Correct procedure for update of Radeon drivers & Via 4 in 1?

[Thump553]

I'm going to update these shortly. As I recall you are supposed to do one first, then the other-but I can't recall the correct order (I think its do the 4 in 1 first, then the video card driver).

 

[Flat]

i dont think it really matter but i would do mobo first, also, dont use beta drivers for Radeon, ends DVD stability

 

[culex]

I'm not aware of a procedure where you MUST install one before another but I know of a known problem where people with Radeon have trouble installing the 4-in-1's because it freezes during the VIA installation.

IF you have this problem, best way is to install the 4-in-1 drivers in safe mode.

Other than that, I'm not sure there's any "before-or-after" procedure for these guys.

 

[Kinki]

got this off rage3d a while back


What order are you installing the VIA drivers in? I have a TBird 1.0ghz and KT7 running Win2k Pro. I have always followed this pattern for a fresh install.

1)format install partition during Win2k Setup as NTFS.
2)as SOON as your desktop is up and running, install the VIA 4-in-1 4.28 driver and REBOOT. DO NOT install ANY other driver until after this is done.
3)After rebooting, it finds new devices and installs the driver for EACH IDE channel.
4)REBOOT
5)install VGA drivers and REBOOT.
6)install other drivers and reboot as needed.

I have set up eight Win2k Pro workstations with 1.0ghz TBirds and Abit KT7's this way with Nvidia Geforce cards and not a single failure yet. My Win2k Server box also runs a VIA chipset and after following that procedure it is 100% stable. It is running IIS, DHCP, NAT, and printer sharing for my local lan of 4 machines via a cable modem.

Good luck. If that does not work then you may have a piece of bad hardware.


i assume the "VGA drivers" are the video drivers.