Black screen, white dots during installation

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Jim

During the initial stage of the hardware detection process
of the installation, computer goes to black screen with
white dots. Any ideas of what the problem could be? The
installation has been repeated numerous times with the
same result.
 
Some hardware is incompatible or mulfunctioning. Check
www.microsoft.com/hcl, upgrade BIOS if available, check memory modules,
power supply, fans, disable/remove non-essential hardware, re-seat the rest
etc.
 
I upgraded the BIOS which didn't do anything so I removed
the video card and installed a different one.
Installation proceeded as normal once I did that.
Apparently my version of Windows 2000 Pro doesn't have the
correct drivers for an ATI 128 video card. I 'll have to
run it in safe mode and install the factory driver now.
Does anyone know if SP4 will fix the problem?
 
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