Pc / graphics card related question
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hi all in PH land, need some help / advice on installing a graphics card to my kids PC.
Have an Nvidia 32mb PCI card (no AGP slot in motherboard)
which I want to install. have downloaded the drivers that relate to the system (win98) I fitted the card to the motherboard, powerd up pc & installed drivers. all seemed well & good, but I get some audable beeps from the graphics card when I power up. One long & 3 short beeps. The card is seated in the pci slot fully
& all seems to be OK, but it won't power up correctly.
Have taken the card out now & reverted to the on board graphics.
Any advice much appreciated. before any one asks No my son cannot afford to upgrade to a newer m/c. I had thought of
but there would only be tears.
Have an Nvidia 32mb PCI card (no AGP slot in motherboard)
which I want to install. have downloaded the drivers that relate to the system (win98) I fitted the card to the motherboard, powerd up pc & installed drivers. all seemed well & good, but I get some audable beeps from the graphics card when I power up. One long & 3 short beeps. The card is seated in the pci slot fully & all seems to be OK, but it won't power up correctly.
Have taken the card out now & reverted to the on board graphics.
Any advice much appreciated. before any one asks No my son cannot afford to upgrade to a newer m/c. I had thought of
but there would only be tears. depending on the mother board, 1 long beep followed by 3 short beeps during POST is a Graphics card failure. If you have access to another PC try it in that; if you get the same problem its the card. The other thing to do is try the card in a PCI slot that you know works. Its most likely the graphics card. If so you can get them very cheaply from www.ebuyer.co.uk
XFX GeForce MX4000 64mb - PCI TV-Out Retail
£35!
>> Edited by MilnerR on Monday 14th February 16:10
XFX GeForce MX4000 64mb - PCI TV-Out Retail
£35!
>> Edited by MilnerR on Monday 14th February 16:10
Hmmmm.....your graphics card shouldn't be beeping! No audio devices on it at all!
I'm guessing it's a Nvidia TNT2 PCI card? It sounds like the card is faulty.
Do you get any pictures on the screen when you start up your pc? Also, you might want to try changing a setting in your BIOS to tell the computer to look at the PCI slot first before the on-board graphics.
Do this before installing the card. If you don't know how to get access to your BIOS, have a look at your POST screen. It'll say, press ESC or DEL or F1, F12, etc to start setup.
Do that and look for BIOS settings and amend the details there. Be very careful though when playing with your BIOS as you can screw up your PC by changing something that shouldn't be changed!
Any problems, just email me!
I'm guessing it's a Nvidia TNT2 PCI card? It sounds like the card is faulty.
Do you get any pictures on the screen when you start up your pc? Also, you might want to try changing a setting in your BIOS to tell the computer to look at the PCI slot first before the on-board graphics.
Do this before installing the card. If you don't know how to get access to your BIOS, have a look at your POST screen. It'll say, press ESC or DEL or F1, F12, etc to start setup.
Do that and look for BIOS settings and amend the details there. Be very careful though when playing with your BIOS as you can screw up your PC by changing something that shouldn't be changed!
Any problems, just email me!
after powering up the pc & getting the 4 beeps. (I assumed it was the graphics card, but it's probably the speaker connected to the Mobo that's emmiting the beeps) I do get a picture on the screen. Not as good as the onboard graphics, but it's there. Everything else seems to work, but not as I would have expected.
The beeps you hear are used for diagnosis.
(useful when the screen is not working)
You match the beeps to a list from your motherboard.
Graphics card
CPU (processor)
Memory
***Graphics card problems***
Make sure you disable the onboard video in the bios
***PCI Express ***
This is a new type of slot.
Some motherboards have two types
PCI-Express (x1) slot and a faster version (16x) just for graphics.
(useful when the screen is not working)
You match the beeps to a list from your motherboard.
Graphics card
CPU (processor)
Memory
***Graphics card problems***
Make sure you disable the onboard video in the bios
***PCI Express ***
This is a new type of slot.
Some motherboards have two types
PCI-Express (x1) slot and a faster version (16x) just for graphics.
BIOS BEEP CODES
www.amptron.com/html/bios.beepcodes.html
Award BIOS > 1 LONG 3 SHORT beeps
equates to 'video adapter failure'
Good Luck
www.amptron.com/html/bios.beepcodes.html
Award BIOS > 1 LONG 3 SHORT beeps
equates to 'video adapter failure'
Good Luck
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