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Ummon:

That's weird to me. I haven't seen anything like that on XP. Win98 yes.

SavannahLion:

Have you tried what I suggested yet? I think we can get quite a bit of information from the boot process.

2600:


--- Quote from: ahofle on March 31, 2008, 10:30:51 pm ---Here's the msg I'm getting trying to run the ultimarc ATI setup program:


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Just to make sure.  Are you running the setup program or following the instructions on the Ultimarc Website.  I'll paste the instructions here so you can read them and verify this is what you are doing.


--- Quote ---Windows XP may try to invoke the built-in Microsoft ATI driver and this will not work with the ArcadeVGA card, and causes a blue-screen error. If you see this, re-start and hold down "F8" and choose to start in Safe Mode, then install the ATI driver from the ArcadeVGA CD. To do this, you will need to enter device manager, right click on the expanded video card listing under 'Display Adapters' (or, the undesignated option, if the device has not been recognized at all, and has a yellow X next to it), click on properties, go to driver tab, and click on 'update driver'. This is the only way to install the driver in safe mode, as attempting to install via ATI's setup utility will produce error messages and result in a failure to install the driver. You will need to point the driver install to the correct location on the CD as mentioned in "Forcing a driver install", further down this page.
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zelony:

Well, Windows has told you the problem... You are not using a standard VGA card.  The problem is that the ArcadeVGA card is a modified VGA card and will not work for setup.  That being said, install XP using a generic VGA card then install the ArcadeVGA in Safe Mode like the post above said. 

Good luck.

ahofle:


--- Quote from: SavannahLion on March 31, 2008, 11:56:08 pm ---Have you tried what I suggested yet? I think we can get quite a bit of information from the boot process.

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Yes, sorry I didn't bother posting all the details as I was so pissed for wasting 4 hours last night LOL.  The last driver it loads is agp440.sys, then hangs.  I did some googling and found a ton of similar issues with that service, including a microsoft bulletin which suggested booting in recovery console and disabling it.  That enabled me to get into Windows, but the card was not listed in the device manager and windows was using a 'VGAService', so I couldn't install the AVGA drivers.  There was also an exclamation next to some 'AGP bridge' in the device manager because I disabled the AGP440 presumably.  When I reenable it, it hangs on startup again.  So I have isolated the problem, but there seems to be absolutely nothing I can do to solve it.  Other things I wasted time on last night:
- boot into recovery console, and chkdsk
- tried beta BIOS for my mobo
- loaded 'bios default' safe settings
- tried XP repair

As I've mentioned before, yes I installed windows with a different card (NVidia 6800GT) with no absolutely no problems.  I then shut down, put in the AVGA to install its drivers and I don't even get past the XP loading logo.


--- Quote from: 2600 on April 01, 2008, 08:13:32 am ---Just to make sure.  Are you running the setup program or following the instructions on the Ultimarc Website.  I'll paste the instructions here so you can read them and verify this is what you are doing.

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I've tried both, but I can't even get that far because the card doesn't appear in the device manager (in safe mode or otherwise).  That's also why I can't install the drivers from the setup program.  I have yet to see anything ATI related in windows when the AVGA is plugged in.  It's like it doesn't even know it's there and XP falls back to this 'VGA service'.

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