Been a long time since I messed with a Red Hat product but I would boot 
to command line (init 3) and run xconfigurator. Sounds like it does not 
like the module chosen for the video card (chip). I remember this as an 
issue with rh 8 and prior it would do the same thing. I have since moved 
to SuSE and I have had no issues.
Wagner, Steven G wrote:

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>I'm having a lot of trouble getting Fedora Core 3 installed on my system. I
>got all discs to pass the initial media check by passing the boot parameter
>Linux ide=nodma, but the installation still fails. It seems to be video
>problems or something with X. I'm getting a very particalized background
>while X starts up and then certain buttons/graphics only appear when I
>mouseover. It detects my correct monitor and I've tried dumming down the
>resolution to 640x480, but to no avail. I've tried to use the RHN up2date
>agent, but with the graphical problems it keeps hanging.
>
>I'd like to get FC3 up and running, so any advice or suggestions would be
>greatly appreciated. Please let me know if there's any more specific info
>you need to help in troubleshooting this. I have an Intel 810e chipset for
>my video.
>
>TIA,
>
>Steve
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