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On 13 Apr 98 at 18:40, Frank B Smith wrote:
> I am having a problem installing an S3 Virge DX card. The mobo is TXPRO
> w/Cyrix PR200 mx, megs ram. The video adapter is recognized by Win95, as
> plug n play and the driver disk is accessed. Drivers are installed.
> However the system reports a conflict. Windows stays in generic VGA mode.
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> I have removed the adapter from the device manager, removed the card and
> moved it to a new PCI slot (three times) and re-installed.
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> Does anyone know of any problem that I may be overlooking, other than bad
> hardware?
Is there any chance you have a COM4 port in this machine? Many S3
chips include emulation of the IBM 8514/A adapter, and this conflicts
with the "industry standard" COM4 address range. [IBM had chosen,
but not publicized, a different set of addresses for COM3-COM8 at the
time they designed the 8514/A.]
David G
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