Trident Video Driver Steup

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3 total messages Started by Colin Jones Sat, 12 Oct 1996 00:00

#985

Author: Colin Jones
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 00:00

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Hiya All.

  I have an Olivetti Envision P75. It has a Trident 9470 graphics card
on the motherboard. I'm using the W95 standard SVGA driver due to the
correct driver not being supplied with my machine (just some patch
that causes GPFs on certain option tabs.

  So after a long search I finally found what I was looking for, or so
I thought.

  From Trident: the latest 9470 video driver.

  Didn't work.

  From Olivetti: The OEM 9470 driver (just an earlier version of the
above).

  Didn't work.

  Same problem both times, garbage on screen and the computer totally
locks up and I *have* to switch it off then on again and go into Safe
Mode.

  Is it something I'm doing wrong? I go to Properties/Settings select
Change Driver and choose the supposedly compatable 9470 driver, select
close, etc. and cross fingers. Is there something else I'm missing?


So long and thanks for all the fish...
  ___
   |ycho - also available in Fido flavour - 2:442/628

Re: Trident Video Driver Steup

#986

Author: Nick Bolton
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 00:00

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In article <845152903.1683.0@pubhouse.demon.co.uk>, Colin Jones
<tycho@pubhouse.demon.co.uk> writes
>Hiya All.
>
>  I have an Olivetti Envision P75. It has a Trident 9470 graphics card
>on the motherboard. I'm using the W95 standard SVGA driver due to the
>correct driver not being supplied with my machine (just some patch
>that causes GPFs on certain option tabs.
>
>  So after a long search I finally found what I was looking for, or so
>I thought.
>
>  From Trident: the latest 9470 video driver.
>
>  Didn't work.

Hi Colin,

Please would you write to Trident with your problem(s). I have had
similar problems to you with new drivers, and have written to Trident
from their Web page, but they have the opinion that there are no
problems because no-one is reporting them. I sent them Dr. Watson
reports of GPFs I had with their option tabs, but they still did not
acknowledge a problem.

Cheers,

-- 
Nick Bolton, Bristol, England.
Email nick@bifield.demon.co.uk

Re: Trident Video Driver Steup

#987

Author: Colin Jones
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 00:00

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Hiya Nick Bolton.

On Sun, 13 Oct 1996 12:06:42 +0100 you wrote:

>Please would you write to Trident with your problem(s). I have had
>similar problems to you with new drivers, and have written to Trident
>from their Web page, but they have the opinion that there are no
>problems because no-one is reporting them. I sent them Dr. Watson
>reports of GPFs I had with their option tabs, but they still did not
>acknowledge a problem.

  Are you using that awful Screen Manager "Patch" they  supply with
OEM setups? GET RID OF IT NOW!!! You're better off using the standard
SVGA driver (Win95) 'cos it doesn't cause GPFs.

So long and thanks for all the fish...
  ___
   |ycho - also available in Fido flavour - 2:442/628

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