OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!

[amalventano@sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

 **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ****
64K RAM SYSTEM  38911 BASIC BYTES FREE

READY
LOAD"ATIDRIVER",8,1
LOADING...

(long pause, followed by restart)

 **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ****
64K RAM SYSTEM  38911 BASIC BYTES FREE

READY


(see? their drivers didnt work back then either :)
Al



----- Original Message -----
From: "Rabbit16v" <Rabbit16v@attbi.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!


> ATI since the early eighties?  What, did you run them in your Commodore?
>
> Dave
>
> > I agree I have 3 machines here with XP and I only use ATI since ealy
80's
> > and I guess I got used to handling their poor delivery system for
windows
> > for drivers, make sure your motherboard has latest bios update then
> drivers
> > for everythign else, do not install CDROm drivers, but set card to be
VGA
> > 16Bit card then install drivers from web site should solve your problem,
> it
> > has for all my various ATI cards I have here including my Radeon 7500,
and
> > ATI Radeon Wonder.
> >
> > ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
> >
> >
> > =>-----Original Message-----
> > =>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> > =>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Joe Doty
> > =>Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:20 PM
> > =>To: Euroroc II; Jeff Toomasson; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > =>Subject: RE: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!
> > =>
> > =>
> > =>Negative.  We use XP Pro on every workstation here at my office, and I
> > =>personally use it for development.  It is rock solid.
> > =>
> > =>The problem lies with ATI's poor driver support.  I have an ATI Radeon
> > =>8500, it took me a while to get the problems with that ironed out.  I
> > =>would recommend going to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and making
> > =>sure all of your other hardware's drivers are updated (mainly
chipset).
> > =>I would also flash the BIOS with the latest version.  Lastly, make
sure
> > =>you get the most recent driver for the card from ATI's website.
> > =>
> > =>Joe Doty
> > =>IT/Development
> > =>joe@lcnetwork.com
> > =>
> > =>-----Original Message-----
> > =>From: Euroroc II [mailto:flaatr@yahoo.com]
> > =>Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:09 AM
> > =>To: Jeff Toomasson; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > =>Subject: Re: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!
> > =>
> > =>Best fix to XP is to install 2000... XP is Windows for Dummies (well
> > =>isn't every version?)
> > =>
> > =>-my 0.01 (Not even woth 0.02)
> > =>-RGK-
> > =>
> > =>At 03:43 PM 12/22/02 -0800, Jeff Toomasson wrote:
> > =>
> > =>
> > =>I've been trying to load up the drivers for my video card (ATI Radeon
> > =>7500) after wiping the HD clean loading up XP Pro and it hangs during
> > =>restart while it's supposedly running "system testing" (according to
the
> > =>ATI install program). The XP Pro logo comes on and the little status
> > =>indicator freezes on its third pass.
> > =>
> > =>I've tried going through ATI's tech support but not really finding
> > =>anything there. I haven't tried MSN yet, but that's my next stop
> > =>
> > =>The card came with the PC when I got it from the guy who bought my M3.
> > =>He's actually a tech there and this card could be a beta (could
explain
> > =>why the device manager cannot ID it.)
> > =>
> > =>Another kick in the stomach is that he also gave me an AIW 32MB card
but
> > =>I just noticed that it doesn't have the normal 16-pin interface port
> > =>that older cards have so I can't test it with that one...
> > =>
> > =>I'm running a Sony VAIO 1.3GHz P4 with 256MB RAM so there shouldn't be
> > =>any problems there.
> > =>
> > =>Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> > =>
> > =>Thanks, Jeff
> > =>
> > =>
> > =>
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