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Re: GeForce 2 GTS (32mb) Problem

#459
From: Byron Hinson
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 23:10
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Tried reseating it and changing the voltage. Power suppy is 300W.....still
no luck.

--
Byron Hinson
ActiveWin: http://www.activewin.com
ActiveXBox: http://www.activexbox.com


"Frank" <nospam@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:95i0mo$ec$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net...
> Byron, try reseating the card.  I know you think it's properly
> seated but do it anyway.  Then go into your system bios setup
> and increase the voltage to your AGP slot to 3.5v.  Last thing,
> check the specs for your power supply.  If it's less than 250
> or 300W you may need to upgrade it.
>
> "Byron Hinson" <byron@activewin.com> wrote in message
news:l8%e6.7929$Ee3.201652@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com...
> | Last Sunday I bought a Creative GeForce 2 GTS 32mb card for my Pentium
III
> | 800EB Abit BE6-II Rev 2 PC. Since that time I have had nothing but
problems
> | from midweek onwards.
> |
> | Firstly sometimes the computer (on boot) will display multicolored
garbage
> | text which means its impossible to do anything in Windows/Bios
> | etc...othertimes the PC will not detect a graphics card is even in the
PC
> | and I will get a beep on starting up the PC. Only a hard reboot will
correct
> | the problem.
> |
> | I have checked to make sure that the card is in the AGP slot ok and my
G400
> | works perfectly in the PC...is this the problem I have heard about
Creative
> | GeForce 2 cards having with various ABIT motherboards or do I have a
faulty
> | GeForce 2 Card (either way I guess it's going back tomorrow)
> |
> | Cheers
> |
> | --
> | Byron Hinson
> | ActiveWin: http://www.activewin.com
> | ActiveXBox: http://www.activexbox.com
> |
> |
>
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