Operating System |
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) |
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System Model: No details available
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Processor a
1.15 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
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Main Circuit Board b
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7V266-E REV 1.xx
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software, Inc. ASUS A7V266-E ACPI BIOS Rev 1011 08/20/2002
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Drives
61.48 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
46.96 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

_NEC DV-5800B [CD-ROM drive]
YAMAHA CRW3200E [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
HDS722580VLAT20 [Hard drive] (61.49 GB) -- drive 0, s/n VN42BECBUW4K9D, rev V32OA6MA, SMART Status: Healthy

Memory Modules c,d
512 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM 1' has 256 MB
Slot 'DIMM 2' has 256 MB
Slot 'DIMM 3' is Empty
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The system requirements scan didn't work, so here's info from Belarc.

Your graphics card is a lot more advanced than your motherboard.

The mobo is running AGP 4X whereas the card is 8X/4X.

If the latest ATI drivers do not work for MS the only thing I can add is try the latest BIOS and VIA chipset drivers.

They can be found here: http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

Just choose: Motherboard > Socket A > A7V266-E

Okay, I need help determining which BIOS i should download and update with. it gives me a few options which are:

OS All OS
Description A7V266-E Beta BIOS 1015.002
The latest Beta BIOS.
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Version 2.21 2002/12/23 update
OS DOS / All OS
Description Aflash V2.21 Utility to update the motherboard flash BIOS - (DOS)
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Version 1011 2002/08/26 update
OS All OS
Description A7V266-E BIOS 1011
Support AMD AthlonXP 2600+
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Version 1010 2002/07/05 update
OS All OS
Description A7V266-E BIOS 1010
Support AMD Athlon XP 2200+
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That was in the BIOS section, which I hope you meant.
If that's where I'm supposed to be, which one should I download and use?

If it's not, which section should i go into? and what should I download?

The sections are:
MAP, Latest, All, BIOS, Drivers, Utilities and Manual.

Thanks a lot for the help.

You have 1011 so 1015 looks like the final upgrade. It is a Beta BIOS.

You will also need the Flash Utility.

Read all the instructions (Read Me) files and know what you are doing prior to doing it.

BIOS flashes are easy as long as you know what you are doing.

They are potentially destructive if you do not.

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The other possibility is to upgrade the VIA 4 in 1 chipset drivers but ASUS does not list any for XP. You could try these:

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx...D=1&CatID=1070

Choose the second option:

Retro chipset VIA 4in1 drivers


Probably easiest to try this first.

Hey man, Thanks alot for the help and advice, you were right.

The card was wayy too advanced, so i put back in an older card and now the game works. Thanks a lot, once again you are awesome. =D

Cool. Glad you got it going.

Let us know if we can help further.