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GF2 driver update, all messed up!

2 posts by 2 people · 30 Mar 2001 22:28 UTC - 31 Mar 2001 01:51 UTC

Arto Wikla 30 Mar 2001 22:28 UTC#193045
My system program updates got a negative direction... The DX8.0a update was good, also IE5.5 worked. But then I updated the GF2 drivers from Creative's pages, and now my Win98 computer is dead! (I am writing from my university "professional" Linux system now... At home only a telephone connection, ... in my Win98 system I had a cable modem, did I really say "had"...) Everything seemed to work well: GPL, N4, F12000CS, GP3, F1RC, but when I started SCGT, something happened. And now I cannot even start my Win98 PC! The only way to see the starting menu (the one with "press DEL to ...") is to disconnect the electricity. But not even this DEL works, neither the boot disk... There is just a black screen! No matter how many times I press the reset button... Quite unhappy... :-( I cannot even check the version of the GF2 update, 'cause the bloody thing is dead... Arto PS You perhaps shoud never update anything, if it works... :-(
There's no way installing video card drivers can overwrite the bios on your motherboard. Something else must have happenned. Check all hardware connections, in particular check the GF2 is seated properly in the AGP slot, and that your RAM isn't loose. If everything seems ok, then remove your hardware piece by piece and keep trying to boot. If your system won't boot with just the video card in, try another video card. If the motherboard or GF2 are dead you should be able to get a replacement under warranty. Also, check the fuse in the power lead, and check the power pack is working. "Arto Wikla" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:wikla.985991335@kanasaari...
Quoted text (22 lines)> My system program updates got a negative direction... > The DX8.0a update was good, also IE5.5 worked. But then I > updated the GF2 drivers from Creative's pages, and now my > Win98 computer is dead! (I am writing from my university > "professional" Linux system now... At home only a telephone > connection, ... in my Win98 system I had a cable modem, > did I really say "had"...) > > Everything seemed to work well: GPL, N4, F12000CS, GP3, F1RC, > but when I started SCGT, something happened. And now I cannot > even start my Win98 PC! The only way to see the starting > menu (the one with "press DEL to ...") is to disconnect > the electricity. But not even this DEL works, neither the > boot disk... There is just a black screen! No matter how > many times I press the reset button... Quite unhappy... :-( > > I cannot even check the version of the GF2 update, 'cause the > bloody thing is dead... > > Arto > > PS You perhaps shoud never update anything, if it works... :-(

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