Geforce 2MX problems

[Dudd]

I just bought an Inno3d Tornado II MX to replace my aging 16MB TNT card that came with my Dell. However, when I replaced the TNT with the Tornado II MX, I got a strange beep error that told me that no video card was present. I tested this on my uncle's E-Machine's computer, and the same beep occurred. Normally, he runs a Hercules 3d Prophet IIMX in his AGP slot, and it works fine. The card was thought to be faulty, so I sent it back for a replacement. Today, the replacement came, and the exact same beep error occurred. I doubt that I got two bad cards in a row, so something must be conflicting with the Geforce in both mine and my uncle's system. I don't know the system configuration of my uncle's computer besides the fact that he runs a P3 600 and the Hercules card, but here is mine.

Pentium 3 500mhz
Dell OEM version of an Intel SE440BX-2 motherboard
16MB TNT running in an AGP 1.0 slot @ 2X mode
Turtle Beach Montego II sound card
256 MB Ram

Has anyone else ever had this problem and if so, were you able to fix it without reverting to a different card? Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can fix this? BIOS changes, anything? If it turns out that I'm screwed, I guess my only option would be to buy either a different version of a Geforce 2 MX, such as the Hercules one in my uncles computer, or a version of the Radeon. Or would that be even possible with my system configuration? Please help. Thanks.

 

[sohcrates]

well,

1) is there onboard video? if so, you need to disable that in the bios. of course, you can't get to the bios if you get "no video card" beeps. hmmm

2) remove all other cards and just try to boot with only the video card installed

3)report back with results!

 

[Dudd]

I don't think that my computer came with on-board video, just with a TNT in the AGP slot. Prior to installing the Geforce, I removed the TNT from the device manager and then removed the drivers from the add/remove program list. Is there anything else I have to remove, or is that it? I also have tried to use the MX with no other cards in the other slots: same results-beeeeep, beep-beep.

 

[Dudd]

Alright, I just went into my BIOS and checked the video settings. AGP is enabled by default and the AGP apparture size is 64 MB. I can change that to 256, would that make a difference or not? Really, I'm at a loss here. I thought upgrading your video card was supposed to be one of the easiest upgrades you could make to a computer.

 

[InFecTed]

Try one more time on another computer if you can. If same sh*t happens again, kill the guys that sold you the video card

 

[sohcrates]

seriously, this is pretty strange. the only other things i can think of are

1) you ARE sure you're putting it in the AGP slot right? (sorry, but i had to ask)

2) are you sure the card is seated properly?

3) perhaps clearing the cmos would help things. you can do that either with the jumpers on the mobo or by taking the battery out for 30 minutes or so

 

[Dudd]

Yep, positive. I've had no problems putting my TNT back in, and my uncle, who is pretty computer profficient, having replaced basically every part on his computer except for the CPU and the motherboard, also tried seating the card in my and his computer, getting the same results. Also, what are the cmos? I've never really heard that term before, could you please explain that a little further.

 

[sohcrates]

clearing the cmos is basically setting the bios to it's defaults. it's actually a highly efficient fix to many really weird hardware problems.

 

[Dudd]

Well, I've never fooled around in my BIOS, so I don't see why I would need to do that. I haven't made any changes to it besides updating it with the newest Dell BIOS.

 

[DougFrippon]

Either ur computer really doesnt take that precise brand of card
Either ur really got badlucky and got a second broken card..

 

[Helznicht]

Getting 2 bad cards in a row can happen.

Ordered a Linksys nic on line, got it, no led.

RMAed and went to BestBuy to get a replacement linksys nic, no led.

Yanked my D-link Nic out of my PC and put it in the other one, A-OK.

It happens, but yeah, try just one more pc.

 

[Dudd]

Alright, I'll try it out on another computer and see what happens.