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| wboy:
I've built 1 pc with the old Radeon 7000 based AVGA without a problem. Just about to build one with the new 9200 based AVGA. Best bet is to start clean (fresh install). I used an old PCI based card to get XP installed initially. Then throw in the AVGA.... boot straight into safe mode. Cancel any add new hardware wizard. Install the drivers from the CD. shutdown. remove the PCI card. On restart, ensure your BIOS settings are set to AGP for primary video device. Boot as per normal. In a nutshell, thats its. I dont think lack of ram is causing your problems, though XP does love atleast 256MB of RAM. If anything, make a bootable CD or Memtest86 (google for it) and make sure your ram passes all tests. Let it run for a while to ensure RAM is not faulty. I had a stick that never appeared to have a problem under 98, but fail frequently under XP. Additionally, I've experienced the occasional old motherboard that really didn't like XP either. |
| revelcet:
The problem was a agp slot problem, the computer runs fine with a pci video card but when I put in a agp video card, (Ive tried 3 different brands) the computer boots fine to the desktop and then hangs, so paigeoliver was right, I have a crappy motherboard, my new one will be in later this week, oh and it ran great with the ailen ware computer, shame I had to give it back. Thanks for the help everyone. |
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