older cards, p3 system

I'm running a P3 650MHz system on win98SE. The original video card is a
Creative 3D Blaster Savage 4, driving a ViewSonic A70 monitor (PCI, 32 Meg).
I just tried to install an old ATI ALL-In-Wonder 128 (PCI, 16 Meg) to use its
tv-out capabilities.

In the display settings tab, I can click the 2nd monitor, and click yes to
enable it. From there I can look at the adaptor settings from the Advanced
button, and press ok. But when I press Ok or Apply on the Display Setting
tab, the system freezes, every time.

The 2nd adaptor does get initialized by windows during startup, but I get no
other picture than the black and white screen telling me to set it up in the
display properties

I suspect that the ATI card needs to be the primary adapter if this is to
work. Try removing the Creative card and then restarting the computer. This
should set the ATi to primary. Then exit Windows and shutdown and reinstall
the Creative card.

This article might help:

How to Troubleshoot Multiple Display Support in Windows 98/Me
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=182930" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=182930</a>

Some video cards must be the primary in order to work with multiple
monitors.

PattyL


"Steve Greenaway" <Steve Greenaway RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:2EEE64A0-1D49-4417-ABD8-001EE7DD4AD7@microsoft.com...
 > I'm running a P3 650MHz system on win98SE. The original video card is a
 > Creative 3D Blaster Savage 4, driving a ViewSonic A70 monitor (PCI, 32
 > Meg).
 > I just tried to install an old ATI ALL-In-Wonder 128 (PCI, 16 Meg) to use
 > its
 > tv-out capabilities.
 >
 > In the display settings tab, I can click the 2nd monitor, and click yes to
 > enable it. From there I can look at the adaptor settings from the
 > Advanced
 > button, and press ok. But when I press Ok or Apply on the Display Setting
 > tab, the system freezes, every time.
 >
 > The 2nd adaptor does get initialized by windows during startup, but I get
 > no
 > other picture than the black and white screen telling me to set it up in
 > the
 > display properties<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->