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Installed ME (yuck) sucessfully, maybe'll try XP later... For now ME is good enough. Thanks guys.

Ok apparently the problem is WinXP related. Upon Linux installing no problems appeared. Any thoughts?

Yes, tried it and it's no good Athlon XP 1900+ MoBo Soyo Dragon Plus 512MB 266Mhz DDR RAM GeForceFX 5200@325Mhz core/700Mhz memory Samsung 60Gb 7200RPM HDD

Actually, I forgot. In either case, I get the old DOS blinking cursor and no response from the system (waited and waited, no use)

Ok, I assembled a system using a Soyo Dragon Plus, Athlon XP 1900+, 512@266 DDR, GeForce2MX440, and I can't get past the boot menu on a preexistatn windows xp install neither past the post-driver loading on xp install disk. Tried underclocking, tried underclocking memory, tried disabling onboard...

Try another card on the new system, maybe your AGP slot is faulty. I don't think so, though. This really is strange, because the symptoms you describe are the symptoms of overheating memory from overclocking. Perhaps things are just too hot inside your new case.

Overheating... Try getting coolers, fans etc for your card or replace yours... they might be defective... Athlon XP 1900+ MoBo Soyo Dragon Plus 512MB 266Mhz DDR RAM GeForceFX 5200@325Mhz core/700Mhz memory Samsung 60Gb 7200RPM HDD

Test the card on the system it used to work in... Screen garbage such as random pixels often are a symptom of card memory issues. Athlon XP 1900+ MoBo Soyo Dragon Plus 512MB 266Mhz DDR RAM GeForceFX 5200@325Mhz core/700Mhz memory Samsung 60Gb 7200RPM HDD

Hmmm.. I'll check into it, but I doubt that, since with my old GF4 this didn't happen... no new software installed... Athlon XP 1900+ MoBo Soyo Dragon Plus 512MB 266Mhz DDR RAM GeForceFX 5200@325Mhz core/700Mhz memory Samsung 60Gb 7200RPM HDD

I'm experiencing regular "hiccups" on 3d renders, i.e., the frame rate is great but in every second or so there's a pause between frames, which is very annoying, specially when playing games (I experience this on every 3d game/application I own). I though it might be IDE access coming...

I've had this issue before... Normally it goes down to defective video hardware or wrong device drivers... are you using the vendor's drivers that came bundled with the card? Athlon XP 1900+ MoBo Soyo Dragon Plus 512MB 266Mhz DDR RAM GeForceFX 5200@325Mhz core/700Mhz memory Samsung 60Gb 7200RPM HDD

As far as I know, 2048x1536 is as far as it gets on end-user video cards... You can try using an image viewer software such as ACDSee to view the images as in a virtual display (full resolution, scrollable screen). Don't know if that's what you want, though. Athlon XP 1900+ MoBo Soyo Dragon...

I'm sure you can do it pretty easily on Linux, but I'm not sure your video card is capable of such a high resolution, and you need to have a card capable of it in order to use it, even virtually. I remember using a virtual display resolution on windows, but I don't remember how I got it... I...

You sure have and underpowered power supply, although it shouldn't keep you from booting, it will cause you problems when running games, i guess... TIs are power hungry cards... I assume your new video card has TV-out enabled, so I'd suggest you unplug the monitor and plug a TV on the card and...

Using a pre-installed OS with a different box is troublesome at times, specially if it is XP. If you have files you don't want to lose on the HD and needs it to be run on your new box, I suggest reinstalling XP while on the new box, it'll keep your settings and files (boot from the CD and select...