[FC2] Can't install on Dell Optiplex [Solved!]
Matthew Saltzman
mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Thu Jun 24 12:12:31 UTC 2004
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Jim Cornette wrote:
> Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>
> >Model is GX260, BIOS is A06. Video adapters include an Intel 82845 and a
> >Radeon 7000. NIC is an Intel Pro/1000MT. Audio is SoundMAX integrated.
> >It also has a USB cordless mouse.
> >
> >The install disk crashes immediately on boot and leaves the following
> >information on the screen (hopefully with no trascription error). The
> >only way to reboost is to hit reset or power-cycle. I tried acpi=no
> >as a kernel option, to no avail.
> >
> >
>
> The options for acpi are either on or off. I'm not sure if no, yes, 0 or
> 1 will work.
>
> I'm not experienced with diagnosing memory address and initializing
> calls. It looks to me that this is related to the agp video card. Have
> you tried to either remove one of the video cards or disabling one from
> BIOS? If both are being attempted to be installed, maybe one is trying
> to use the same hardware parameters as the other video card.
>
> This is just a wild guess.
Changing the setting for the video card in the BIOS from "Auto" to
"Onboard" solved this. I even have dual screens (though the dual-screen
config doesn't always work--it depends on which card is detected first by
system-config-display).
Thanks.
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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