GordonGordon
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98 PC shows 98 banner on bootup, then screen goes black for approx 3 min. then reappears completing bootup...then seems to function properly....what's causing 3 min. black-out?
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VooDoo 3DFX video problems
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This is a new forum so traffic may be light. You might also want to look at the previous forum where this info was kept. (pc hardware)
Ed Fair
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Ed Fair
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Gordon,
Your problem likely has nothing to do with the Voodoo 3 video card.
If your machine is equipped with an ethernet card, then on boot up, it will sit and poll the card repeatedly looking for a DHCP server for network settings. If no DHCP server is found the machine won't finish booting until it times out. To resolve this, you can specify a non-routable IP address in the TCP/IP settings for the machine.
Something like 192.168.0.1 will work just dandy.
Knutsaq.
Your problem likely has nothing to do with the Voodoo 3 video card.
If your machine is equipped with an ethernet card, then on boot up, it will sit and poll the card repeatedly looking for a DHCP server for network settings. If no DHCP server is found the machine won't finish booting until it times out. To resolve this, you can specify a non-routable IP address in the TCP/IP settings for the machine.
Something like 192.168.0.1 will work just dandy.
Knutsaq.
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