🚀 go-pugleaf

actually, what i meant was remove ALL video drivers, not set it to standard
vga display.  i tried that first and it didn't work, but when i highlighted
the standard vga display and then clicked remove, it worked.  sorry if that
doesn't work for you, and i hope you find a solution soon.  the v3 kicks ass.

john

Eskil Brandvik wrote:

> On Sat, 26 Jun 1999 01:05:46 -0400, John Han <gman2b@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> >here's something that worked for me.  i was having the same problem after
> >i installed my card: i got a blank screen and the thing just wouldn't
> >boot.  i also heard a loud beep when i first turned it on.  so i put my
> >old video card back in, went to the system properties and removed my old
> >video driver.  then i turned it off, took out the old card and put in the
> >voodoo3.  when i booted up again, it worked fine.  hope it works for you.
> >
>
> Thanks.
> I've done it: (Control Panel-Display-Advanced-Standard VGA 16 colours
> card, -shutdown, olde Viper330/Pure3D out, -V3 in, Power ON and once
> again --> the system hangs pre-POST and locks up. No matter how I
> fuddle about in BIOS during SETUP this rig locks up.
> <Got an Award BIOS dated 03/04/98 with lots of bells & whistles.>
>
> My theory being that the Chaintech 5AGM/Via VP3 chipset combined with
> 266 mhz K6 (not K6-2 3D-Now etc.) can't hack a V3.
>
> Anyone got an idea about K6-V3 compatibility vs. K6-2/III ditto?
> (I've been to AMD's site and they only list 1 year+ old hardware
> as "compatible" etc.)
>
>
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