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Re: [HELP NEEDED] Problems with getting the ProSavage PM133 working on BeOS

From "Matthew Camilleri" <bunkertoshimatty@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.beos, alt.os.beos, comp.os.misc
Subject Re: [HELP NEEDED] Problems with getting the ProSavage PM133 working on BeOS
Date 2025-06-22 21:24 +0200
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <1039l8m$n5d5$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <1039ipg$mgfu$1@dont-email.me> <20250622211816.18f4f416@t480>

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Yes, and then I tried asking Clippy for help. He told me to try Windows ME.
"mlupo" <mlupo@posteo.de> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 20:41:46 +0200
> "Matthew Camilleri" <bunkertoshimatty@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The computer I am trying to get this running on is a Toshiba Equium
> > 3300M. It has a Pentium III with 376MB of RAM.The ProSavage PM133 GPU
> > is integrated and the system has no other graphics card. The GPU
> > works fine under Win98SE (with drivers) and under Haiku.
> >
> > I have tried getting the drivers working on BeOS Pro 5. It installed
> > fine (although in black and white, 640x480, since it didnt have any
> > drivers) but when I installed the drivers, it would just hang on
> > console message "sysinit2: 23". It would boot fine if I told it to
> > use the fallback video drivers in the boot loader.
> >
> > I also tried BeOS 5 PE Max, which has the drivers for this GPU
> > included, but that wouldnt even get to the installed, hanging on the
> > same console message. Telling it to boot with the fall back video
> > drivers got it to the installer.
> >
> > I have also tried 2 different monitors, but it hung at the same place.
> >
> > Is there any known fix?
> >
> >
>
> Have you tried turning it on and off yet?
>

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[HELP NEEDED] Problems with getting the ProSavage PM133 working on BeOS "Matthew Camilleri" <bunkertoshimatty@gmail.com> - 2025-06-22 20:41 +0200
  Re: [HELP NEEDED] Problems with getting the ProSavage PM133 working on BeOS mlupo <mlupo@posteo.de> - 2025-06-22 21:18 +0200
    Re: [HELP NEEDED] Problems with getting the ProSavage PM133 working on BeOS "Matthew Camilleri" <bunkertoshimatty@gmail.com> - 2025-06-22 21:24 +0200
  Re: [HELP NEEDED] Problems with getting the ProSavage PM133 working on BeOS AGM <anthk@disroot.org> - 2026-01-13 21:34 +0100

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