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Viper 330 & N2

Kent Jacobso

Viper 330 & N2

by Kent Jacobso » Tue, 25 Nov 1997 04:00:00

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I installed the V330 on a P200mmx.  When executing N2 the intro play's
just fine,but when I escape to play the N2 a message about "uniVBE not
found" displays before the screen goes blank.  I most likely have
something screwed up.  I've uninstalled the V300 drivers and N2,
re-installed V300 and N2 and the same thing happens.

 I've also downloaded and installed VPR0015P.EXE to bring my V330
drivers up to version 4.10.01.0015.  I read the README.TXT and there is
a paragraph:

"The NVidia Riva 128 chip used on the Diamond Viper V330 requires an IRQ

to function correctly.  If no IRQ has been assigned to the card by the
motherboard
BIOS you may experience symptoms such as windows not booting, or
extremely poor
performance.  Some motherboard BIOS' allow for an option to force an IRQ
to the
VGA adapter.  Often times the latest BIOS will also resolve this
problem.  For further
information please contact your motherboard manufacturer".

I somewhat understand the IRQ issue but cannot determine if this is
causing my problem or not.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Kent Jacobson

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I installed the V330 on a P200mmx.&nbsp; When executing N2 the intro play's
just fine,but when I escape to play the N2 a message about "uniVBE not
found" displays before the screen goes blank.&nbsp; I most likely have
something screwed up.&nbsp; I've uninstalled the V300 drivers and N2, re-installed
V300 and N2 and the same thing happens.

<P>&nbsp;I've also downloaded and installed VPR0015P.EXE to bring my V330
drivers up to version 4.10.01.0015.&nbsp; I read the README.TXT and there
is a paragraph:

<P><TT>"The NVidia Riva 128 chip used on the Diamond Viper V330 requires
an IRQ</TT>
<BR><TT>to function correctly.&nbsp; If no IRQ has been assigned to the
card by the motherboard</TT>
<BR><TT>BIOS you may experience symptoms such as windows not booting, or
extremely poor</TT>
<BR><TT>performance.&nbsp; Some motherboard BIOS' allow for an option to
force an IRQ to the</TT>
<BR><TT>VGA adapter.&nbsp; Often times the latest BIOS will also resolve
this problem.&nbsp; For further</TT>
<BR><TT>information please contact your motherboard manufacturer".</TT>

<P>I somewhat understand the IRQ issue but cannot determine if this is
causing my problem or not.
<BR>Any help would be appreciated.

<P>Thanks

<P>Kent Jacobson

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Michael Bar

Viper 330 & N2

by Michael Bar » Tue, 25 Nov 1997 04:00:00

The game requires a univbe driver to run. This is available in a product
called Sci-Tech Display Doctor. You can search for it on the net. I'm
surprised that the Viper doesn't have a universal VESA driver, though.
contact Diamond at their web site for help.

Mike


>  I installed the V330 on a P200mmx.  When executing N2 the intro
> play's just fine,but when I escape to play the N2 a message about
> "uniVBE not found" displays before the screen goes blank.  I most
> likely have something screwed up.  I've uninstalled the V300 drivers
> and N2, re-installed V300 and N2 and the same thing happens.

>  I've also downloaded and installed VPR0015P.EXE to bring my V330
> drivers up to version 4.10.01.0015.  I read the README.TXT and there
> is a paragraph:

> "The NVidia Riva 128 chip used on the Diamond Viper V330 requires an
> IRQ
> to function correctly.  If no IRQ has been assigned to the card by the
> motherboard
> BIOS you may experience symptoms such as windows not booting, or
> extremely poor
> performance.  Some motherboard BIOS' allow for an option to force an
> IRQ to the
> VGA adapter.  Often times the latest BIOS will also resolve this
> problem.  For further
> information please contact your motherboard manufacturer".

> I somewhat understand the IRQ issue but cannot determine if this is
> causing my problem or not.
> Any help would be appreciated.

> Thanks

> Kent Jacobson



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