Well, we finally got a video card that would work. We ended up with the ATI
Radeon 9000 4x AGP w/64Mb. Based on all the cards that we tried that did
not work there was a common feature and that was the card supported 8x AGP
and had 128Mb ram. Any card that had those features would not work. Not
sure why because the reqs for those cards should have worked on the mobo.
Go figure.
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Scott Slater
"Haminex" <> wrote in message
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> "Scott Slater" <> wrote in message
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> > I was helping my father install a new video card in his computer over
the
> > holidays and we ran into a problem that we weren't able to figure out.
> >
> > His computer is a Northgate and has a Elitegroup P4VMM2 v1.1a
motherboard
> > with 512Mb ram and uses the VIA P4M266 (NB) & VT8233(SB) Chipsets. It
has
> > onboard S3 video with 32Mb ram and a 300watt PS.
> >
> > The system came pre-installed with an NVidia TNT Pro 64 AGP 4x w/32mb
> >
> > Our first attempt was to replace the TNT card with an ATI Radeon 8600
AGP
> > 8x/4x w/128mb. When the computer was turned on, all it did was power up
and
> > nothing else. Nothing on the screen, no beeps, no activity with the
hard
> > drives, nothing. My guess is that something is failing during the POST.
It
> > is not beeping like you would expect if it detected an incompatibility.
> >
> > We went through the usual gyrations of checking web sites for BIOS
updates
> > and settings. We did install the latest BIOS update for the motherboard
but
> > that did not help. The AGP settings in the BIOS are set to 4x and a
64MB
> > Aperture. There is no way to disable the onboard video through the BIOS
and
> > no way (that I know of) to disable it via the motherboard directly.
> >
> > Thinking that maybe we had a dead video card, we took it back and got a
PNY
> > GeForce FX 5200 AGP 8x w/128mb. The exact same thing happened.
> >
> > While browsing some online web forums about this problem, I ran across
> > another person with the same motherboard and was having the same problem
and
> > so far no one that had replied had given an answer or good suggestion.
> > Everyone keeps saying to install the latest drivers/etc. Since the
computer
> > is not booting, we haven't even got to the point of worrying about
drivers
> > yet.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> Sorry I can't be of any help, but I thought I would sympathise with
> you as
> I am having the same problem with a P4VXADS2 v1.1a and no-one has been
> able to help me either. Suggestions I have had include
> - latest BIOS
> - latest drivers (why does everyone say that to any problem ?)
> - power demands too high
> - voltages different (3.3volts for earlier cards against 1.5v for
> modern)
> - AGP BIOS settings (no-one could tell me if what I had was wrong
> however.)
> - having a PCI card in the slot next to the AGP (?)
>
> Good luck in your search
> Haminex (aka Stuart)
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