Re: let's try this again: NT 4.0 SP4 won't init Viper 550 AGP

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From: steve.c
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:00

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On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:51:05 -0500, Tom Neff <tneff@bigfoot.com>
wrote:

>
>The symptom is that after following all the instructions, removing all
>previous drivers, booting it to VGA, changing the display type (either
>via running X:\START.EXE from the driver CD or via "Have Disk..." from
>the display applet), all software apparently installing OK, and
>rebooting, it STILL comes up in 16 color VGA mode and the "Invalid
>Display Settings" popup appears.  Nothing I can change or set or do
>changes this.  NT Diagnostics shows the driver installed, but VGA Save
>is the active video.  I reinstalled the Service Pack and everything else
>I could think of, to no avail.
>

Changing the gfx driver in NT has a bug.

Once you have installed the VGA driver and rebooted, REBOOT again,
then install your new driver.  I have spent hours cursing MS until I
worked this out

Regards

Steve C
New Zealand

OR maybe the display.cpl (desk.cpl? can't remember the name) is
corrupt.  Copy from another NT machine

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Subject: Re: let's try this again: NT 4.0 SP4 won't init Viper 550 AGP
Date: 1998/12/30
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