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by snitter

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I am building a server with a gigabyte bxd motherboard (1) pentium 650 (2) sticks 128 pc 100 ram an ati rage video card a fast track 100 ide raid card (2) ibm 15 gb drives mirrored a 3com network card and an isa modem. While trying to install nt 4.0I try to install the video adapter and after it is restarted it says that it is install correctly but it only displays 16 bit color and 640x480 or 800x600. please help

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by berserker

Leave the current setting at default when NT ask you to install the driver.
After you have installed the NT, leave the default display to be 16 color and resolution at 600x480. Apply the NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 or above after you have login into thesystem first time.
After you have installed the service pack successfully, install your ATI Rage Video. That should solve your problem because I have the same experience like this before.

by snitter

I did that already and it did not work. but I redid it and it was also did some other things and it worked. Thank myou

by george21

What kind of ATI AGP you have? I have noticed some incompatibilities for the gigabyte Mb. with ATI. Anyhow, try to install service pack 6 without any driver for ATI, then put the driver.Try to see if the ATi site has new drivers for NT.

by calves

I agree with first answer. Most Video Drivers will only display higher resolution after the SP.

Good luck!

by ec364

I got the same problem installing Windows NT 4.0 on some Compaq Deskpros that got ATI Rage video.

The problem was fixed by actually running the installation program. You should have a driver disk with your ATI Rage and run the Setup.

After thesetup, you'll see an "ATI" icon on your systray/status bar.

by jc4991

Look at your BIOS and see if you are assigning an IRQ to video. If not, change it.

by jc4991

Look at your BIOS and see if you are assigning an IRQ to video. If not, change it.

by signet

I have not used Windows NT 4 very much, but I have been running with Windows 2000 since Beta3 and I have an ATI All-in-Wonder pro AGP Card. I ran into a similar problem and found that the only fix was the following:

Try installing the correct driver for your MONITOR if there is one. If not choose the highest resolution SVGA driver your Monitor supports. Then try chaning the REFRESH Rates settings in the advanced option under the SETTINGS Tab on the DISPLAY PROPERTIES. This fixed the problem for me...Hope it helps you out.

by eswoodland

I agree with the first answer, although, in my experince, it was not necessay to re-install the video driver after the service pack was installed. After the SP is installed and you reboot, you should see that display has improved to 256 colors.
Good Luck!

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