Geforce 4 help

[Joe]

I have a geforce 4 MX 420 PCI graphics card and want it to
replace my aging Voodoo 5 5500 AGP card. The problem is
that when I try to install it, the computer does not boot.
I receive a POST error and I am dumbfounded as to the
cause.

I am running XP Pro, a 1.6ghz P4, 512MB ram.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Dragonteeth]

"Joe" > wrote in message
...
> I have a geforce 4 MX 420 PCI graphics card and want it to
> replace my aging Voodoo 5 5500 AGP card. The problem is
> that when I try to install it, the computer does not boot.
> I receive a POST error and I am dumbfounded as to the
> cause.
>
> I am running XP Pro, a 1.6ghz P4, 512MB ram.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Try going into your CMOS and check your AGP settings. Make sure you've not
got some setting that pose a problem for the motherboard in handling your
new card.

Possible culprits might be: AGP Fast Write, AGP Comp Driving, AGP Read
Synchronization, etc.

Pull out your Motherboard manual, and walk through those AGP settings....
You may find that what made sense for your previous card, doesn't make sense
any more, for the new one. Unless otherwise specified in your manual, try
setting all AGP stuff to auto.... then try booting.... if that works,
slowly tune each setting, avoiding those that cause boot problems.

[Joe]

Well I am tried every CMOS setting known to mortal man that
my BIOS has. I looked in the mother board manual and I
might as well read the chinese section because it had
nothing that I already hadn't tried. Tempted to just do my
yearly format a bit early and let a clean XP see the card
during the install. Thanks
>
>Try going into your CMOS and check your AGP settings.
Make sure you've not
>got some setting that pose a problem for the motherboard
in handling your
>new card.
>
>Possible culprits might be: AGP Fast Write, AGP Comp
Driving, AGP Read
>Synchronization, etc.
>
>Pull out your Motherboard manual, and walk through those
AGP settings....
>You may find that what made sense for your previous card,
doesn't make sense
>any more, for the new one. Unless otherwise specified in
your manual, try
>setting all AGP stuff to auto.... then try booting.... if
that works,
>slowly tune each setting, avoiding those that cause boot
problems.
>
>
>
>.
>

[Dragonteeth]

"Joe" > wrote in message
...
> Well I am tried every CMOS setting known to mortal man that
> my BIOS has. I looked in the mother board manual and I
> might as well read the chinese section because it had
> nothing that I already hadn't tried. Tempted to just do my
> yearly format a bit early and let a clean XP see the card
> during the install. Thanks
> >
> >Try going into your CMOS and check your AGP settings.
> Make sure you've not
> >got some setting that pose a problem for the motherboard
> in handling your
> >new card.
> >
> >Possible culprits might be: AGP Fast Write, AGP Comp
> Driving, AGP Read
> >Synchronization, etc.
> >
> >Pull out your Motherboard manual, and walk through those
> AGP settings....
> >You may find that what made sense for your previous card,
> doesn't make sense
> >any more, for the new one. Unless otherwise specified in
> your manual, try
> >setting all AGP stuff to auto.... then try booting.... if
> that works,
> >slowly tune each setting, avoiding those that cause boot
> problems.
> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Hi Joe,

I made a mistake in my previous reply.... did you said PCI. Your new
Geforce PCI is replacing an AGP card.

I am sorry for missing that in your original post. As soon as I saw Geforce
MX... I erroneously assumed AGP...even though you clearly said PCI. My bad.
Scratch all the stuff I said about your AGP settings....

*** Check for an option in CMOS that sets whether to use AGP or PCI upon
boot. That's probably it. You should be able to choose (PCI, AGP, or
Auto).

How about including some specific information so we can actually help
you.... since you're holding back on the data (your motherboard make/model,
chipset, BIOS, etc.) It's hard not to be very generalized.

Does your Motherboard support PCI 2.0? The card requires it..... What are
your PCI bus settings(again, that's in CMOS).

Try not to let your frustration get the better of you.... this news group
can probably help you resolve the problem... but generally speaking, you
need to provide more info.... otherwise, checkout the
public.psychic.hardware news group. :o)

[Joe]

Well it's and ECS Group Motherboard P4S5A, the SiS 645DX
North bridge, 961 or 962 southbridge, DDR and SDRAM. 400mhz
FSB. Award BIOS, I have PCI 2.1 complaince and as for my
BIOS settings for a video card I can have it allocate an
IRQ to VGA, the Primary Graphics Adapter can be set to AGP
or PCI. All this is what I have memorized, I am currently
in the mid-moving jumble so I just figured that I could
post on here, and hopefully buy the time we get moved in,
I can get this problem taken care of.



>*** Check for an option in CMOS that sets whether to use
AGP or PCI upon
>boot. That's probably it. You should be able to choose
(PCI, AGP, or
>Auto).
>
>How about including some specific information so we can
actually help
>you.... since you're holding back on the data (your
motherboard make/model,
>chipset, BIOS, etc.) It's hard not to be very
generalized.
>
>Does your Motherboard support PCI 2.0? The card requires
it..... What are
>your PCI bus settings(again, that's in CMOS).
>
>Try not to let your frustration get the better of you....
this news group
>can probably help you resolve the problem... but generally
speaking, you
>need to provide more info.... otherwise, checkout the
>public.psychic.hardware news group. :o)
>
>
>
>.
>

[Joe]

CORRECTION ON THE BIOS
>Well it's and ECS Group Motherboard P4S5A, the SiS 645DX
>North bridge, 961 or 962 southbridge, DDR and SDRAM.
400mhz
>FSB. American Megatrends v1.2.11 4-2-02 BIOS, I have PCI
2.1 complaince and as for my
>BIOS settings for a video card I can have it allocate an
>IRQ to PCI VGA, the Primary Graphics Adapter can be set to
AGP
>or PCI. All this is what I have memorized, I am currently
>in the mid-moving jumble so I just figured that I could
>post on here, and hopefully buy the time we get moved in,
>I can get this problem taken care of.
>
>
>
>>*** Check for an option in CMOS that sets whether to use
>AGP or PCI upon
>>boot. That's probably it. You should be able to choose
>(PCI, AGP, or
>>Auto).
>>
>>How about including some specific information so we can
>actually help
>>you.... since you're holding back on the data (your
>motherboard make/model,
>>chipset, BIOS, etc.) It's hard not to be very
>generalized.
>>
>>Does your Motherboard support PCI 2.0? The card requires
>it..... What are
>>your PCI bus settings(again, that's in CMOS).
>>
>>Try not to let your frustration get the better of you....

>this news group
>>can probably help you resolve the problem... but
generally
>speaking, you
>>need to provide more info.... otherwise, checkout the
>>public.psychic.hardware news group. :o)
>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

[Frank]

"Joe" > wrote in message
...
| I have a geforce 4 MX 420 PCI graphics card and want it to
| replace my aging Voodoo 5 5500 AGP card. The problem is
| that when I try to install it, the computer does not boot.
| I receive a POST error and I am dumbfounded as to the
| cause.
|
| I am running XP Pro, a 1.6ghz P4, 512MB ram.
|
| Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Put the V5 card back in. See if it posts. If it does then
try reseating the gforce in the pci slot. If it don't post
then it is either a bad video card or a bad mainboard.
I thought that the V5 was a better card than anything
I have since used. Newer mainboards will not accept
the V5 for voltage reasons.