G400Max Installation

[Barney]

This is my first post in this forum, so please bear with me if this has been covered.

I have been a very happy G200 user for about a year. I have a G400Max on order, and my dealer says it will be here tomorrow (I'll believe it when I see it). Anyway, my question is this:

I have installed the 5.3 drivers already. My SBLive! and G200AGP are not sharing or in conflict. When my G400 arrives , can I just power down, swap cards, and power back up?? My slots and IRQ's are all taken up- and then some. Not having to do the "IRQ dance" would be very desirable!!!

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Barney

My system:
PIII 450 oc'd to 504 (112 fsb)
Abit BX6 Rev 2 mobo
128 megs pc-100 DIMMS (2 x 64)
WD 4 gig HD
WD 8 gig HD
Promise ATA- 66 controller
SBLive! sound card
Voodoo2 12 meg (will remove when G400 installed)
40x CD
HP 8210i CD-RW
Zip
Umax SCSI scanner

[ALBPM]

Keep us posted Barney....

Paul

[DreamNid@att.net]

Hey! Where did you get the card?

[Joel]

Is your G200 currently on it's own IRQ? If so it shouldn't be a problem. Just switch to a Standard VGA driver first, power down, switch cards, and then run the 5.30 setup again after rebooting so it will load the proper drivers for the G400 and setup the TurboGL since you have a PIII. And if you do have any problems please come back here and we will help you.

Joel

[Barney]

Thanks for the info.

I got the card (remember, it's not in my hands yet ) from a small parts dealer in Washington DC.

As for IRQs - My G200 is sharing IRQ 10 with the Promise controller card and a PCI steering IRQ holder. Do you think that will pose any problems??

Thanks again for the replies, and I'll keep you posted as to whether the install works or not.

Barney

[Zwisch]

I would definitely get the promise on another IRQ... hard drive and video card both take a lot of ressources and will cause problems...