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

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From: Leonard F. Agius
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 00:00
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This is what I was afraid of. If this is the case, and as I'm out of PCI slots
(& will have to stick with an AGP), anyone got any suggestions on an AGP card
that will work with a Super 7 MB/VIA MVP3 Chipset? All suggestions are
appreciated in advance.

Brad Ball wrote:

> >> 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.
>
> My friend had this EXACT same problem but with the Creative Labs Banshee
> AGP. There seems to be a lot of random problems with the AGP banshee boards.
> The solution is to get a PCI version of the Banshee or go with some other
> AGP card. The good news is that there is absolutely no performance
> difference in the PCI vs AGP banshee cards.
>
> Brad.

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From: "Leonard F. Agius" <lfagius_nospam@mediaone.net>
Subject: Re: Can't cold boot into Windows with Monster Fusion
Date: 1999/05/31
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