nVidia GeForce 4200 Ti 128 problem with Win 98

[Poromenos]

My MSI nVidia GeForce 4200 Ti AGP 4x 128 RAM will not load in any OS other than Windows XP. I tried Win98, WinME, Mandrake Linux 9, they can't use it. I installed the Detonator drivers under 98 and the system just restarts when windows try to load the GUI. Under WinXP, everything works fine for over a year now, but under Win98 it has to be listed as a VGA (not even SuperVGA) and run at 640x480x16 colours (not 16-bit). My mainboard is a QDI Kudoz 333something and I have an Athlon XP 2200+. What could be wrong with it?
Poromenos

P.S. I have tried to install EVERY detonator version, uninstall it, flash the card, flash the bios, flash everyone, still nothing, so I don't think it's a driver problem.

 

[Greeno]

restarts? does it provide an error message at least? i used to have this problem with an old VIA based board and AGP cards...i put it down to experience and upgraded... luckily i was about to do it anyway, but i'd just bought the g/card and wanted to try it till my other stuff came

 

[Poromenos]

No, it just cold reboots... My guess is it can't set the resolution to the higher modes and it crashes.

 

[Ayasha]

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just a shot in the dark here. But with the different OS's you need to download different drivers. ie: win98/ME drivers for win98/me windows NT/2000 etc. etc. Your trying all the different revisions of the drivers but are they the correct drivers for your OS? It's just what first came to mind.

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[Poromenos]

No, it's correct I think the problem is much deeper than that... Maybe a motherboard/graphics card conflict or something... I'm looking for someone that may have had the same problem and solved it...