LBJGH
03-31-2007, 10:05 PM
Doh, I got sucked into ordering Vista only to find out my current hardware is not supported.
What to do?
Well I sent this message to Microsoft.
I currently own a PC with a DFI NF3 Ultra-D (socket 939) motherboard, AMD X2 4200 CPU and an ATI X800XT-PE AGP video card.
I ran Microsoft's "Vista Upgrade Advisor" and this application indicated that "No action required" with my current hardware. Based on this I ordered Microsoft Vista Ultimate.
Before installing Vista I decided to do a little reading just in case there were an installation issues I needed to be aware of.
To my surprise there were many posts on the internet claiming that Vista would not install correctly with my current hardware contrary to Microsoft's upgrade advisor. It seems the following error occurs, "ATI video drivers will not load properly (code 43)"
http://forums.microsoft.com/technet/showpost.aspx?pageindex=1&siteid=17&postid=468410&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=4
It would be appropriate to correct this oversight in Microsoft's upgrade advisor so others do not end up with the same problem as me.
Thanks,
I hope Nvidia comes up with a fix 'cause I aint upgrading my hardware right now.
What to do?
Well I sent this message to Microsoft.
I currently own a PC with a DFI NF3 Ultra-D (socket 939) motherboard, AMD X2 4200 CPU and an ATI X800XT-PE AGP video card.
I ran Microsoft's "Vista Upgrade Advisor" and this application indicated that "No action required" with my current hardware. Based on this I ordered Microsoft Vista Ultimate.
Before installing Vista I decided to do a little reading just in case there were an installation issues I needed to be aware of.
To my surprise there were many posts on the internet claiming that Vista would not install correctly with my current hardware contrary to Microsoft's upgrade advisor. It seems the following error occurs, "ATI video drivers will not load properly (code 43)"
http://forums.microsoft.com/technet/showpost.aspx?pageindex=1&siteid=17&postid=468410&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=4
It would be appropriate to correct this oversight in Microsoft's upgrade advisor so others do not end up with the same problem as me.
Thanks,
I hope Nvidia comes up with a fix 'cause I aint upgrading my hardware right now.