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From: pjgtech@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Peter Gagg")
Subject: Re: GPL with Voodoo2 SLI not running: Black screen
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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:07:32 GMT
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In article <36C6A76C.801AD9BE@xs4all.nl>, artcoco@xs4all.nl (A.D. 
Egges) wrote:

> Thank for your help guys. Don't start laughing now as I tell you 
> the main
> reason it didn't work. You know when they ship you a new PC they 
> send a whole
> lot of stuff with it, including cables etc. I had one very small 
> cable that I
> didn't use and didn't know wht to use it for. First I thought I had 
> to use it
> to connect the 2 Voodoo cards, but that didn't work either. Then 
> finally I
> saw the light (I guess I was focused too much on playing GPL). I 
> had to
> connect the monitor to one of the Voodoo cards and use the cable to 
> connect
> the regular graphics board to the Voodoo cards.
> 
> And yes, it was finally working, although it immediately froze up 
> on the
> selection screens. Then I sorted out your drivers advices again and 
> installed
> the 2.53 version in the GPL directory. Voila, it worked!! Superb, 
> no problems
> at all. Can run it with all features on, really smooth graphics. 
> Thanks for
> the advice!!!
> 
> Arthur

Another satisfied customer........

8-)

*Peter*   #:-)
