Can't install ATI All-In-Wonder w/AMD&VIA - help

I have been unable to install my ATI All-In-Wonder 128 32MB; After install my monitor switches to power-save and does not recover. ATI tech support guessed from the symptoms that I have an AMD processor with VIA (or ALi) chipset, which I do.

Has anyone heard of similar problems and more importantly, what can I do about it?
Please help.

Below is the lengthy reply from ATI tech support with suggestions which I followed, and still the card won't install correctly.

********** reply tech support ATI **********
Thank you for contacting ATI Technical Support Canada.



Regarding your system emulating standby mode shortly after the computer
starts.


Are you using an AMD based processor or does your motherboard us a VIA or
ALI chipset? Your system is exhibiting behaviour typical of non-Intel based
computers which do not have the appropriate chipset patches installed.
Non-Intel based computer require an AGP min port driver and IDE Bus Master
driver to be installed before installing a 128 bit video accelerator. If
your system is non-Intel, please install the required chipset patches. If
you do not have your motherboard install CD, you can download the drivers
from the chipset manufacture's Website. You may also be required to toggle
various BIOS settings. I have included a BIOS setting checklist below.
Whether your system is Intel or not, please follow the driver install script
I have included below to facilitate a clean driver install.



Should you require any further information or assistance, do not hesitate to
contact us again.

Please quote your ATI Customer Number, 932681CSC, in any future
correspondence.

Regards,

Ian Skinner
Technical Support Canada
ATI Technologies, Inc.

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DRIVER INSTALL

1) go to device manager, display adapters, double click the adapter
-driver tab, update driver, next, display a list, show all
-choose standard display adapters, and the standard VGA adapter
-install it

2) boot to safemode by tapping the F8 key during boot
-go to device manger, display adapters
-if there is more than one adapter showing (the VGA you just installed)
-then remove the rest of the adapters

3) go to monitors, and remove all if more than one is showing

4) if you are using Windows 95, skip this section
go to start, run, type in msconfig
-choose selective startup
-uncheck all items except for process system.ini and win.ini
-apply, OK, restart

5) boot to normal mode and install the ATI drivers
-press control-alt-delete before beginning the install, and endtask on
all background items except for "explorer"
-note: if you encounter the message "a file being copied is older than
the one currently on your system. Do you want to keep the newer file?".
You will need to respond "NO" to this question.

6) restart and test the issue before restoring your MSCONFIG original
settings

BIOS SETTINGS CHECKLIST

examine the motherboard BIOS for any of these settings, make the changes as
required.
(usually, press the DEL key during system power-up to access the BIOS
settings)
- PnP/PCI options: AUTOMATIC (or PnP OS Installed: YES/ENABLE)
- Palette Snoop: DISABLED
- AGP Turbo Mode: DISABLED
- "primary frame buffer" and "vga frame buffer": DISABLED
- AGP 2X: ENABLED
- AGP Aperture: 64MB
-AGP Master One Write: DISABLED
-AGP Master One Read: DISABLED
- Assign IRQ to VGA: Enabled
- Video RAM Cacheable: DISABLED
- AMD K6 Write Allocate: DISABLED
- Spread Spectrum Modulation: DISABLED

-> test the DEFAULT settings (if the above parameters were ineffective)
-> Test: SuperBypass Mode: DISABLED (Athelons only)