[ale] OT: New Video, no video

[Robert L. Harris]

No agp in this booger.  Can't find any jumpers.  When I plug in the PCI
S3 video card it works fine though.

Thus spake Vernard Martin (vernard at cc.gatech.edu):

> On Fri, 2001-10-19 at 15:31, 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'm on hold with VisionTek now (have been for 45 mins+).  
> > 
> > Any thoughts?
> > 
> 
> A couple of thoughts. First of all, this is a PCI slot card. your BIOS
> might have a setting on which type of video to boot from first. You need
> to change it to say PCI before AGP or just PCI. Also, most motherboards
> that have onboard video either have to have the onboard video disabled
> by a jumper on the motherboard or by a very smart bios that can detect
> multiple video being used and disable the internal one for you. Since
> Windows started supporting multiple cards, the smart bios that auto
> detcts for you hasn't been too popular. Make sure that you have manually
> disabled the onboard video.
> 
> hope this helps.
> 
> V



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