Does Window Vista work on the R40e

[hmh]

This information is pretty important for various reasons, including better Linux support for the R40e(!)

Does anyone knows whether Windows Vista 32-bit boots fine on the R40e?

[doog]

You don't state if you have a 16MB RADEON or 32MB RADEON ATI Mobility chipset, Which would make a difference.


My opinion is R40e would be better suited for XP. With Vista I don't think you would see real good performance.
I have a R40 that I dual boot XP and Suse Linux.

[ajkula66]

I wouldn't suggest it...none of the graphic cards used on R40e (or for that fact R40) is supported by Vista....

[hmh]

Actually, I'd appreciate knowing if it works because of a failure that exists on the R40e and R50e BIOSes, and which we [linux kernel developers] would very much like to track down how Vista avoids tripping.

So, it would be ok if it runs slowly, as long as it doesn't hard-crash.

XP does this part of the ACPI stuff very differently, so it doesn't trip the BIOS bug.

[ajkula66]

Well, people have installed Vista on regular R40 machines, having to load video drivers manually and "fooling" Vista into believing that it's dealing with Radeon 9600 as opposed to Radeon 7500...

I have yet to hear of anyone installing Vista on R40e or for that fact R50e...

Good luck with your noble quest.