Retreatgal wrote:
Hi
I wondered of anyone could help me here. Maybe someone else has encountered
this problem.
I am fixing an old socket 7, 550mhz pc. It currently uses a PCI video card
and I purchased a second hand AGP card. When I booted I got the 8 beeps
video card error. I went into BIOS and the primary video adapter is set for
PCI.
The questions a
Does putting in an AGP card whilst the BIOS is configured for PCI cause
these beeps? Rather than a dead AGP card.
And if I change the setting to AGP, reboot, and still get the beeps, will I
have any display happening if I put the PCI card back in but before I
reconfigure the BIOS for PCI? Or do I just get a black screen until I
source another AGP card???
Cheers
Retreatgal
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Hey, I'm still learning!
The primary video setting in the bios just tells the bios which bus to
go to first for video. In a dual video card setup, it will be the #1
card. The bios will look to both busses for a video card during the
power on self test (POST) process. So it's quite possible the AGP card
is DOA.