Re: Just a query!

Phil Weldon kirjoitti:
> 'Dumbo' wrote:
>> I have a problem with two graphics cards that I purchased before Xmas
>> and don't work on my Striker Extreme. I have tried them both on a NF4
>> SLi 939 based system I resurrected and still they don't work but the
>> question is it a PCI-E 2.0 problem? Do I buy a new Intel motherboard
>> and strip and rebuild my current system or do I try another completely
>> different chipset based on a modern AM2 system (new CPU, motherboard
>> and cooler)?
>> I am thinking that the complete change may eliminate any other queries.
>> Ideas anyone?
> _____
>
> What cards? Were the cards new? Had they ever worked for you?
> No information in, no information out.
> You are flailing.
> PCI-e 2.0 cards are backward compatible with PCI-e 1.0.

That is basically true, but there are some known glitches. For example,
some those Asrock boards with both AGP and PCI-E (1.something) slots,
will not cooperate with some PCI-E 2.0 cards (GF, IIRC). I have also
heard that some Via chipsets on PCI-E 1.x boards don't like some
(GeForce again) 2.0 cards, but these known two anomalies don't apply
here. Probably. He doesn't tell too much about his system.

> AM2? What is this AM2 system?
>
> From the lack of information you have been providing, the troubles you
> have been reporting, and the ideas you have about what may be wrong, I
> suggest... getting on site help from a more experienced computer system
> builder. It ain't your chipset, but the problem could be, for all we
> know, most anything else... most likely the component in front of the
> keyboard. So check that out also. Perhaps read a good book or two, or
> at least a few good websites.
>
> Phil Weldon
>
> "Dumbo" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I have a problem with two graphics cards that I purchased before Xmas
>> and don't work on my Striker Extreme. I have tried them both on a NF4
>> SLi 939 based system I resurrected and still they don't work but the
>> question is it a PCI-E 2.0 problem? Do I buy a new Intel motherboard
>> and strip and rebuild my current system or do I try another completely
>> different chipset based on a modern AM2 system (new CPU, motherboard
>> and cooler)?
>> I am thinking that the complete change may eliminate any other queries.
>> Ideas anyone?
>>
>> Robin
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