PCI Vid Card Bad?

[Fern]

Subject: Bad PCI Vid Card?

Just got a shuttle an35n-ultra mobo. It boots fine with an agp card. Tried to test a PCI vid card (Geforce4 MX 400 or so) for somebody. Can't get any video with the pci card.

I've heard current mobo's auto detect whether it's pci or agp? Anyway, did'nt find anything in the BIOS to select agp/pci for primary video. Cleared cmos on the chance that might do it, still no video on reboot w/the pci card.

Am I missing something, or might it be that this mobo does'nt support pci graphics (or maybe the guy's pci vid card does need to be rma'd)

BTW, this isn't an OS or driver problem. At this point, I have the mobo hooked up o/s the case with only cpu, ram and vid card. Just testing components before I screwdriver it together. Can't seem to find anything about this on Shuttle's site or in their manual

Thanks,

 

[huesmann]

There's gotta be a setting in there somewhere for init AGP/PCI.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: huesmann
There's gotta be a setting in there somewhere for init AGP/PCI.

I have this board, I'm damn near positive it has a setting for ignite/poll? display first AGP or PCI. Although its never matter what that was set to or not, it always found it anyway.

I would try the card on different PCI slots, set to ignite PCI first and then try on another PC. I tend to think its the video card...but sometimes certain components just refuse to work together despite the fact they both work. My abit KT7a and asus ti4200 being a prime example.

 

[Fern]

Thanks guys, you're right. I found it in the BIOS and it WAS set to PCI first. Looking like a vid card gone bad. I'm about to try in my rig below, if that don't work it's off to RMA.


Hey Ping, since you've got this mobo can tell me if you get ANY beep codes? I don't even get the usual beep on bootup. Does this mobo have a builtin speaker like most? I've got the case speaker hooked up, still nothing


Thanks again

 

[imported_raybay]

You have to disable the AGP... then with the AGP card out, the PCI will work.

 

[ss284]

Originally posted by: raybay
You have to disable the AGP... then with the AGP card out, the PCI will work.

If by disabling he means removing the card from the agp slot he is right.

The motherboard should detect that you have nothing in the agp slot, then check your pci slots for a video card. The "initialize pci/agp first" setting is important when you have multiple video cards in the pci and agp slots and what to select which card will be displaying the main screen.

-Steve

 

[Fern]

Thanks guys,

Sent the card back the guy telling him time to rma.

Looked like it stopped working in it's original machine. Tried it in the shuttle mobo, set to pci first in bios, no go, removed the 9800 pro in my rig below and tried again. Still no go. So I feel pretty sure the card is bad.

Thanks for your help,

 

[PingSpike]

I'm pretty sure mine beeps fine, but I have a PC speaker hitched up to it and the onboard sound card is disabled. Try plugging a set of speakers into the onboard sound and see if you get anything out of those. I've heard newer boards with onboard sound often send the beeps through there, although I have no idea why nor have I experienced it myself.

(I loath onboard sound anyway and always disable it.)