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Hi all.
I have posted about this problem earlier, without
much success, and I'm trying again now that
people have had time to familiarize with PD5...
My problem, see system specs at the end:
After going through the installation instructions of
Kruzin/Matrox to the letter, when finally
restarting after the PD5 installation,
Windows does not load anymore.
It goes on until the desktop is supposed to appear,
but then completely freezes with a black screen.
Sometimes there is an error message about a
"windows protection error at blaa blaa",
and sometimes not, just black screen.
Whether I use the uninstaller or the "manual" approach
does not make any difference. However, I can always
easily return to the 4.33c drivers, in which case
I have no problems whatsoever. I've had my SS7+G200
combination for almost a year now, and I've gone through
all the driver versions and BIOSes etc. Now I am at the
point where I don't have problems with games or other
software. Except that with PD5 nothing works. I really
thought I had finally mastered my system, but here we go again...
Not that it matters so much. I've waited for the ICD about a year
now, so a couple of weeks more do not make any difference.
As I said, 4.33c drivers work without problems, so I get by with them fine,
but I'd still like to know the what can cause such a total
malfunction in my system...
My normal solution at this point would have been format c:\, and then reinstalling
Windows 98, but I can't do it now, since I have some other stuff installed on c that I can't lose
(not until the end of summer, but I'd rather not wait that long...)
Does anyone else have this problem ?
I know I'm in a minority with my SS7 -board here...
My system:
AMD k6-2 300
ASUS P5A (bios 1007)
Millenium G200 AGP (bios 2.3)
128 MB RAM
SB 16 ISA (old, I know)
Hyundai 15Pro
Windows 98
previously had 4.33c certified drivers,
no ICD beta installed
I have posted about this problem earlier, without
much success, and I'm trying again now that
people have had time to familiarize with PD5...
My problem, see system specs at the end:
After going through the installation instructions of
Kruzin/Matrox to the letter, when finally
restarting after the PD5 installation,
Windows does not load anymore.
It goes on until the desktop is supposed to appear,
but then completely freezes with a black screen.
Sometimes there is an error message about a
"windows protection error at blaa blaa",
and sometimes not, just black screen.
Whether I use the uninstaller or the "manual" approach
does not make any difference. However, I can always
easily return to the 4.33c drivers, in which case
I have no problems whatsoever. I've had my SS7+G200
combination for almost a year now, and I've gone through
all the driver versions and BIOSes etc. Now I am at the
point where I don't have problems with games or other
software. Except that with PD5 nothing works. I really
thought I had finally mastered my system, but here we go again...
Not that it matters so much. I've waited for the ICD about a year
now, so a couple of weeks more do not make any difference.
As I said, 4.33c drivers work without problems, so I get by with them fine,
but I'd still like to know the what can cause such a total
malfunction in my system...
My normal solution at this point would have been format c:\, and then reinstalling
Windows 98, but I can't do it now, since I have some other stuff installed on c that I can't lose
(not until the end of summer, but I'd rather not wait that long...)
Does anyone else have this problem ?
I know I'm in a minority with my SS7 -board here...
My system:
AMD k6-2 300
ASUS P5A (bios 1007)
Millenium G200 AGP (bios 2.3)
128 MB RAM
SB 16 ISA (old, I know)
Hyundai 15Pro
Windows 98
previously had 4.33c certified drivers,
no ICD beta installed
Just make sure that FRAME BUFFER POST WRITE is disable in your BIOS. You can also disable pipeline caching. Be sure to have all the latest Bus Mastering and AGP patches..
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