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k_wong

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October 11th, 2004 15:00

Inspiron 5160 with Volari XP5

I just got my 5160 about 2 weeks ago and tried to install a dual boot XP/Fedora but it turns out I have an XGI Volari XP5 graphics card. About the time my graphics in Linux were shot I realized I proabaly should have gotten the nVidia card instead, but I'm a poor college student so I thought i could spend the 16 bucks elsewhere........anyways, XGI has pretty much no tech support to speak of and I was wondering if anyone knows where i might be able to find a driver for this card. appreciate the help!

AtlanticWorks

5 Posts

November 12th, 2004 12:00

I found a driver that will work with the XGI Volari XP5 video card that comes with the Dell Inspiron 5160. As you may or may not know, XGI used to be Trident. The Trident CyberBladeXP driver works great with my 5160! I currently have it set at 1024x768 with Millions of Colors. The driver was included in FC3, and probably many other linux distros. I hope this helps someone, because I couldn't find this info anywhere. I just hope google catches this!

AtlanticWorks

5 Posts

November 13th, 2004 15:00

UPDATE !!!!

It looks like the Trident CyberBladeXP driver does not work correctly as I first thought. If you go to the XGI website and download the linux driver for the Volari V3 (the RPM was for RH9) and install it, THEN you can switch to the CyberBladeXP driver and it will work. I don't know why this is, but trust me it works. :)

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