I have installed 3 video cards and none seem to work!!

[stockjock]

I'm trying to install a video card an EPOX MVP3C socket 7 mobo. The cards get recognized by Win 98, but after recognition and the computer goes for the reboot I get an error something like your Nvidia TNT Pro has a problem..try reloading the drivers. I have reloaded drivers, tried different video cards and I still get same error. Do you think the AGP port has gone bad???

 

[loveturtle]

system specs?

 

[stockjock]

EPOX MVP3C
AMD K6III+ 450
64mb PC 100
3.2 Samsung HD
Diamond TNT2 32mb AGP video card (not working) tried other cards as well
56X CD
Asound sound card
250w AT case

Thats the guts of it..

 

[konichiwa]

If I'm not mistaken, didn't the K6-3 motherboards have a notorious AGP problem?

 

[stockjock]

I didn't know that..but I'm starting to think it!!!

 

[Double Trouble]

If you have one available, you might want to try a non-agp card on your board to see if that's the problem (PCI). Also, make sure you load all the right agp gart drivers etc for that motherboard, as it won't function correctly with AGP if you don't have the right drivers installed.

 

[stockjock]

I think if I load WinME that should take care of any AGP problems too.

 

[Double Trouble]

I've found ME to be a little more picky about what components it deals with properly..... 98SE seems to be more device friendly, but only if you can find the right drivers.

Good luck!

 

[jmorrell]

Been there, done that with a TNT on a super7 motherboard. Super7 motherboards and TNT video cards are hard, but not impossible, to get working right. First, make sure you have the latest VIA 4 in 1 drivers loaded. They include the AGP GART driver that "tagej" mentioned in his post. Make sure you load the AGP driver portion of the 4 in 1 in Turbo mode. After loading the 4 in 1 driver, you need to make some BIOS changes. First, go into the BIOS Features Setup screen and disable Video BIOS Shadow and PCI/VGA Pallette Snoop. Second, go into the Chipset Features Setup screen, disable Video BIOS Cacheable, and make sure AGP Aperature is set to 64mb, regardless of how much RAM you have installed (I know this sounds strange, but this has proven to solve many problems with AGP cards and super7 motherboards). Third, go into PNP/PCI Configuration screen and enable Assign IRQ for VGA (if it isn't enabled, this is most likely the reason you get the error message you are seeing). Fourth, go into the Integrated Peripherals setup screen and set Init Display First to AGP. When you reboot after changing the BIOS settings, your card should be properly recognized and the correct drivers that you previously installed will be loaded by Windows. You should also have no lockup problems with running any 3D games.

 

[stockjock]

now your talkin...thanks for all that info...I bet your right about this..