hallo,
Today I recieved my new 128mb AGP PNY Verto Geforce4 Ti 4400 to replace my old Asus Geforce 256. I uninstalled and removed the GF256 and put the Ti 4400 in, powered on, and all I see is vertical lines, 3 or 4 flashing randomly across the screen, about one character in width, the system boots up normally (atleast i think it does) with the vertical lines, I didnt want to run the computer much longer in case it might damage my monitor or vid card (is that possible? it didnt look too good). I put the Geforce 256 back in and the computer runs fine.
I'm wondering what I can do to fix the problem, I've done a little research but haven't found much, but what I have found is that it could be because of an old BIOS (see specs), and I should upgrade the BIOS to a a current version, does this sound like a good idea? I've never upgraded a BIOS before, do I update the BIOS? the chipset? the AGP driver? what do I use? VIA 4in1? do I use a bootdisk and update from DOS? or do I replace the drivers from windows?
Also, the new card is about a third longer than my old one, and one of the cylinders that sticks up from the board (a transistor??) is pressed hard against the top of the IDE ribbon where it goes into the motherboard, but the card sits fine in the slot and the cylinder is not getting bent in any way, could this be part of the problem?
The system is a couple of years old, here's the specs:
FIC SD-11 Mobo - AMI bios version NC608 (12/23/1999), current version listed is NC611 (7/11/00)
Athlon 550mhz
Asus V6600 Geforce 256 AGP (32mb)
512mb pc133 sdram
SB Live X Gamer
3com 3c905b nic
Maxtor 30 gig HD
HP 9100i CDRW + generic 52x cdrom
viewsonic a90 monitor
reply if you need more info
thanks
steve
Today I recieved my new 128mb AGP PNY Verto Geforce4 Ti 4400 to replace my old Asus Geforce 256. I uninstalled and removed the GF256 and put the Ti 4400 in, powered on, and all I see is vertical lines, 3 or 4 flashing randomly across the screen, about one character in width, the system boots up normally (atleast i think it does) with the vertical lines, I didnt want to run the computer much longer in case it might damage my monitor or vid card (is that possible? it didnt look too good). I put the Geforce 256 back in and the computer runs fine.
I'm wondering what I can do to fix the problem, I've done a little research but haven't found much, but what I have found is that it could be because of an old BIOS (see specs), and I should upgrade the BIOS to a a current version, does this sound like a good idea? I've never upgraded a BIOS before, do I update the BIOS? the chipset? the AGP driver? what do I use? VIA 4in1? do I use a bootdisk and update from DOS? or do I replace the drivers from windows?
Also, the new card is about a third longer than my old one, and one of the cylinders that sticks up from the board (a transistor??) is pressed hard against the top of the IDE ribbon where it goes into the motherboard, but the card sits fine in the slot and the cylinder is not getting bent in any way, could this be part of the problem?
The system is a couple of years old, here's the specs:
FIC SD-11 Mobo - AMI bios version NC608 (12/23/1999), current version listed is NC611 (7/11/00)
Athlon 550mhz
Asus V6600 Geforce 256 AGP (32mb)
512mb pc133 sdram
SB Live X Gamer
3com 3c905b nic
Maxtor 30 gig HD
HP 9100i CDRW + generic 52x cdrom
viewsonic a90 monitor
reply if you need more info
thanks
steve
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