Abit BE6-II and GeForce2 owners: please read.

[rayon]

Hi there,

I'd like to hear from you if you had any problems with this motherboard and a GeForce2 based video card.

My first try was with a ELSA GLADIAC. It just keeps beeping in my computer as if there is no video card installed. After some take-outs and take-ins, it works until I turn the computer off. Then the problem comes back.

Now I got a ASUS V7700. Same thing! 🙁

I've tried lowering and upping the I/O core voltage in BIOS and messing with "AGP Transfer Mode" and nothing. I have "Assign IRQ to VGA" enabled and "VGA Palette Snoop" disabled.

The interesting part: a Diamond TNT2 and a Permidia2 AGP card work normally in this same motherboard. I think this mobo doesn't like GeForce2 cards. 🙁

What could be wrong? Please, help! Tell me what are the settings you have in BIOS. This problem is driving me crazy already. 🙁

Thank you very much,

Rayon(r)

 

[Spook]

Ok, I originally had problems with my Geforce card, and when I put in the Geforce2 card everything worked great... but...

I had to have 3.5V IO voltage
AGP 1/1, and I am overclocked @113Mhz
Video Shadow Off
Video Bios cachable Disabled
Video Ram Cachable Disabled
AGP Apature 64Meg
Assign IRQ VGA Enabled

 

[rayon]

This problem seems to me to be a contact problem in the AGP slot. Could that be possible?

 

[rayon]

Spook,

What is you GeForce2 video card? ASUS? ELSA? CL?

The reason I'm asking is that I talked to someone in the Abit technical support over the phone and they told me that the EXACT two cards I tried were not tested by them. Can you believe it?

Owners out there, if you have a Abit BE6-II and a GeForce2 video card, please post here the make/model of you GeForce2 card along with BIOS settings related to video and AGP (e.g. AGP Aperture Size, AGP Transfer Mode, I/O Voltage).

Thanks a lot,

Rayon(r)

 

[Spook]

I've used in my system the Herc Geforce SDR and DDR, Elsa SDR, and My current board the Herc Geforce2 64Meg DDR....

 

[rayon]

Well, this one I think they tested.

I wonder if there is someone out there that has a GeForce2 from ELSA or ASUS working with BE6-II.

Thanks again, Spook.

 

[bighurtx82]

Well I don't have an Abit BE6-II but I am running an Abit KA7 with a Gladiac. I did call Abit tech support and they started that most of their motherboards have this problem with the geforce 2. They state that it is a timing issue with the geforce 2 on boot up and state they might have a fix for it in their next bios release for their motherboards. I had tried a Prophet II 32mb and always got the beeps when I turned on the computer. I ended up returning it for a Gladiac and so far it has worked fine.