Changed video cards to upgrade but.....

computersrkool · 11-05-2008, 08:18 PM

Hi
I am working on getting a computer for my son's friend going. It has an Asus A7v (MB), AMD Athlon 750Mhz processor, 192 MB SDRam (3x64MB), and it had an ATI 3D Rage Pro(atir3) video card in it. I put an ATI Rage 128 Pro Ultra GL in it and tried installing the driver for it by going to (add new hardware). When it was finished the video quality was way worse than before. It reverted back to 16 colours and wouldn't go any higher than 600x 400 resolution. It looks worse than an old Win 3.1. What is wrong? Is this video card not supported by this motherboard or what do you think is wrong? If anyone has any answers, please send them my way.

Thanks
computersrkool

dai · 11-05-2008, 10:27 PM

in the device manager uninstall the video card
reboot tapping f8 and choose vga mode
when windows finishes rebooting
disable a/virus
install your drivers
reboot the computer

computersrkool · 11-06-2008, 09:53 AM

Thanks for your quick responce, I'll try this and then get back to you on how it worked.

Thanks again
computersrkool

11-05-2008, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
computersrkool Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Eastern, Ontario Posts: 61 OS: XP service pack 2	Changed video cards to upgrade but..... Hi I am working on getting a computer for my son's friend going. It has an Asus A7v (MB), AMD Athlon 750Mhz processor, 192 MB SDRam (3x64MB), and it had an ATI 3D Rage Pro(atir3) video card in it. I put an ATI Rage 128 Pro Ultra GL in it and tried installing the driver for it by going to (add new hardware). When it was finished the video quality was way worse than before. It reverted back to 16 colours and wouldn't go any higher than 600x 400 resolution. It looks worse than an old Win 3.1. What is wrong? Is this video card not supported by this motherboard or what do you think is wrong? If anyone has any answers, please send them my way. Thanks computersrkool

11-05-2008, 10:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,755 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Changed video cards to upgrade but..... in the device manager uninstall the video card reboot tapping f8 and choose vga mode when windows finishes rebooting disable a/virus install your drivers reboot the computer __________________

11-06-2008, 09:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
computersrkool Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Eastern, Ontario Posts: 61 OS: XP service pack 2	Re: Changed video cards to upgrade but..... Thanks for your quick responce, I'll try this and then get back to you on how it worked. Thanks again computersrkool