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>-----Original Message-----
>I had an identical problem with my ATI Radeon All-In-
Wonder. I believe the
>problem is that the Radeon requires DirectX 9 and WinXP
SP1 to run
>correctly. The basic initial install of XP Pro doesn't
have that, so you
>crash. The workaround I used was to reboot into Safe
mode with networking,
>which uses a basic VGA mode that the Radeon is
comfortable with. Then I
>navigated to Windows Update, downloaded DirectX 9 as my
very first download,
>then Windows XP SP1 as the second. Each time you reboot,
you have to get
>back into Safe mode with networking. Once you have
downloaded all the
>critical updates, you can download the current drivers
from the ATI site (if
>you don't already have them on that computer) and run
the catalyst exe file
>from Normal mode (not Safe). I wasn't sure exactly which
Windows Update
>files I needed, so I just stayed in Safe mode until I
had downloaded ALL the
>critical updates and the DirectX 9 update. Hope that
helps. (What a
>pain--makes me wish for another video card)
>
>Alan
>
>"richard edwards" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message
>news:00e801c3d23b$003ee090$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> after getting windows xp pro installed when it comes to
>> the welcome screen it crash my computer and says there
was
>> a video problem. after rebooting i am able to get the
>> newest video drivers installed and all is well.
however i
>> have to do this before installing the intel chip
drivers.
>> the question i have is, can i force the install to load
>> just generic VGA video until i can get the chipset
drivers
>> installed and then the video drivers?
>> thanks
>> richard
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