mstybarta said:
I just reciently put a new motherboard and Video card
in my computer but my colors are way off. I can only get
4bit and there are no options in the display to up it. I
checked the DM and it is not even showing my monitor in
there. I have tried to get XP to find the right drivers
to no avail. I have downloaded and installed what I
thought were the correct drivers for my new card,
a "Hercules 3D 400XT 32MB AGP. Can anyone tell me what I
am have missed? thanks.
Normally, and assuming a retail license (many OEM installations
and licenses are not transferable to a new motherboard - check yours
before starting), unless the new motherboard is virtually identical
(same chipset, same IDE controllers, same BIOS version, etc.) to the
one on which the WinXP installation was originally performed, you'll
need to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation, at
the very least:
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341
The "why" is quite simple, really, and has nothing to do with
licensing issues, per se; it's a purely technical matter, at this
point. You've pulled the proverbial hardware rug out from under the
OS. (If you don't like -- or get -- the rug analogy, think of it as
picking up a Cape Cod style home and then setting it down onto a Ranch
style foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K
before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to
accepting any old hardware configuration you throw at it. On
installation it "tailors" itself to the specific hardware found. This
is one of the reasons that the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much
more stable than the Win9x group.
Then, after you've got the motherboard functioning properly, you
should be able to install the correct drivers for the video adapter
and have it recognized.
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