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by ffontan1

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I INSTALLED WINDOWS XP & ATI RADEON 8500LE W/128MB AGP VIDEO CARD,
DIRECTX V8.1 ON MOTHERBOARD SY-K7ADA V1.O with AMD CPU 1700+
There is a problem I get text look like this(T>LL x MX W>IT)& floppy driver con't be reader. it work for i install video card.
1) CAN YOU TALL ME HOW TO FIX ? I have Windows XP. I am still having problems with the video card and it disables my floppy drive.
I have the following questions in trying to resolve this.

1.) Is this video card compatible with XP?
2.) I have 9 days left before I have to register XP, can I reinstall XP?
3.) If I reinstall XP will it destroy the software that I have already
installed on the system?

Thanking you in advance.

2) CAN THE MOTHERBOARD SUPPORT THIS VIDEO ATI RADEON 8500le W/ 128MB AGP VIDEO CARD. can you ffbb@earthlink.net & ffontan1@txu.com

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by thechas

Questions 1.) and 2.) yes
Question 3.) depends on how you re-install XP.
If you do ANYTHING other than a repair or recovery console install, you will lose some of the registry settings for the software.

Question 2) Yes, it should.

Fixes:
1. Download ALL Microsoft compatability fixes using Windows Update.
It is a good idea to install the security updates also.
The other updates are at your discretion.

2. Download the latest chipset drivers for the motherboard. These are updated about once a month, so the drivers on the CD are out of date.
Check for a newer BIOS, but verify that your problems are included on the fix list.

3. Check for updates at ATI's site for both the driver and the video BIOS.

Chas

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