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Re: Can't cold boot into Windows with Monster Fusion

#243
From: Leonard F. Agius
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:00
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This is realy wierd:
1) I'm not using IE 5
and 2) I already tried the latest drivers.

Still won't work.

Mark wrote:

> If you have IE 5 installed be sure to download the latest drivers from
> http://www.diamondmm.com
> The latest driver is designed to fix the problem you describe. I had the
> same problem. Just bought the card, and naturally there wasn't anything on
> the box about being sure to download and install the latest driver if you
> running IE5.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Mark
>
> Leonard F. Agius <lfagius_nospam@mediaone.net> wrote in message
> news:3750065A.3617DBF6@mediaone.net...
> > I'm using a Diamond Monster Fusion AGP card, in an AMD k6-3/Epox main
> > board system, now going on three months. This past week something very
> > screwy happened. For some strange reason, from a power off cold boot,
> > it
> > won't load into Windows with the Monster Fusion video drivers. After
> > the
> > computer does it's thing loading the registry and autoexec.bat, when it
> > gets ready to start the GUI, I get a blank screen and the computer
> > freezes.
> >
> > I have the ctrl-alt-delete or hit the reset button, boot into Safe MOde
> > and then restart from in Safe Mode. Then I get into Windows just fine.
> >
> > Also, if I reset the video settings to Standard VGA, I am able to cold
> > boot into Windows.
> >
> > I unistalled and reinstalled the video drivers, unseated and reseated
> > the video card, uninstalled the anti-virus (McAfee) - all to no avail.
> >
> > Has anyone every had such a problem and how can I fix it?  All
> > responses
> > appreciated in advance.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > The opinions expressed are my own.
> >
> >

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From: "Leonard F. Agius" <lfagius_nospam@mediaone.net>
Subject: Re: Can't cold boot into Windows with Monster Fusion
Date: 1999/05/30
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