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Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:59:02 -0800
From:	sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro)
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: new video card results in no boot up

In <1202829552.5420.7.camel@butch-desktop>, on 02/12/08
at 07:19 AM, Butch Langel said:

>Recently I added a new video card to my old AMD Athlon XP computer. The
>new video card, Chaintech GForce FX5200 PCI bus, replaces the built-into
>the motherboard video card.
>After installing the card, my eCS 2.0 Beta4 would start the boot process
>and go to the eCS boot screen and then go grey and hang.
>I've tried cntrl-alt-F1 when the little white square in the upper left
>hand corner appears and I get the options screen. I've tried all the
>options with the same result: the eCS boot screen appears and then hangs.
>Any suggestions as to getting the system to boot without removing the new
>video card?

>Thanks for your help,

You may have to change the setting in the motherboard bios before the new
card can be recognized.

Sandy

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