Motherboard incompabilities..

[(Medieval)]

Anyway, I bought an Asus p2-99 motherboard (new Asus release), slot1 366 Celeron (retail), 64 meg pc100, new case.

It seems my old ATI mach 64 2 meg is incompabtible (it will not boot with this card but will with others.) So I have to get a new vid (no biggie, was needing to anyway.)

Usually there are just vid card incompatibilities, right? My creative soundblaster 16, USR 33.6, Maxtor 6.4, 8x creative, and such should all work okay right? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Anyways I'm thinking of getting a TNT2.

(I've only seen video card incompatibilties, personally.)

Thoughts? Suggestions? Answers? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[MR COMPUTER]

The ATI card should boot! Check your bios-Initial display should say "pci" for the ATI to work.I'll bet its set to "agp". The rest should be compatible. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[(Medieval)]

Maybe I should specify - with the ATI- I get NO POST. The card at the shop (also PCI) they get a boot.

[(Medieval)]

Yeah but how can I change the settings pci/agp for the bios if it never gets there?
I dont see a jumper for it.


Another PCI vid card they used (it was a 4 meg something or other) booted up fine.. this one..no go

I don't know what to say.. it's wierd.

[(Medieval)]

Sorry for all the replies here, but this is a silly question but you never know:

this is an ATX case, power works a little differently than the old pentiums

There is a 0/1 power switch at the back, and a power and reset (I believe) switches at the front.

To turn it on, I just flick on that in the back (the front one doesn't seem to turn it on)

Cause when I use the back power it turns on only for a half second.. with my ATI.. at the shop it works with their pci card.. Just wonderin if I may be turning on the power incorrectly heh.


I also heard someone else say that they had a similar problem to this and they held one button and pressed another???

I truly can't see the ATI being uncompatible. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Susan]

The back rocker switch is a kill switch when all else fails. This switch needs to be on for the front to work.

There is an on Switch in the front, which exactly what it its...an on switch. There should also be a reset switch or pinhole. You need to use a pen for the pinhole ones. Gosh, I hate them!

Your systems off switch is determined by the WIN. When you tell WIN to shut down, that's what it does. No need to push any switches.
Just leave the rocker in the back on and use your front switches for rebooting/starting when testing the video.

Have you tried putting the video card in a different slot?

[MR COMPUTER]

A power supply turning on for a second only,indicates a short or ground condition. I agree with Susan,try another slot.Examine the terminal end of the Ati card for problems. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[(Medieval)]

Yeah, I'll try some of those things. Can't be a problem with the ATI, it still works fine in my old computer http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif Can't be a problem with the mb/cpu/ram either, as it boots up fine with another PCI card.

I'll try a different slot.

[(Medieval)]

LOL! I feel like such an IDIOT!

I never turned the power on correctly.. that was the only problem!

Heh. They had to make the ATX soooo confusing (j/k) http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Never a problem with the ATI after all heh... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Thanks for the help anyway!

I'm still getting a new vid afterall, but I don't have to get it right away- TNT2 or Voodoo3 depending which I can find for a better price (I realize the TNT2 has some features like 32bit and such but there is very little difference from what I've seen in screenshots - and the Voodoo3 has glide, important for some older games and the N64 emulator. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif)


Medieval