VIA Chipset + AGP + XP

[owensdj]

I'm helping someone upgrade from using a PCI graphics card to a 4X AGP card on their XP Home SP1 machine. The machine has a Tyan Trinity 400 S1854 mainboard with a VIA Apollo Pro 133 chipset. Do I need to install the VIA 4-in-1 drivers before I put in the new AGP card, or does XP already have full built-in support for this chipset? What about just the VIA AGP v4.30a drivers? Thanks for any advice you can give me.

 

[Soulkeeper]

that is an older chipset windows xp should have support for it, but installing the latest 4-in-1's is a good idea and won't hurt

just install the card and install the card's drivers and it should work
then if you have the time install the 4-in-1 drivers (should already be installed, even if you don't have an agp card)

 

[tcsenter]

- Install latest Direct X if not already
- Remove current video drivers if an uninstall is available
- change video adapter type to Standard Display Adapter (VGA)
- install new card and new video driver according to manufacturer's instructions
- install latest 4-in-1