[ale] OT: New Video, no video

[Robert L. Harris]

We just got 5 cards in.  Plugged them in.  They work great in the single 
proc boxes, not in any of the dual proc.  (just found this out 2 mins
ago from a co-worker).  ONe of the VP's has a dual proc so I'm not alone
here ateast.


Thus spake Geoffrey (esoteric at denali.atlnet.com):

> "Robert L. Harris" wrote:
> > 
> > Just got a new box for my desk.  Dell PowerEdge 1300/450, dual proc.
> > Been building it out Debian Sid using the built in video card until the
> > new card ordered showed up.  Got the card Xtasy 5332 GForce2, 32meg from
> > VisionTek.  Plug it in the PCI slot and reboot.  No beeps, no signal to
> > video, nothing.  TAke the card out, works like it just did.  Took  the
> > card out, put in an old 2meg PCI S3 card, comes up fine.  Upgraded
> > the FlashBIOS, no change.
> 
> I don't know, but I had the same thing happen to me when I bought a new
> Radeon agp card.  I contacted Radeon, and Asus (my motherboard).  Both
> were baffled and said the card must be bad.  I took it back, got
> another, worked like a charm.  Well all else fails, it just may be a
> dead card.  Got any other hardware you can try it in?
> 
> > 
> > I'm on hold with VisionTek now (have been for 45 mins+).
> > 
> > Any thoughts?
> > 
> > (Yeah, way off topic other than gonna be my new Linux desktop at work,
> > but there are some very inventive people with some great exp on this
> > list.)
> > 
> > Thanks,
> >   Robert
> > 
> > :wq!
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :
> > Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability
> >   at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
> >                                 \_       that important!
> > DISCLAIMER:
> >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > FYI:
> >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> > 
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> --
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
> 
> "...the system (Microsoft passport) carries significant risks to users
> that
> are not made adequately clear in the technical documentation available."
> - David P. Kormann and Aviel D. Rubin, AT&T Labs - Research
> - http://www.avirubin.com/passport
> 
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:wq!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
  at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
                                \_       that important!
DISCLAIMER:
      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'


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