Mystery machine

If your on-board stuff starts dying, it is time for a new mobo.

I like AMD but I think you mixed up the stated facts. Napa gnome already has an AMD Athlon. Mjd420nova said to chuck it in favor of Intel. So you could't "agree" with chucking Intel. That would be disagreement.

Of course your post could be implying sarcasm with the winky-smiley.

And yes I have to be pretty bored to nit pick. I've been studying the Linux boot sequence again. Repetition is the mother of learning. One day I'll be able to name all of the files involved in the boot sequence for each distribution. The fun part of the Linux boot sequence is that it has several variations. Red Hat is like Solaris. Debian is like the Linux books. And SuSE, well, SuSE has their own way of doing things, but with purpose. :-)

...could be a conflict with two video cards.
make sure the old defective vidio card is 'uninstalled' than you might get a chance to install the one. Also, could be an irq conflict.
you might need to set or change the irq on the new card. Or, new boards are cheep anyway. let us know what happens please. -d

You've probably already done this but;

Have you tried disabling the on board video in the BIOS/CMOS or via jumpers?

Have you tried uninstalling the old video device/drivers when booted in safe mode?

Like Choppit I think the problem is in the BIOS settings. With all the boards that have on board capability, when you wish to use a card instead you ahve to disable the on board system you are replacing - usually in the BIOS, sometimes as a jumper setting. If you do not disable it the system will default to using the on board capability. Also the drivers for the on board system need to be removed and the drivers for the new card loaded.

Personally I have used dozens on boards with all sorts of on board capabilities and have found little problem with them. yes if you want top of the range sound or video you do NOT use on board sound or video as they are not top of the range. For your average home user the on board systems represent a significant saving for a quality difference that they can not detect.

Over the years I have used three AMD chips and had each go belly up within 12 months - and no they were not over clocked. Yet of the dozens of Intel systems I have used I have only had 4 go belly up 1 lasted 8 years, 2 after 10 years, and 1 after 11 years. Also I am still using some 386 and 486 systems for certain things - one is about 15 years old, and five are over 10 years old.

I like AMD but I think you mixed up the stated facts. Napa gnome already has an AMD Athlon. Mjd420nova said to chuck it in favor of Intel. So you could't "agree" with chucking Intel. That would be disagreement.

Of course your post could be implying sarcasm with the winky-smiley.

And yes I have to be pretty bored to nit pick. I've been studying the Linux boot sequence again. Repetition is the mother of learning. One day I'll be able to name all of the files involved in the boot sequence for each distribution. The fun part of the Linux boot sequence is that it has several variations. Red Hat is like Solaris. Debian is like the Linux books. And SuSE, well, SuSE has their own way of doing things, but with purpose.

Davis,
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Hi,

I would suggest that you look into your motherboard's manual and clear the CMOS. This usually does the trick. I recently built a PC and had similar problems. After clearing the CMOS it worked well.

Make sure there are no other drivers installed. Boot in safe mode and remove all video drivers in the 'device manager',

When you re-boot only standard VGA drivers will be used. Machine should boot up OK. (Provided there is not other video card still enabled in the BIOS)

If it boots OK in standard mode, download the Newest Drivers from the Video Card Manufacturer. Do not use the drivers that came with the card.

He copied someone else in the other thread that I linked to here. There doesn't seem to be any point to either post. I've looked at some of his other posts. He always has a link or two to other sites at the bottom of his posts. Different posts have different site links. Weird.

When he does write an original thought he writes well and makes good points.

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First, I'm pretty sure the onboard video was automatically disabled when you installed the new card, or you wouldn't see anything at all. Boot it up in safe mode. Then go into display settings and change the display adapter to "standard VGA adapter". Reboot again (normal this time) and follow the manufatcurer's instructions for installing the driver for the new video card.

One other thing to check in BIOS, look to see if there is anything asking about first display. Usually it will give you an option AGP or PCI. If it is set to AGP and the video card is a PCI card I've seen where it will not boot to normal Windows. It will go into safe mode. Make sure it is set to PCI.

Stick with the AMD chips. from the Athlon up these have been solid CPU's. The new 64 bit chips are really giving Intel a run for there money. Just my two cents worth.

if you can boot into safe-mode, then it is not a big problem.

it would be driver or software problem. i recommend to reinstall everything if there is nothing important on the hardisk

Sounds like you have an LCD monitor capable of 1024x768, feeding it with a 6430x480 signal.

The Last Known Good option is often handy for getting a damaged system up and running quickly. Every time Windows 2000 boots successfully, Windows takes a snapshot of its configuration. During the boot process, Windows presents a message that says Press the Spacebar for Last Known Good Configuration. Pressing the spacebar when you see this message causes Windows to boot using the same configuration it used during the last successful boot