Can't install ATI Radeon 8500 in WinXP ???

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I just changed the same motherboard (A7V8X-X) that previously had the
ATI Radeon 8500 in it. I just upgraded the CPU to a AMD 3200+ with
Cosrair XMS 3200 ram. Now the only video cards that allow the system
to boot are PCI. Any AGP cards won't boot. I have tried my Matrox 550
as well and have had the same problems. Any idea why the PCI ancient
cards work but the AGP don't ?

Help...

Joel
 
FIGTREES said:
I just changed the same motherboard (A7V8X-X) that previously had the
ATI Radeon 8500 in it. I just upgraded the CPU to a AMD 3200+ with
Cosrair XMS 3200 ram. Now the only video cards that allow the system
to boot are PCI. Any AGP cards won't boot. I have tried my Matrox 550
as well and have had the same problems. Any idea why the PCI ancient
cards work but the AGP don't ?

Help...

Joel
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Go into your BIOS options and set the AGP port to initialize first.

Regards,
Brent
 
Brent said:
Go into your BIOS options and set the AGP port to initialize first.

Regards,
Brent
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And boot into Safe Mode and look whether there are residuals of old
video card drivers around.
Try a clean install of your preferred video card.

Roy
 
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