SiS 530 on board vid card

[frank5]

Happy that it worked for you,

Frank

[wheezy12185]

hey guys, whats up, i just read all of the posts u guys wrote, and i decided to tell yall whats goin on. i gave up on the sis 530, and i brought back the gforce 2, and i bought a ps2 with the money. once i get enough money, im gonna buy a $80 mother board, and a $80 processor, and then that same gforce 2 for $80. the reason why i couldnt do any of that stuff in bios, is cuz, when ever i just placed the gforce 2 in the pci slot, without even hooking it up to anything, and the on board vid card would still be hooked up, the computer wouldnt turn on. so there was no way i could switch anything in bios. so if u guys come up with anything, then tell me, but other wise, dont worry bout it.

[elroy]

Maybe I missed something somewhere but did you ever try installing the new video card and hooking the monitor to it and booting the machine? Maybe it is trying to boot with the add-on video card but you have the monitor hooked to the onboard video. So you get nothing.

[frank5]

I think he still never changed and saved the VGA graphics to PCI in BIOS properly while using the on board AGP video. If not, when he reboots using the PCI video card, he gets a blank sreen.

[deeviant]

I attempted all of the fore-mentioned tips but none worked for me.

Seems like my problem is that the on-board video card when kaplunk and when i tried to install a PCI video card, I still couldn't get anything. Obviously pluging the monitor to the on-board card is useless (since it doesn't even give me the POST). Any ideas on this one?

[frank5]

If your on board video is blown, then you can't access the BIOS to change your VGA graphics to PCI, therefore, you get no video using your PCI video card. I don't think there is anything you can do if this is the case.
Why do you think your on board video is blown?

[wheezy12185]

ok, my card was a pci card, and i tried to hook it up to the monitor, and it didnt work, and i dont even have any agp slots, so, i think this gives yall the info that u hadnt already had. hope it helps. ttyl, peace.

[frank5]

Wheezy,If PCI was selected as primary adapter under VGA graphics in the BIOS before you tried the PCI video card, then it should work.
If it doesn't work, then as stated by Peter Missel earlier in this thread, the PCI card doesn't support multi display.
In order to support multi display, you need multi display support with regard to the BIOS, video cards, and operating system.

[deeviant]

Originally posted by frank5
If your on board video is blown, then you can't access the BIOS to change your VGA graphics to PCI, therefore, you get no video using your PCI video card. I don't think there is anything you can do if this is the case.

THAT SUX!

Why do you think your on board video is blown?

It was working fine before, but one day while I booted it up it started giving me these odd colorations on the screen. I thought it was the monitor dying on me, but when I switched it to another working one, there was no video. I tried several others with the same result. (The other monitors work just fine with my other setups.) So I thought I could put in a PCI video card to over-ride the on-board one. Is there really no HOPE?

[frank5]

Deeviant, why don't you post your problem as a separate thread. You will get alot more feedback that way. Also post your specs. so that the problem could be better analyzed. Are you getting a post beep,etc. If you're not getting any beeps, you might have hardware problem of a different type.If no post beep is heard,try reseating your RAM. Also, try clearing your CMOS via jumper or removing your CMOs battery for about 2 hours. Did you make any changes in BIOS,overclock your RAM or cpu, or add any other hardware around the time the problem started? Motherboard or cpu failure could also present this way if your not getting a post beep.(Case speaker would have to be connected to m\b in order to hear any beeps)
If you get a post beep and no video, that means that you are posting successfully, and your problem is probably video related,adapter,monitor, cables,bent cable pins, loose connections, etc.

[deeviant]

Thanks Frank5! I'll check it out with your suggestions first. If unsuccefull I will start a new thread for a cleared support.