gf mx400 PCI totally incompatible with BP6?
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JediFonger
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gf mx400 PCI totally incompatible with BP6?
it was quite picky, will only take my radeon 7k and NOT my gf mx400 PCI graphics board. no matter what i do in the BIOS, PCI video is a no show. is this a known problem?
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What slot is it in? Bear in mind that slots 4 and 5 cannot both have bus-mastering devices and other slots share IRQs with onboard devices.
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2*GlobalWin FEP32, 512MB PC100 CAS2
GeForce DDR, CMI8738 audio, Accton SMC2-1211TX NIC
Ubuntu Linux, Kernel 2.6.8.1-4-686-smp
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JediFonger
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JediFonger
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I have a Inno3D GF2 MX400 64MB card that worked in my BP6 if I recall correctly. Used it in the first pci slot right under the AGP slot. I'll try it again next time I have the machine together (apart right now, needed case for my new VP6 dual 850@1.1gig machine).
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Venice 3000+ @ 2.6ghz
lots of BP6s and two VP6s all apart currently
Are you sure that your Geforce is working? Have you tried it in another computer as well?
Also, you don't really say what happens. Does your computer appear to boot or does it hang? You could try running both your Geforce and the Radeon in the machine at the same time to see what happens (with your monitor connected to the Radeon card).
Also, you don't really say what happens. Does your computer appear to boot or does it hang? You could try running both your Geforce and the Radeon in the machine at the same time to see what happens (with your monitor connected to the Radeon card).
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640MB PC100 memory
Realtek RTL-8139 NIC
Maxtor 6Y080L0 80GB hdd
Debian Linux stable with 2.4.8 kernel
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JediFonger
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purrkur, i have tried that already. what i have discovered is a tiny break in the mobo that may be causing this problem. i bought this used on ebay and upon closer inspection i think it has to do with that chip on the mobo. ah well. agp is working now and i don't wanna mess w/it more. works great regardless of that chip! 
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I am having the exact same problem with an ATi 9250 PCI.
It will not POST at all with this video card in it. The card is brand new and working fine in my opteron server. I've setup the BIOS with my AGP card in and set the BIOS in every configuration I can think of for the display. The card has both vga and DVI ports and I have also tried both of these and also vga on DVI with an adapter. Not really sure what to do here... after reading some forums, it's apparent I'm not the only one with this problem. I believe I'm using the RU BIOS.
It will not POST at all with this video card in it. The card is brand new and working fine in my opteron server. I've setup the BIOS with my AGP card in and set the BIOS in every configuration I can think of for the display. The card has both vga and DVI ports and I have also tried both of these and also vga on DVI with an adapter. Not really sure what to do here... after reading some forums, it's apparent I'm not the only one with this problem. I believe I'm using the RU BIOS.
Last edited by Ctrl on Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:38 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Ok..
Tried an ATi PCI Mach64 first in PCI #1. Same problem. Removed all other PCI Cards and gave it another shot, voila it worked. With all other PCI slots empty, I tried the ATi 9250 once more... nothing. Tried the card again in all other PCI slots and PCI 1-4 had the same results, nothing. No signal and no POST. No system beeps or anything at all. Although, in PCI #5 i got some error beeps. 1 long 3 short. Haven't looked up the error beep code yet, thought I'd post here first. I'm suspecting it's an IRQ problem though. Not sure why there'd be an IRQ problem with this card and not the PCI Mach64 but I hope to find out and post results and hopefully a solution here, for future visitors.
Thankfully, this will be a short setup. I'm ready to retire my 4 BP6's. I have newer PC's and can't afford the real estate these take up. They've served me well for a while now but they all need recapping and I'm not really interested in such a tedious task. Maybe I'll post them here for interested buyers.
If anyone can help with this PCI video problem, please post.
Tried an ATi PCI Mach64 first in PCI #1. Same problem. Removed all other PCI Cards and gave it another shot, voila it worked. With all other PCI slots empty, I tried the ATi 9250 once more... nothing. Tried the card again in all other PCI slots and PCI 1-4 had the same results, nothing. No signal and no POST. No system beeps or anything at all. Although, in PCI #5 i got some error beeps. 1 long 3 short. Haven't looked up the error beep code yet, thought I'd post here first. I'm suspecting it's an IRQ problem though. Not sure why there'd be an IRQ problem with this card and not the PCI Mach64 but I hope to find out and post results and hopefully a solution here, for future visitors.
Thankfully, this will be a short setup. I'm ready to retire my 4 BP6's. I have newer PC's and can't afford the real estate these take up. They've served me well for a while now but they all need recapping and I'm not really interested in such a tedious task. Maybe I'll post them here for interested buyers.
If anyone can help with this PCI video problem, please post.
did you try that?!