Yrag, Iplural, anyone else with good advice, I have a problem.
Saturday, May 29, 2004 by kona0197 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
So I finally decided to get rid of my Nvidia Gforce2 card and install my ATI Radeon 9600 Pro card. So I installed it carefully (while touching metal so there was no static discharge) and then I secured it.
I then booted up the PC and the monitor flickered on but the text on screen was messed up. Seems the card was only displaying every other line and some text was garbled.
So I took out the card carefully and inspected every part of the card under close observation. There seems to be NO cracks or broken parts on the card.
So what is wrong with it? Please keep in mind my board only runs at AGP 4x and it is a old board. BIOS date is in the year 2000. My Nvidia card runs fine so I suspect it is the card that is screwing up. But it was pulled from a working system so I am confused.
I will go test it on a friends system to see what happens. Any other advice?
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I then booted up the PC and the monitor flickered on but the text on screen was messed up. Seems the card was only displaying every other line and some text was garbled.
So I took out the card carefully and inspected every part of the card under close observation. There seems to be NO cracks or broken parts on the card.
So what is wrong with it? Please keep in mind my board only runs at AGP 4x and it is a old board. BIOS date is in the year 2000. My Nvidia card runs fine so I suspect it is the card that is screwing up. But it was pulled from a working system so I am confused.
I will go test it on a friends system to see what happens. Any other advice?
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yrag
Reply #42 Sunday, May 30, 2004 11:15 PM
Reply #42 Sunday, May 30, 2004 11:15 PM
Kona - I couldn't find the specs for the AGP voltage on your Mobo....my guess is 3.0 and I think (hopefully someone will know) that ATI card is 1.5.
Shameless Designs
Reply #43 Monday, May 31, 2004 12:02 AM
Reply #43 Monday, May 31, 2004 12:02 AM
yrag, according to the specs on the box for my ATI 9600 card, the AGP is indeed 1.5V. 
yrag
Reply #44 Monday, May 31, 2004 12:11 AM
hummmm....if you're getting 'numbers' on your screen...that's the card. There's no power plug on the card, is there?
Reply #44 Monday, May 31, 2004 12:11 AM
hummmm....if you're getting 'numbers' on your screen...that's the card. There's no power plug on the card, is there?
Shameless Designs
Reply #45 Monday, May 31, 2004 12:20 AM
Reply #45 Monday, May 31, 2004 12:20 AM
I can't speak for kona, lol, but there was no power plug on my card. It was all connected via the AGP slot.
yrag
Reply #46 Monday, May 31, 2004 12:30 AM
Reply #46 Monday, May 31, 2004 12:30 AM
Well, then chances are good there isn't one on his.... 
Usually when you get that gibberish on your screen, a couple of cold starts fixes it. There is one thing that it might be: Some older VIA chipsets do not have 4x AGP support (even though they claim to have it). Because of this, ATI has disabled 4x AGP support in some drivers when it detects any older VIA chipset, whether that chipset supports 4x AGP or not. Short of that, my guess is that his card is trashed....we won't know until he tries it in another machine.
Usually when you get that gibberish on your screen, a couple of cold starts fixes it. There is one thing that it might be: Some older VIA chipsets do not have 4x AGP support (even though they claim to have it). Because of this, ATI has disabled 4x AGP support in some drivers when it detects any older VIA chipset, whether that chipset supports 4x AGP or not. Short of that, my guess is that his card is trashed....we won't know until he tries it in another machine.
Shameless Designs
Reply #47 Monday, May 31, 2004 12:39 AM
Reply #47 Monday, May 31, 2004 12:39 AM
Poor kona... seems like he has more than his share of bad breaks.
Oh by the way, Gary, I got my new DVD-ROM installed. Works like a champ. I won't be needing that thing you sent me after all, so you can have it back. Thanks again for your help.
Oh by the way, Gary, I got my new DVD-ROM installed. Works like a champ. I won't be needing that thing you sent me after all, so you can have it back. Thanks again for your help.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #48 Monday, May 31, 2004 12:40 AM
Reply #48 Monday, May 31, 2004 12:40 AM
If the card wasn't working you'd get eight beeps on start up. It's most likely a BIOS issue, with incompatible monitor coming a close second.
yrag
Reply #49 Monday, May 31, 2004 12:53 AM
Outstanding
The fact he's not getting that is why I think it may (may) be that ATI driver 4x thing. You're right about that 13" monitor though...the pixel scan rate must be pretty dismal on that baby...
Sorry Kona, you don't mind if we talk about your crappy monitor, do you?
Reply #49 Monday, May 31, 2004 12:53 AM
| Oh by the way, Gary, I got my new DVD-ROM installed. Works like a champ. |
Outstanding
| If the card wasn't working you'd get eight beeps on start up |
The fact he's not getting that is why I think it may (may) be that ATI driver 4x thing. You're right about that 13" monitor though...the pixel scan rate must be pretty dismal on that baby...
Sorry Kona, you don't mind if we talk about your crappy monitor, do you?
kona0197
Reply #50 Monday, May 31, 2004 2:58 AM
Nope. I have a very good feeling this is a motherboard issue.
Reply #50 Monday, May 31, 2004 2:58 AM
| Sorry Kona, you don't mind if we talk about your crappy monitor, do you? |
Nope. I have a very good feeling this is a motherboard issue.
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Reply #41 Sunday, May 30, 2004 10:31 PM
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