboard.  I solved the
problem by detaching the IDE cables, installing the card, and then plugging
the IDE cables back into the motherboard in a way that they would fit around
the card.

I'd use whichever PCI slot would work the best in terms of space and airflow
considerations.

> Also, my PC never let
> me know at boot time if it was assigning an IRQ to the card/slot
> which I first tried the card in. I honestly don't know what, if
> anything I should have seen. Any help or pointers are appreciated.
> I'm not very experienced on PC hardware.

I would have thought that you would have received a "new hardware detected"
message.  The best thing to do when replacing a video card is to change your
video adapater to the standard VGA before you shut down.

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