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Article #1562Re: need HELP with the PCI 512 !!!!!!!!!
From: George Zent
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 02:01
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 02:01
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2001 16:25:49 -0400, "Erik Bryan" <bryane@campohio.com> wrote: >does anyone know if the PCI 512 can use LiveWare! updates? the specs say it >can, and it uses the same chip as the Live! products, but IT WONT INSTALL >THE SOFTWARE on my computer! i downloaded the newest liveware, version 3. >all it does is it fills up the little bar "preparing the installshield >wizard" it does that fine, but then the screen goes away and nothing >happens. i let it sit for minutes and it did nothing. it shouldnt be a >problem with my computer, as I have an athlon 850 and 256 megs of ram, so it >should work okay. any help, please! > Probably the BIOS chip on the PCI 512 is the problem... When the installer runs, it looks for a SB Live product ... The 512 is functionally equivalent to LIVE basic, but the BIOS is slightly different. Just like trying to flash an Award bios on a MoBo equipped with AMI bios chipset.
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