Hello

I have built many computer systems and have encountered a lot of problems
but this one has me.  I have googled it and search the web but can't find
a single bit of information on it.

I am seting up a abit K7V motherboard with a 9200 gigbyte video card.  XP
pro put in the standard windows drivers but it reboots when I try to open
any games, other than that apps work fine.  So I figure justinstall the
real ATI drivers. However, it can't get past the opening screen, I get

Installation aborted, catastrophic failure.

So i pulled that card and put in a 9200 HIS video card and got the
same response.  I downloaded drivers off the web for a 9200 and still get
the same response. I checked for direct x and it is current.  I have
installed all the updates from MS including SP2.

I have used this exact combination before and everything went just fine,
even my own personal computer runs the same config just fine.

I have never had a video driver do this before and can't find any
information on it. Abit, gigbyte web pages have no clue there.

Maybe, just maybe somebody out here knows what went wrong and how I can
fix it.

Thanks in adance

Have you tried that 9200 video card in your PC or do you just have the same
type of Video card in your PC?

The games software will probably address more on-board memory than a text
based app.. like Word, will. try an exchange into another PC.

hope this helps.

yes, actually the two cards are from other systems where they installed
perfectly.

I just found a post in another forum about clearly the temp files out on a
similar situation. It was posted by a MVP so he may know what he is
talking about.

Thanks

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