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Conference decwet::ntaxp

Title:	Windows NT For Alpha AXP

Moderator:	TARKIN::LINEIBER

Created:	Mon Sep 27 1993
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1058
Total number of notes:	4567

1013.0. "a1000a video install problem" by KAOFS::M_VALLEE (csc hull canada) Fri Feb 28 1997 08:08

    Hi
    
    The customer has a alphaserver 1000a using the onboard cirrus video
    he wants to change this to a ATI mach64 card because the onboard is
    to slow.I known he has to set the jumper on the motherboard to disable
    the onboard video, but then what while the system is up do you simply
    install the ATI DRIVERS won't it try to detect the hardware before 
    install the driver this is what happens on INTEL platforms.

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1013.1 DECWET::LEESC Fri Feb 28 1997 09:07 12

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1013.1		DECWET::LEESC		`Fri Feb 28 1997 09:07`	12
	Depending on which version of NT you are running, do the following: 1. If you are running NT V3.51, install the ATI driver first before disabling the on-board video and switching over to the ATI card. 2. If you are running NT V4.0, you can either do the above step or installed the ATI card and load the driver under NT. When you install a new video card, NT will default to the VGA driver if the driver for the video card is not installed. Scott

Depending on which version of NT you are running, do the following:

1. If you are running NT V3.51, install the ATI driver first before 
disabling the on-board video and switching over to the ATI card.

2. If you are running NT V4.0, you can either do the above step or
installed the ATI card and load the driver under NT. When you install
a new video card, NT will default to the VGA driver if the driver for
the video card is not installed.


Scott