Wa11y
05-31-01, 09:20 AM
Bear with me, folks. This is gonna wander a bit.
I was recently forced to replace my motherboard from a SuperMicro P6SBA to a GigaByte 7ZX. I also replaced my processor, going from a Slot 1 PIII 500MHz to a Socket A AMD Duron 800. In fact, since everyone asks for it, here's my setup:
GigaByte 7ZX
Duron 800 AMCA
Voodoo 3 3000
384MB PC100 (3x128MB sticks)
Creative Labs Live! Platinum
NetGear FA311 10/100.
I'm running Windows 98SE. I had some problems with the new mobo not loading all my system resources, and some conflicts with the old system resources, so I removed everthing, and rebooted. They all loaded up fine, no problem. Everything except the video is working right. Here's what's going on:
When I boot up Windows, everything is in 640x480, 16 colors. My video display adapter is the standard VGA adapter. When I look up my hardware, the Voodoo 3 is there, but it has a yellow exclaimation mark over it. So I check out the properties, and it says that the resources for the Voodoo is currently being used elsewhere. Big suprise, it's being used by the standard VGA adapter. And under Display Properties, I can't change it over to the Voodoo, since it's resources are being used.
So, how can I keep my system from booting up with the standard VGA adapter? 640x480 at 16 colors gets old REAL quick.
I was recently forced to replace my motherboard from a SuperMicro P6SBA to a GigaByte 7ZX. I also replaced my processor, going from a Slot 1 PIII 500MHz to a Socket A AMD Duron 800. In fact, since everyone asks for it, here's my setup:
GigaByte 7ZX
Duron 800 AMCA
Voodoo 3 3000
384MB PC100 (3x128MB sticks)
Creative Labs Live! Platinum
NetGear FA311 10/100.
I'm running Windows 98SE. I had some problems with the new mobo not loading all my system resources, and some conflicts with the old system resources, so I removed everthing, and rebooted. They all loaded up fine, no problem. Everything except the video is working right. Here's what's going on:
When I boot up Windows, everything is in 640x480, 16 colors. My video display adapter is the standard VGA adapter. When I look up my hardware, the Voodoo 3 is there, but it has a yellow exclaimation mark over it. So I check out the properties, and it says that the resources for the Voodoo is currently being used elsewhere. Big suprise, it's being used by the standard VGA adapter. And under Display Properties, I can't change it over to the Voodoo, since it's resources are being used.
So, how can I keep my system from booting up with the standard VGA adapter? 640x480 at 16 colors gets old REAL quick.