Per Via & Diamond instructions, do in order:
-set to standard VGA display driver
-swap to Viper 770
-load Direct X (6.1a)
-load Diamond drivers for Viper 770 (do NOT load in-control tools until the
system works)
-load 4-in-1 (IRQ should have been loaded before video swap, IDE not used in
Windows98, do not use Win95 with Via chipset mobo)...load Viagart (AGP) in
NORMAL mode.

Did you catch that?  Do not use Windows 95 with Via Apollo MVP3 chipset!

*Money better spent using 8MB Riva card and saving for a K7-Athlon system?
*Reboot between each operation
*Shut down all but Explorer and Systray with CTRL-ALT-DEL before any load
*BIOS should be set to AGP, Aperture=(1/2 RAM up to 64MB), 2x enabled.
*Use Viper770 drivers from diamondmm.com site (the CD that came with your
card has buggy out-of-date drivers).
*DO NOT "play" with the computer (test games, et. al.) until all above are
loaded and working.
*Jim is right, load one new piece at a time if possible or reformat your
hard drive and go from scratch.
Martin Kurr
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> From:         Jim Meagher[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Subject:      Re: [PCBUILD] Diamond V770
> Marshall,
> More often than not, dumping in a bunch of new hardware, drivers, and
> software all at once, causes the system to blow up...
> > System: FIC 2013..CPU AMD K62-380...64 mb PC-100...Fujitsu 4.2 gig...16x
> > CD...generic sound...generic modem...cirrus logic 4 mb video and
> Win95OSR2.
> >
> > My friend was finally introduced to Quake 2 on my machine which ran it
> fine.
> > I told him that his machine couldn't run Quake 2 adequately with the
> current
> > video card, so we went out and bought the V770.  Brought the mobo up to
> date
> > with the 4 in 1 drivers offered through the FIC website.  Installed the
> card
> > and the drivers supplied by the manufacturer...
>

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