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Conference decwet::windows-nt

Title:Windows NT
Notice:See note 15.0 for HCL location
Moderator:TARKIN::LIN.com::FOLEY
Created:Thu Oct 31 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6086
Total number of notes:31449

6055.0. "Powerstorm 4D40T" by LAOS01::UDICK (It can't be too easy to use ...) Wed May 28 1997 18:22

    I am running Windows NT 4.0 SP3 and I installed the powerstorm 4d40T
    graphics card. I pulled the pwrstr40.zip off of the Digital home page. 
    
    I am pretty sure that I have the right driver. After installing the
    driver I can boot to VGA mode but when going to normal driver mode I
    get the mouse showing up with the standard aqua background and then the
    system hangs.
    
    The install / upgrade instructions say to install the card after
    upgrading the drivers. Does that matter. 
    
    The card is supposed to have 32 MB of memory but is only showing 16 MB
    in the control panel.
    
    Thanks for pointers, 
    
    Steve
    
    PS - Any other note file where I should post this? Is there a
    powerstorm or Intel Personal workstation notes file?
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6055.1BGSDEV::POEGELThu May 29 1997 06:5547
>>     <<< Note 6055.0 by LAOS01::UDICK "It can't be too easy to use ..." >>>
>>                             -< Powerstorm 4D40T >-

>>    I am running Windows NT 4.0 SP3 and I installed the powerstorm 4d40T
>>    graphics card. I pulled the pwrstr40.zip off of the Digital home page. 

Alpha or Intel driver?  What web pointer?  
Try www.service.digital.com/open3d/  or internally via ftp from

nt3d.zko.dec.com
cd cateyes\nt40\i386
		
	for the intel version: cei38642.zip
	       
cd cateyes\nt40\alpha
		
	for the alpha version: ce-nt42ssb.zip
			
The latest driver is V4.2.
    
>>    I am pretty sure that I have the right driver. After installing the
>>    driver I can boot to VGA mode but when going to normal driver mode I
>>    get the mouse showing up with the standard aqua background and then the
>>    system hangs.

What kind of system are you installing on?
			    
>>    The install / upgrade instructions say to install the card after
>>    upgrading the drivers. Does that matter. 

If you install the card first,  the system probably would come up
but only in VGA mode and then you could install the driver.

If you install the drivers first,  the system still would come up
in VGA mode since the drivers won't be able to find the card until
you shut down and stick it in.
    
>>    PS - Any other note file where I should post this? Is there a
>>    powerstorm or Intel Personal workstation notes file?

This is a good as any.  You can also try:   bgsdev::open3d
or the Alphastation or Xl_personal_workstation conferences.

Garry
NT 3D Group manager
6055.2Intel from Try www.service.digital.com/open3dLAOS01::UDICKIt can&#039;t be too easy to use ...Mon Jun 02 1997 12:597
    Intel based
    
    I pulled from www.service.digital.com/open3d
    
    Thanks,
    
    Steve
6055.3Still not working. How to troubleshoot?LAOS01::UDICKIt can&#039;t be too easy to use ...Mon Jun 02 1997 14:2220
    We have been working on this for 2 days now. No Joy!!
    
    We have the riser card that shipped with the Powerstrom card. 
    
    Integraph indicated that they had a new driver for that card but that
    it would not work with the Digital version of the card.
    
    I have 32 MB of Texture memory on the card. It works Ok in VGA mode
    (Seems slower than the S3 Card that used to be there).
    
    Checked the registery and the S3 is all gone.
    
    With the driver new driver installed I get the mouse pointer and then
    it hangs.
    
    Any trouble shooting suggestions,
    
    Thanks,
    
    Steve
6055.4Some thoughts...PKOPW1::DOTYRuss Doty, Graphics and MultimediaTue Jun 03 1997 09:5315
    1. Have you installed the PCI riser that came with the PowerStorm
    4D40T?
    
    2. Have you installed NT 4.0 and Service Pack 1?
    
    3. Can you provide the exact version number of the PowerStorm driver
    you are using?
    
    5. Did the driver install correctly?
    
    6. Do you have any way to try another PowerStorm 4DT card (to see if
    the problem might be hardware)?
    
    7. Can you try the 4D40T in an Alpha workstation, to verify that it
    works?