ELSA GLADIAC with Abit BE6-II

[rayon]

Hi all,

I just put together my new computer but something is weird. It is a real pain to get this GLADIAC to work with my BE6-II. It keeps beeping. The beep sequence is the same as if there was no video card. After a lot of pushes and pulls, I can get it to work, but every time I turn the computer off, the problem reappears.

Now the funny part: I took this GLADIAC to my work and it instantly worked with the computer I use there. Then I got the video card from my work's computer (Diammond TNT2) and it instantly worked with my home computer! :|

So, who should I blame? The motherboard? Video card? Both? Neighter one?

Is there any known issue between GLADIAC and BE6-II?

HELP!!!

Thanks,

Rayon(r)

 

[John]

try updating the Gladiac bios http://www3.elsa.de/www/filearea.nsf/allfiles?SearchView&Query=FIELD+SearchProduct+=+ELSA+GLADIAC+GeForce2+GTS~e

 

[rayon]

That was a good guess, but no go!

I upgraded the GLADIAC BIOS (from 0.00.03 to 1.02.00) and my motherboard from QJ to SH it the problem persists.

It is very strange. Once the I get the video card to work I have no problems, but once I turn the computer off and then on again, it will most certainly beep!

GLACIAC and BE6-II onwners: did you ever seen this happen?

HELP!

 

[Chrasher]

It's a common problem with the BE6-II and BF6.
Try to lower the I-O Voltage to 3.20 or 3.30 (it's defaulted to 3.50V on these boards mainly to solve problems with the older GeForce).
This worked for me on my new BF6 and a CL GeForce-2 GTS.

 

[rayon]

Are you serious? I'll definitly try this as I get home. Actually I'm calling my wife now so she can try this and let me know how it goes!

Thanks a lot for the hint! I'll let you know how it went!

Rayon(r)

 

[rayon]

Hi there,

Here I am again with no good news.

I changed my I/O Core vontage (in BIOS) from 3.5v(default) to 3.3v and 3.2v and, after turning off my computer and turning it on again, we can still hear some beeps!

What is the default voltage for I/O in the 440BX chipset (from Intel, not from Abit with their 3.5v default)?

Anyway, thank you very much, Chrasher for the hints!

Rayon(r)

 

[Chrasher]

Sorry, bad luck
Default AGP-spec. voltage is 3.3V
It worked for me with a Creative GeForce-2 GTS. Most of the time on 3.20V I can boot normaly, but when it beeps I just hit the powerbutton for a second off and on and it will boot normaly.

When I'm using the keyboard for booting - CTRL F1-F12 (bios-setting) I don't have this problem at all.

 

[BuddyHolly]

Strange. I have never heard of that problem. My Gladic worked perfect out of the box with the be6r2 and is working in a couple of my friends rigs. Try upping the I/O voltage to 3.7 or so. May help. Also, what is your fsb set to? Any strange pci/isa cards? Remove them all except for one stick of ram and the video card to see if there are any specific card conflicts..

 

[rayon]

BuddyHolly, I tried this card alone in my system and no go. I'm running a P3-700 in a 100MHz FSB. Have not tried overclock yet. I wanna make sure everything is working properly before trying to overclock. AGP is set to 2/3 and PCI to 1/3.

I'm going to try 3.6v and 3.7v I/O Voltage as I get home later today, but as you said, it should work in the default 3.5v(Abit) or 3.3v but it's not!

I'm thinking about returning this stuff, but I don't know what to return (video card or motherboard?) since this GLADIAC worked fine in a Dell Precision 610 in my work and the Diamond TNT2 of this system worked fine in my BE6-II!

This is sad!

Thanks,

Rayon(r)