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Well, after two go-arounds with Diamond, it definitely turned out to be a
defective card.

A couple of points about all of this:

1) Diamond needs to get their shit together on RMA's. The first card they sent
out was as defective as the original card and it was eight days late.

2) In all this discussion many of us (especially ME) need to remember something:
a black screen lock up is almost always hardware related (I said "almost" so
PULEAZE don't jump down my throat <grin>) and a blue screen lock up is software
related.

Brad Ball wrote:

> Ed Brown wrote in message <37536ce2.0@news.pacifier.com>...
> >IMHO, there is nothing wrong with the CL Banshee AGP card.  Virtually all
> >of the problems that people have had with this card stem from incorrect
> >setup/installation.  Very often, people do not have and do not seem
> >willing to download the newest drivers for AGP, their motherboard,
>
> <snip>
> >
> >Bottom line... I have a CL AGP Banshee in a homebuilt K6-2 300 machine
> >with a FIC 503+ v1.2a motherboard.  It runs great with zero probs.  The
> >initial setup was difficult but nothing that most of the people frequenting
> >this group could not handle.
>
> I agree with you Ed, too many people here blame the video card when they
> aren't capable of figuring out a setup issue. But I can assue you this was
> NOT a setup issue. I've been a computer support tech for many years so I
> know the importance of updated drives, bios flashing, clean installs, etc.
> I'm not saying that there is a problem with ALL Banshee AGP cards. But I
> have personally experienced 2 situations where the AGP Banshee cards caused
> random "black screen lockup" problems on a cold boot. Both systems were only
> a few days old. After checking back with the store where one system was
> purchased, I found they currently had FIVE machines in the shop all with the
> EXACT same problem. Putting those Banshee AGP cards into another system
> proved the cards worked fine. Putting a Banshee PCI card in each computer
> proved the computers worked fine. What this did show was a compatibility
> problem with the Banshee AGP cards and CERTAIN SYSTEMS. I know the machine I
> was working on had an Abit BH6 motherboard and I tried flashing the newest
> bios with the same result. Windows98 was also installed FRESH. Furthermore,
> it was not a CMOS setup problem with AGP settings either. Been there, done
> that. And no overclocking was involved.
>
> So, just because you have an AGP Banshee working in your particluar setup,
> does not mean the card has no compatibility problems. Obviously it does.
> Like I said, if you doubt what I am saying, go to www.dejanews.com and try
> searching for "banshee black screen" or "banshee lockup" and you will
> discover many people with similar problems. I would advise anyone looking
> for a Banshee to get a PCI version just to be safe. If you get an AGP
> version and it works then great! But please be aware of the possible
> problem.
>
> Brad.

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