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shomu
Posted on Friday, May 4, 2001 - 8:46 am:   

Hello,
This might be a little off-topic here but i will appreciate any help i can get.
System info -
HP pavilion 8566, Pentium III 500 MHz, 128 Mb RAM,NVIDIA RIVA TNT on-board video adapter
Win 98 SE

How i installed the new ATI all in wonder Radeon (AGP)

changed display to Standard VGA,disabled on-board video adapter.
restarted the machine, uninstalled onboard video adapter.changed the primary Video display to AGP in BIOS.
shut down the machine, installed the card (AGP).
restarted the machine, it detects the card, installed the driveres and software.
machine restarts, boots properly and hangs after a few minutes.

PLEASE help me to resolve this problem

Thanks,
Shomu
Chris Schenk
Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2001 - 7:50 pm:   

Shomu,
The Radeon card has a known issue with the VIA chipset. You may not be able to use the card at all. I have heard of this happening many times. You might want to find out what version of BIOS you have.
Let me know if you need anything else.
Chris Hills
Posted on Tuesday, August 7, 2001 - 5:12 am:   

Chris,
I recently picked up a Radeon 64Mb card, hoping to install it in my hp Pavilion 8670C (similar to 8566, but slightly faster; VIA chipset; TNT2 Vanta on-board video). The Radeon user guide says that the GART driver has to be updated for the card to work with the VIA chipset.
I spoke to hp Tech Support, who were of very little help! I was told the motherboard was a Kestrel (Kestral?), but I can't locate any info on the Web for that name. Could I use the GART driver direct from VIA (for the Apollo Pro 133 chipset)?
Thanks

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