installing windows 2000

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I was wondering if anyone could help me with a problem. I
have an old computer which i bought from time computers.
The motherboard has a onboard ati rage 128 vr graphics
card. When it comes to detecting devies during the windows
2000 installation it crashes producing a black screen full
of 0. The bios version is ms 6166 but i cannot find any
updates. Does anyone know how to bypass this problem.
 
Greetings --

Had you made sure that your PC's hardware components were capable
of supporting Win2K? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Hardware Compatibility
List: (http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp)

You should have, before proceeding, taken a few minutes to ensure
that there were Win2K device drivers available for all of the
machine's components. There may not have been, if the PC had been
specifically designed for Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs
designed for and sold with Win9x very often do not meet Win2K's much
more stringent hardware quality requirements. Win2K is quite
sensitive to borderline defective hardware (particularly motherboards,
RAM and hard drives) that will still support Win9x.


Bruce Chambers

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