ASUS P5A and Matrox G200 PCI problems

[jdilworth]

I have been having the worst time getting this card(G200 PCI) to properly configure with the Asus P5A motherboard. It seems to initialize fine, and it will run in safe-mode. But, as soon as I try to run it in normal mode, the screen becomes garbled, totally unrecognizable actually. Does anyone here know how to get these two components working properly?
System:
Win98 SE
Asus P5A ATX Super7 board
AMD K6-2 400
64megs RAM - PC100


Thanks,

Jason

[Greebe]

Do a search... this issue has been addressed several times here.

[HedsSpaz]

www.ali.com.tw

Click on drivers.
Click on List by Chipset.
The P5A uses the Aladdin 5/M1541 NorthBrdige.

Download the v1.69 AGP driver. (Yes I know you are using a PCI card. Do it anyway.)

Download the 3.56 IDE drivers.

Go to Matrox's site. Download the 5.41 drivers for the G200/G400. Don't bother trying 5.52 or any of the 6.x drivers. Chances are they won't work. I KNOW the 5.41 drivers work.

Good Luck.
Ian

PS. Greebe is right, I myself have told numerous P5A users this same thing on MANY occasions. A quick search probably could have come up with these same answers in no time.