Drivers and changing from G400 to a Max

[Bad Sector]

I have a G400 and was lucky enough to get a G400 Max in a trade recently. Can I simply swap out the cards or do I need to do the uninstall/ reinstall process? Thanks in advance for any info.

B. Sector

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P3 500 (3.6ns NEC cache chips) OCed to 667 MHz w/Alpha P3125c, Soyo 6BA+IV, WD Expert 20.5GB 7200/ATA66 HDD, 128MB Micron-8E/e, G400 Max dual head, 20" Dell/Sony D2026T, 19" Gateway/Sony VX900T, IWill 2935UW scsi card, Asus 50x CDRom, Matsushta 7503-B 8x/20x CD-R, SB Live-Value, Diamond SupraExpress 56e SP, Inwin Q500 Full Tower w/ 300W Power Supply, 12 case fans, blowers etc.

[merchant2112]

i would to be on the safe side uninstall and reinstall

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my system has arived. all together and if i new about the usb bug in 98 with this board i would have been fiished a lot sooner.

msi 6167 mobo k7 500 wk41 now at 650.(not overclocked its a real 650 they underclcoked.) 256 meg ram ,addtronics case w 250watt sp power supply, matrox g400, maxtor diammax 2500+ 10gig hd,10x aopen slot dvd, 3com 10/100 nic and 56k ext modem, xitel p storm sound card. lots of controlers joystick throttle rudder raceing wheel, and 19in monitor, usb logitech mouse.

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[paulcs]

I agree. Better to be safe than sorry, although I suspect they use the exact same drivers. The uninstall utility generally does a very good job, and I find it very easy to use.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[Dyre]

All the Drivers for my MAX just Say G400 Dual-Head. The only way i know mine is a max is it says 360 RAMDAC and other programs tell me.

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PIII 450 @ 464
generic BX6 motherboard
G400 MAX : )
Maxtor 13 gig UDMA 33
Maxtor 13 gig UDMA 66
Creative 36x CD-ROM
HP 2x2x6x CD-RW
64 megs PC100 RAM
Intel 10/100
Soundblaster 32 AWE
DiamondMAX 56k
Logitech Wireless Desktop (best $50 ive ever spent)
4 large fans.

[Guru]

If your old g400 was a 16mb or a 32mb Single-Head card then you need to do the
"uninstall/ reinstall process" but if it was a 32mb Dual-Head you can swap the car without
uninstaling the old drivers.

[SCompRacer]

If you want Device Manager to report "...G400 DualHead MAX...," instead of "...G400 DualHead...," when installing drivers you will have to select display list of all drivers and then show all hardware and manually select it. I get an error message telling me that the drivers are not the ones, but force it and it works.

I have tried it both ways and did not see a difference other than in the device manager listing.