nvidia 8200 chipset

[steve]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> steve wrote:
>> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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>>>> is anyone familiar with msi k9n2gm board with nvidia 8200 chipset? 
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>>>     If the chipset is 8200 it must be a very new one. If the ones   at 
>>> hardware drivers do not work then you need to goto the nvidia webpage. 
>>> They should have a Linux driver set for your chipset. It d/l as a bash 
>>> file and you run it with a ./ before the name.
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>     
>> yeah i tried the new 180 driver from the nvidia site, that was the worst
>> out of all of them.  i dont know i was expecting more of a response back
>> from others, i see your the only one who wrote back.  im going to just
>> throw the 5200fx card back in, that worked fine, and used xvmc to boot.
>>  guess the hdmi will have to wait for a bit til this chipset is
>> supported better.
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>     I am surprised. I thought you would get a new set of drivers. But 
> maybe they do the Linux AFTER they get the Windows working...
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> Karl
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yeah i dont know, i bit the bullet, and am trying a 8.04 install on a
small partition, i screwed up the 8.10 install so much, i dont even know
where to start to fix it even IF the drivers worked lol.  if that doesnt
do the trick, im putting the 5200 card back in and use that.




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