July 18, 200223 yr As this forum has its fair share of Voodoo5 users, I wonder if any of you could cast your eye over this post I made at voodoofiles.net forum and give me any ideas :->>I bit long this story, but any help appreciated :-Upgraded my old mobo (a PCChips M577 with k6-2 550) to a new Gigabyte 7ZXE (with an Athlon XP 1800+ CPU). I had my Voodoo 5500 PCI in the old system and it worked well.I put the V5 into the new system, boot, and I get nothing, it shows nothing on screen, I get no beep codes from the new mobo. I try a GF2 GTS AGP in the new mobo (and take out the V5) and everything is fine. I set the 'VGA to boot' to PCI with the V5 and it still does not work. Even if this is set to PCI, the system WILL boot from the AGP slot with the GF2.So, I try the V5 in another older mobo (a P200MMX system). It does not work. Nothing on screen, but this time a get a beep code, one long and two short beeps (which means video error). So I put two PCI video cards into this P200MMX system, and it boots from the old S3 card it had as before. I flash the V5 with 1.16 BIOS and it flashes OK. I take out the S3 card, and leave the V5 in. I boot, and the V5 is detected, so now I know that the V5 is working and will POST OK.I take the V5 out and try it again in my new system, and exactly the same thing happens, it won't POST, nothing on screen, no beep codes. I take out the V5 and try again in the oldler system, same thing as before, I have to flash the V5.It seems like the new board is corrupting the V5 BIOS or something. Anyone know what the #### is going on please ?Thanks<http://website.lineone.net/~flightsimukAvoid AGP texturing = Better Performance ;)
July 20, 200223 yr Just turn AGP off!!! Just kidding Chris, :)Could be a voltage issue, I dont like the GiG boards for a lot of reasons and problems with video cards is one of them, you should post this question at thier site (Gigabyte).Hope you get it sorted out.
July 21, 200223 yr Hi Paul,Thought that myself initially, but when measuring 5v and 12v there is absolutely no difference with and without the V5 installed. The only thing I haven't tried yet (I will) is to remove all other PCI cards (and AGP card for that matter) and try again. Won't be able to try until tommorrow though...Chris Ehttp://website.lineone.net/~flightsimukAvoid AGP texturing = Better Performance ;)
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