Having troble with installing Creative GeForce MX in Win98SE! Plz Help!

[A2KLAU]

Have had any trouble installing creative geforce mx cards in win98se? My mate is haveing troubles with it! When he installs the thing it just won't start in Windows! He has cleared CMOS, done the lot! Downloaded latest drivers and the thing still does not start! Please help him out!

Thanks,

SKY.

P.S He has downloaded all the software updates from Versions 6-7 and still no luck! And his system specs are as follows:

pII 400-->448
128ram, 8gb, tnt, sblive, 19" monitor, creative fps2000 speakers, optical mouse, internet keyboard, 4x cd writer, 32x cdrom, 300 watts supply.

All help welcome!

Thanks!

 

[A2KLAU]

Hasn't ANYBODY had any experience with this setup? I am sure some people have this setup! Please help my mate out! He is desperate to know how to fix his machine up! Anybody who knows anything about it please help him out! All messages are welcome!

Thanks,

SKY.

 

[A2KLAU]

I guess nobody knows about this setup then am I right in saying this or is there still a saviour out there who could help us out?

SKY.

 

[Danlz]

OK, I'll bite: What mobo is involved, and did you go from a TnT PCI to gf2mx AGP?

 

[A2KLAU]

Chaintech 6BTM Mobo and he wnt from AGP TnT to AGP GF2MX.

SKY.

 

[RayEarth]

when you say it doesn't start in windows, does it lockup right when you go into windows? do you only get 16 colors? does it give you a blue screen with the fatal error? & did you remove the previous nvidia tnt drivers before installing the new ones?

 

[A2KLAU]

Great points! I'll phone him up and ask him now!

SKY.

And thanks again for the help!

 

[A2KLAU]

He did all that! Delte drivers and everything. He can not even get into windows and see those messages! He can get into safe mode but when he changes the standard VGA drivers he still can't load up!

SKY.

 

[Moonbeam]

Maybe the card is bad.

 

[A2KLAU]

He thinks that too! But he is still unsure! And thanks for the reply!

SKY.

 

[RayEarth]

if the card is bad, the colors wouldn't be displayed correctly, even in safe mode, or you would get a blank screen, if he can get into safe mode only & not normal, it could be a software conflict. If he formats his computer & does a clean install & it stick lockups up then you can be sure it's the videocard card.

 

[FacetyM8]

OK, I am the person who is having the problem
1. It boots into safe mode using the standard VGA driver
2. It boots into safe mode using the reference drivers
3. It sometimes boots into normal mode when using the standard vga driver
4. using the reference drivers, windows tries to load up, after the mode con messages in dos while booting up, the hard drive makes a long whirring sound for about 40 seconds, then stops responding, a couple of times it actually did boot into windows but stayed in the dos screen(????????????????), i found this out by accident when i pressed a shortcut key on my keyboard and loaded up winamp!!!!!!!!!!!

help me man....its driving me nuts....i have never failed at installing anything.......i want to play Q3 at decent frame rates.......

 

[FacetyM8]

help............

 

[mrbios]

Is that Chaintech board or yours a VIA chipset, by any chance? If it is, you will have to install the Via 4-in-1's to get going. Also, if it is a Via chipset, try disabling AGP4x, if it is enabled. If it is a BX chipset board, the only thing I can think of doing is formating and reinstalling Windows.

Russell "Mr.bios" Sampson