If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing PCI Video Card with AGP card
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 -- My personal interest web site: www.globalpermaculture.50megs.com Hey, I'm still learning! |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
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. You did remove the PCI card right? Most boards this just sets which card if the primary video -if- you are using two card, it should still work whatever it's set on. 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??? You could try changing it and if all else fails, reset the bios to get the default setting back which is probably PCI. Again I doubt this is the problem, more likely a dead video card. -- Stacey |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
First time I put in an AGP card I didn't seat it enough. Wasn't pushed down
all the way and got beep error code. "Retreatgal" wrote in message news:40985f30@grungy... 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 -- My personal interest web site: www.globalpermaculture.50megs.com Hey, I'm still learning! |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Hi Stacey
You did remove the PCI card right? Yes, I did remove the PCI card first. You could try changing it and if all else fails, reset the bios to get the default setting back which is probably PCI. Again I doubt this is the problem, more likely a dead video card. I don't want to change the BIOS until I know if the AGP card is alive as I do not want to reset the BIOS. I have a friend who already has an AGP card in their pc, so I will try the offending card in their machine. Like you, I suspect it is a dead video card. Retreatgal |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
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 -- My personal interest web site: www.globalpermaculture.50megs.com 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. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
|
#7
|
|||
|
|||
On Fri, 07 May 2004 10:06:02 +0800, WebWalker
wrote: Are you putting an 8X AGP card to a 1-2X AGP slot ? Would that be possible without a hammer? |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
On Wed, 05 May 2004 03:28:53 GMT, "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 Many super 7 boards were fussy about AGP video cards, moreso than other comtemporary platforms or anything that has come after them. Often super 7 boards used Voodoo3 video because in it's agp version it lacked many agp features and acted like a PCI card, except in the faster AGP slot. If your card is a TNT chipset then that was a known problem, but largely because it was a popular chipset during the super 7 era, cards coming afterwards could have same problem but simply weren't tested in sufficient volume. Then there's power... different video card likely uses more power so the question of the power suppply adequacy comes into play. Sometimes it's not a matter of whether the bios is set to agp or PCI, but that it does need to be reset, "clear cmos" to get the new video card to work. 8 beeps isnt' telling, you might be best off to just reinstall the PCI card as a 550Mhz super 7 system isn't worth the time or money to fool with, better to just have it working with the PCI card and consider other alternative systems if it won't perform appropriate for intended use. |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
On Fri, 07 May 2004 03:50:42 GMT, kony wrote:
On Fri, 07 May 2004 10:06:02 +0800, WebWalker wrote: Are you putting an 8X AGP card to a 1-2X AGP slot ? Would that be possible without a hammer? Some older, cheaper motherboards are not keyed in a way that would keep an 8x AGP card from fitting. If they left the plastic "keys" out, any card will fit. It just won't work. Have ran into this before. JT |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
On Fri, 07 May 2004 11:32:47 GMT, JT wrote:
On Fri, 07 May 2004 03:50:42 GMT, kony wrote: On Fri, 07 May 2004 10:06:02 +0800, WebWalker wrote: Are you putting an 8X AGP card to a 1-2X AGP slot ? Would that be possible without a hammer? Some older, cheaper motherboards are not keyed in a way that would keep an 8x AGP card from fitting. If they left the plastic "keys" out, any card will fit. It just won't work. Have ran into this before. JT Which boards? There were plenty of AGP universal slotted boards but those will run 8X cards, at 4X. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
How to buy a video card? | Maciek | General | 3 | May 5th 04 07:37 AM |
Advice on new video card | Frustrated | General | 4 | December 12th 03 04:19 PM |
Video Card Help | SteveC | General | 1 | October 20th 03 07:08 AM |
Where to get replacement video card fan? Or maybe just use a heatsink? | Vanguard | General | 3 | September 20th 03 07:24 PM |
Video card memory too low | BuDMaN | General | 4 | September 12th 03 01:27 AM |