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Article #93Re: V3-3K lockup on socket 7 mobo...
From: Dauntlas
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 00:00
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Have you removed all previous video driver files and registery entrys? Go to 3DFX's website, go to support and use thier 800 number! Dauntlas Eskil Brandvik wrote in message <377564b7.517889@news.online.no>... >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.) > > >-- ><Eskil Brandvik> ebrandvi@online.no > Hyggen, NORWAY
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 114911,b998ebd2aa1f86fd X-Google-Attributes: gid114911,public X-Google-Thread: 11094b,b998ebd2aa1f86fd X-Google-Attributes: gid11094b,public X-Google-Thread: 10a47c,b998ebd2aa1f86fd X-Google-Attributes: gid10a47c,public From: "Dauntlas" <dauntlas@fuse.net> Subject: Re: V3-3K lockup on socket 7 mobo... Date: 1999/06/26 Message-ID: <930464405.641.9@news.remarQ.com> X-Deja-AN: 494349624 References: <3776041b.5313624@news.online.no> <37745FAA.50146E7E@earthlink.net> <377564b7.517889@news.online.no> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@remarQ.com X-Trace: 930464405.641.9 FC4FGIW.C24F9D844C qube-02.us-ca.remarq.com Organization: Posted via RemarQ, http://www.remarQ.com - The Internet's Discussion Network NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 06:20:05 GMT Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,3dfx.products,alt.games.3dfx