Re: Creative Labs RivaTNT makes my system freeze up!

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From: Robert Hancock
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 00:00

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Make sure you have the latest GART AGP drivers and BIOS version for the
motherboard and the video card. AGP video cards - and TNTs in particular -
tend to be rather picky on Super 7 motherboards.

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Robert Hancock      Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Britt A. Green <particle@teleport.com> wrote in message
news:rEF53.14120$SN3.6094079@news1.teleport.com...
>     I just installed my Creative Labs Graphics Blaster RivaTNT card and am
> having some problems with it. Specifically, its causing WIndows 98 to
freeze
> up. Sometimes it'll do it after a minute, other times it likes to wait a
> half-hour. Obviously, this is extremely frustrating. I downloaded new
> drivers from CL's web site, but no dice. Prior to this, I had an ATI
Xpert98
> that gave me no problems. My system is:
>
>     AMD K6-2 300mHz
>     FIC VA-503+ Motherboard
>     64Megs Memory
>     Creative SBAWE64 PNP Sound Card
>
>     If anyone knows what's causing this, *please* let me know!
>
>     --Britt
>
>

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Date: 1999/06/04
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