Re: Video card woes

It may not be XP. Depending on your motherboard, you may have to change
settings in the BIOS setup to disable the AGP slot and enable a pci graphics
card. If you have a manual for your Motherboard, check there. Or download
one from the motherboard makers site, since you apparently have access to
another computer.


<mark@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:dfehf15s8r14uolr2evbjq2cmn667tnpsq@xxxxxxxxxx
> The AGP video card in my PC got hosed, and I'm getting a "no video" beep
> code
> when I boot.
>
> So I removed the AGP card and replaced it with an old Matrox Millenium PCI
> card,
> the only video card I had available.
>
> When I boot, the XP splash screen comes up, and then a BSOD:
>
> STOP: c0000218 {registry file failure}
> The registry cannot load the hive (file)
> \SystemRoot\System32\Config\DEFAULT
> or its log or alternate.
> It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.
>
> The KB for this error says to check if the hardware is supported. Yes, the
> card
> IS supported by XP.
>
> I then tried a repair install. It copies the files, then exits with the
> error:
>
> Setup can not set the required Windows XP configuration information. This
> indicates an internal setup error. Contact your system administrator.
>
> I've also tried the recovery console,
> enable vgasave SERVICE_SYSTEM_START
> It says that vgasave is already enabled. In any event, it doesn't help.
>
> It's obviously still looking for an AGP card that's no longer there.
> Putting the
> card in again doesn't help, because it's not being seen on system
> initialization
> anymore.
>
> I'm guessing that my next option is to do a parallel install, load the
> original
> registry, and somehow tell it, hey, ignore the AGP card and use either the
> Matrox, or (probably easier) straight VGA.
>
> That's where I'm at now. Anyone know exactly what I would need to do to
> fix
> this?
>
> Thanks in advance..
>
> (man, do I miss Win '98)
>


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