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Richard Glazier <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:16:13 -0500
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Update to "problem"...
Chaintech is working with me on this.
They didn't seem to be able to get me into their FTP site without a password.
(And have not supplied a password in two followup messages.)
They "instead" sent me to the chip manufacturer WEB site (nvidia),
to an exact driver page. But I still come up with the question about
the extra "4" in the "model name"...

> Is a                GeForce    mx4000 (mine)
> the same as a GeForce4  mx4000 (notice the extra 4)... 

ATI used to be pretty bad place to find drivers, but they have
simplified that.
I never used Nivdia much (if at all) and don't understand their
way of listing things...       TIA for any suggestions, or insight...

                                              Rick Glazier

From: "Richard Glazier"
>I have a video card, bought new 6/16/2004 but, NEVER used.
> (I solved the problem it was bought for before it arrived.)
> 
> Info from the sticker on the box:
> Chaintech slmx4000, GeForce mx400, agp8x, 64mb ddr, 32bit
> 
> A couple questions:
> Is a                GeForce    mx4000 (mine)
> the same as a GeForce4  mx4000 (notice the extra 4)... 
> 
> It seems to show up on some sites one way OR the other,
> but never both...
> 
> What would be a good driver for this card?
> I tried the nvidia.com site and think I got the right one, but their
> site is very different from my experience with ATI...
> 
> More background info I tried:
> The Chaintech site - this exact card,
> <http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/product_spec.asp?MPSNo=14&PISNo=257>
> Video Driver page/link:
> <http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/Download/dl_desc.asp?DCSNo=5&PISNo=257>
> but there are NO files listed (as of 11/26-29) so that page is little or no help <grin>...
> I asked them to check the page, but noticed there are lots of broken pages
> in most of their WEB sites worldwide...
> (And it is possibly to soon to have heard back from them...)
> 
> I went other places and tried to ID any drivers that might "fit", but have
> had "lingering" problems with installing the wrong driver for ATI cards in
> the past (different machine) and do not want to go down that road again. <grin>.
> (The main reason I wanted to switch brands was driver related!)
> 
> Requests for additional info, (or or offlist), are welcome...
> 
>                            Rick Glazier

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