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More info?)
Well, when i bought this mobo, i bought a copy of windows xp pro with
service pack one, thats the cd i was installing from. I'm trying again
right now with another copy of windows xp(non service pack one) and oddly
enough it seems to be working, SO FAR anyways....
"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
news:nospam-1805040403430001@192.168.1.177...
> In article <mibqc.15584$j6.278@edtnps84>, "James" <Private@email.com>
wrote:
>
> > Hey i just got this mobo, hooked everything up, seems good, then when i
try
> > to install windows it gives me an error message that it can't install
the
> > display drivers, and to contact my hardware vendor, then it goes through
a
> > bunch of other similair error messages, all stating i should contact my
> > hardware vendor, then it blue screens.
> > I updated the bios and no difference, any suggestions?
>
> The manual says the board uses an SIS 741GX Northbridge with
> built-in graphics core. The only hit in Google for this chip number
> mentions an ECS 741GX-M motherboard, where someone was installing
> Linux using a VESA frame buffer driver (so no help from Google).
>
>
http://www.asrock.com.tw/support/index_manual.htm
>
http://www.asrock.com.tw/Drivers/Manual/K7S41GX_UM.pdf
>
> There is an SIS slide set here:
>
>
http://www.sis.com/products/chipsets/integrated/socketa/741_741g_presentation.pdf
>
> VGA Driver = SiS 3.54logo
> AGP Driver = SiS 1.17logo
>
> I would think that to start, Windows would be installing something
> similar to the VESA thing mentioned above. All graphics devices
> are supposed to support some kind of 640x480 default dumb frame
> buffer mode. It almost sounds like Windows is having some
> trouble with this ?
>
> Normally, you would be installing the 1.17 file and the 3.54
> file after Windows is installed. But if Windows cannot satisfy
> a default install, then maybe your next step is to find a
> graphics card, and finish the install with that. Then, try to
> install the SiS driver files on the CDROM. With an AGP card
> installed, the chipset/BIOS just might be smart enough to
> prevent you from installing those VGA/AGP files. But, it is the
> only thing I can think of right now. Even if you used a PCI
> graphics card, I would expect the BIOS to disable the builtin
> graphics, because otherwise you could install the drivers for
> that hardware later.
>
> There may be some fancy way to incorporate the SiS drivers with
> a Windows install disk, but that is way above my head.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
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