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Article #33Re: nt and tnt
From: David Doherty
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 00:00
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I got is to work by assighning an irq to vga in the bios, thanks! Totte <torsten.dahlquist@telia.com> wrote in message news:DXHc3.640$ICg.189342208@newsa.telia.net... > Hi, > > Sorry can�t help you, but can tell you that i have same problem with my > Viper300 and Winnt4 server SP4! > I have also Win98 and there is no problem at all. > Maybe nt don�t recognize the actual display (Dell UltaScan 15ES in my case) > I don�t know where to change display settings. > > /Totte > David Doherty <angry@lineone.net> skrev i > diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:YHuc3.4659$LK2.4305@newreader.ukcore.bt.net... > > Anyone had any experience with windows NT and a tnt card? I've tried a > > viper 550 and creative labs tnt in NT and it won't load. I have service > > pack 5 installed and it accepts the drivers (latest nvidia, diamond, and > > creative) but when i reboot it's the good old 16 colors (only) and > 640x480. > > It has a message displayed that says "new graphics adapter installed, you > > must configure your display settings" or somthing to the effect but the > only > > options are 16 colors and either 640x480 or 800x600. This is after > several > > complete format's and reinstalls. I've even tried reinstalled with an old > > s3 card installed and switching to the AGP TNT card but that doesn't help. > > NT accepts drivers for the s3 with no problems. My system config is: > > Chaintech 6bdu w/dual pII 450's > > 128 megs of ram > > scsi cdrom, cdw, and harddrive > > dual boot setup with win98(installed first on fat16 partition) > > > > Win 98 installs and performs flawlessly. Without NT howerver (or linux) > > that other cpu is basically a doorstop so any help would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks for your time, Dave > > > > > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 10c4a9,fa07a9acadbcf002 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c4a9,public From: "David Doherty" <angry@lineone.net> Subject: Re: nt and tnt Date: 1999/06/25 Message-ID: <6QMc3.8940$CS3.2218@newreader.ukcore.bt.net> X-Deja-AN: 493792355 References: <YHuc3.4659$LK2.4305@newreader.ukcore.bt.net> <DXHc3.640$ICg.189342208@newsa.telia.net> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 X-Trace: newreader.ukcore.bt.net 930322818 195.99.44.242 (Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:00:18 BST) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:00:18 BST Newsgroups: cis.winnt.drivers