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First post, by Retrobuilder

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So I wanted to test out some retro cards for comparison. When I got onto the Rage 128 Pro I got a problem. When I tried to install the drivers and it said "This display driver is not compatible with display adapter(s) installed in your system." I tried a rage 128 Pro Ultra that I have too and it didn't work. Weirdly enough it worked for the Rage 128 GL, I just had to have it as 'Standard PCI adapter' in windows, I did the same thing with the other 2 cards. I first tried using the latest 4.13.7192 drivers, then I tried a couple others but none worked. I heard from places that maybe flashing the motherboard bios would help because I heard some newer motherboards don't support the rage 128 Pro. Maybe are both my 128 pro cards broken? Idk. If any would know a fix please tell me.

My system:
Gigabyte GA-6VTXE Pentium III Tualatin motherboard
256mb Pc133 Memory
Windows 98SE with DirectX 9.0c

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Reply 3 of 16, by retardware

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ATI had an insane number of PCI IDs for most of their chips.
Just get any good driver for R 128 Pro and edit your cards' PCI ID into the drivers' .INF file.

Reply 4 of 16, by Retrobuilder

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retardware wrote on 2021-11-08, 02:39:

ATI had an insane number of PCI IDs for most of their chips.
Just get any good driver for R 128 Pro and edit your cards' PCI ID into the drivers' .INF file.

Thanks, I will try later.

Reply 6 of 16, by Con 2 botones

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This has happened to me before.

Try with version 4.13.7192 here: https://soggi.org/drivers/ati.htm

If it doesn´t detect your cards, then try this one:
https://mega.nz/file/1QpwFLqJ#RGdKtlKhQmRwPFA … H_vCiA2zT5ZdDzA

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Con 2 botones wrote on 2021-11-08, 15:02:
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This has happened to me before.

Try with version 4.13.7192 here: https://soggi.org/drivers/ati.htm

I have tried this already and it didn't work.

If it doesn´t detect your cards, then try this one:
https://mega.nz/file/1QpwFLqJ#RGdKtlKhQmRwPFA … H_vCiA2zT5ZdDzA

I will try this one out.

Reply 10 of 16, by Retrobuilder

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Jasin Natael wrote on 2021-11-08, 16:48:

Install using device manager and point to the inf.
Really the only sure fire way with the mess that was the ATI Rage.

Yeah, I tried that too but windows just said "The best drivers for this device is already installed."

Reply 11 of 16, by Jasin Natael

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Retrobuilder wrote on 2021-11-08, 19:17:
Jasin Natael wrote on 2021-11-08, 16:48:

Install using device manager and point to the inf.
Really the only sure fire way with the mess that was the ATI Rage.

Yeah, I tried that too but windows just said "The best drivers for this device is already installed."

Don't do the "let Windows search this directory for the best driver to use" option.
Select the "let me pick from a list of available drivers" option and then select "have disk"
You will have to pick the device type from the list of devices first.
You can then browse to wherever you have the inf saved and it should give you list of drivers to choose from.

I usually have to do it this way with certain hardware.

Reply 13 of 16, by Retrobuilder

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Jasin Natael wrote on 2021-11-08, 19:44:
Don't do the "let Windows search this directory for the best driver to use" option. Select the "let me pick from a list of avai […]
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Retrobuilder wrote on 2021-11-08, 19:17:
Jasin Natael wrote on 2021-11-08, 16:48:

Install using device manager and point to the inf.
Really the only sure fire way with the mess that was the ATI Rage.

Yeah, I tried that too but windows just said "The best drivers for this device is already installed."

Don't do the "let Windows search this directory for the best driver to use" option.
Select the "let me pick from a list of available drivers" option and then select "have disk"
You will have to pick the device type from the list of devices first.
You can then browse to wherever you have the inf saved and it should give you list of drivers to choose from.

I usually have to do it this way with certain hardware.

Forgot about that. I'll try that too. Thanks.

Reply 15 of 16, by Retrobuilder

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Okay, the problem has been solved, this driver

Con 2 botones wrote on 2021-11-08, 15:02:

If it doesn´t detect your cards, then try this one:
https://mega.nz/file/1QpwFLqJ#RGdKtlKhQmRwPFA … H_vCiA2zT5ZdDzA

Is the thing that worked for me. Thank you guys for helping me.

Last edited by Stiletto on 2021-11-11, 21:37. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 16 of 16, by Con 2 botones

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Retrobuilder wrote on 2021-11-11, 18:23:

Okay, the problem has been solved, this driver

Con 2 botones wrote on 2021-11-08, 15:02:

If it doesn´t detect your cards, then try this one:
https://mega.nz/file/1QpwFLqJ#RGdKtlKhQmRwPFA … H_vCiA2zT5ZdDzA

Is the thing that worked for me. Thank you guys for helping me.

I´m glad to help!

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