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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
| 
| 

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
> |
> |
>

If it makes any difference the GeForce 2 bios is
2.15.4.01.12

Are there any newer ones around that fix problems with various motherboards?

--
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

I don't know about the bios version, if your BE6-II was made
prior to 07/00 then a video bios update won't help.

Have you tried reseating the card and not screwing it down?
On some mobo/case combinations the AGP card will rise very
slightly when it's screwed in.  If that doesn't work I'm out of
ideas, except to try another card (or motherboard).

"Byron Hinson" <byron@activewin.com> wrote in message news:Oe0f6.8354$Ee3.206533@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com...
| If it makes any difference the GeForce 2 bios is
| 2.15.4.01.12
| 
| Are there any newer ones around that fix problems with various motherboards?

Of course, the minute you mentioned a Softmenu-III board, the problem
was obvious :(

Call Abit and RMA the board.  it's defective--the problem is an
incompatiblity with the PWM voltage regulator and Geforce2 boards.
This was eventually acknowledged by Abit, and the newest revision
BE6-2 and BF6 (i believe, all boards made AFTER July '00) have fixed
this problem.




On Sat, 3 Feb 2001 22:01:18 -0000, "Byron Hinson" 
<byron@activewin.com> enlightened us by scribbling this gem of wisdom:

>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

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Falkentyne Dragon
  -==(UDIC)==-

(formerly Antos Dragon)

Hi!

Don't change your video card because it's not that. There are some
problems with newer video cards and Abit Softmenu III mainboards made
prior July 2000. I have the same problem like you but with a BF-6 and a
Leadtek GF2 GTS 32 mb. It apears there is a capacitor on the Abit board
(C49) that is a troublemaker. It's been said that if you replace this
C49 with a 0.1 uF SMT capacitor everything will work fine. No one has
done this though. Try sending a mail to Abit and see what they tell you.

My advice is to go for a new mainboard. Asus or MSI sound nice.


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