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03-11-2005, 05:50 PM	#1
Kevin Flansburg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 133	Help with Abit motherboard I have an old pc one of my firs got it when I was about 10. the mother board is and abit be6 (mabye pro) which im told is wonderful for over clocking. well I was trying fix some problems with it and I put in an ati 9000 pro agp. it seemed to work exepte I couldnt get it to disply. also I replaced it with the old graphics card and still doesnt work. any Ideas? Its not the moniter ive chected that alos I tried a third graphis car that is known to work So im pretty sure that it is the mobo's agp that is screwed. PLease help __________________ Schrodinger's Cat is DEAD

03-11-2005, 07:00 PM	#2
JackAxe Barbarian Artist Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Barbarianville Posts: 3,079	A few questions: When the computer boots, can you at least see the memory counter, or BIOIS info as an example? Or is it completely black from boot? Also have you tried a PCI graphics card? <]=) __________________ I be a hearty pirate that plunders many waffles. The Dread Pirate Monkey Gizmo has scurvy! :) Nintendo DS and Wii, me gaming machines of choice.

03-11-2005, 07:22 PM	#3
SamuraiCatJB Need coffee. Need coffee. Platinum Contributor Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Alamogordo, NM USA Posts: 2,045	The process jack is describing is called the "post" process. (you will often be asked by a tech rep if your computer is at least "posting"). If it displays anything during this process you should pay attention to what it says, or where it stops. If the computer is not posting (no display at all during power up) does the computer beep at all when it powers up? If it is posting, when and how it beeps can be important too, but more so if it does not post. The number of beeps when the computer cannot post often tells you what is happening. Do the fans come on? CPU, power supply fans, disk drives power up? how many sticks of memory do you have in the computer? I have had one case where memory was the problem, because there were two sticks of memory, I was able to try booting on each one in the slot 0 position until it started up. __________________ And now, Grandfather, I ask you to bless the White Man. He needs your Wisdom, your guidance. You see, for so long, he has tried to destroy my people, and only feels comfortable when given power. Bless them, show them the peace we understand, teach them humility. For I fear they will someday destroy themselves and their children, As they have done so Mother Earth. I plead, I cry. After all, They are my Brothers.... ~ Prayer ~

03-11-2005, 07:26 PM	#4
Kevin Flansburg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 133	first of all no, it does not show a thing, the computer monitor gives me the "no signal", second I can hear it counting the memory but do not hear any beeps I beleive the didk drives do power up. also I have had the memory problem with this computer but I had resolved it a while ago, and it was running this morning, so I do not beleife that to be the case. __________________ Schrodinger's Cat is DEAD

03-11-2005, 07:39 PM	#5
JackAxe Barbarian Artist Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Barbarianville Posts: 3,079	For reference, I burned out a AGP card in a borrowed PC by moving the PC a couple of inches when it was on. The card wasn't latched into its AGP slot properly, so lifted out when the cord was tugged and died. It was only the card though, because I brought it over that weekened and my friend dropped in anonther card that worked. I would remove all other cards from your board and just try booting with the video card plugged in. Also try a PCI card if you haven't already? When you put in the new card, did you unplug everything and make sure you were properly grounded? <]=) __________________ I be a hearty pirate that plunders many waffles. The Dread Pirate Monkey Gizmo has scurvy! :) Nintendo DS and Wii, me gaming machines of choice.

03-11-2005, 07:48 PM	#6
Kevin Flansburg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 133	1) My mobo stupidly does not have a latch for its agp. 2)I will try that 3)I dont know if its worth buying a new card, I was just going to give it away once I fixed it and 4)Yes I did __________________ Schrodinger's Cat is DEAD

03-11-2005, 07:56 PM	#7
JackAxe Barbarian Artist Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Barbarianville Posts: 3,079	if you haven't already done so, unplug everything, hit your power button to clear out any left over charge and let your system sit for several minutes. This should clear out anything remaining in memory, then try booting again. Hopefully somehting works, if not it's time for a new mobo. I lost my Abit board the other year because of un-clean power. <]=) __________________ I be a hearty pirate that plunders many waffles. The Dread Pirate Monkey Gizmo has scurvy! :) Nintendo DS and Wii, me gaming machines of choice.

03-11-2005, 08:15 PM	#8
Kevin Flansburg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 133	thanks anyway. I might try getting a pic graphics card. __________________ Schrodinger's Cat is DEAD

03-11-2005, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin Flansburg

thanks anyway. I might try getting a pic graphics card.

I suggest borrowing one or find a tech place that can try it. I have one in the back I think.

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And now, Grandfather, I ask you to bless the White Man. He needs your Wisdom, your guidance. You see, for so long, he has tried to destroy my people, and only feels comfortable when given power. Bless them, show them the peace we understand, teach them humility. For I fear they will someday destroy themselves and their children, As they have done so Mother Earth. I plead, I cry. After all, They are my Brothers.... ~ Prayer ~

03-11-2005, 10:42 PM	#10
Kevin Flansburg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 133	I might ask another kid at school. He's a on a slightyl mor tight budget so he would probalby have pci, I usualy go for agp and I hope to get PCI-E soon __________________ Schrodinger's Cat is DEAD

03-12-2005, 06:14 PM	#11
Kevin Flansburg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 133	alright, I tried wat JackAxe said and tried unplugging everything, it worked but none of the ide will power upp after this but thanx very much. The problem appeard to be a wireless card that I replaced while i was working on it. __________________ Schrodinger's Cat is DEAD

03-12-2005, 06:27 PM	#12
Kevin Flansburg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 133	alright, very good news, now it sees just the hard drive wich is pretty good, but it wont boot, no matter how i stard, it restarts and goes to the same menu, ive tride safe mode and normal __________________ Schrodinger's Cat is DEAD

03-13-2005, 03:21 PM	#13
Kevin Flansburg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 133	alright, can boot to windows where is lets choose safe mode and that crap, none of that works, either way, it restarts and i can just barely see the bsod flicker, I have a new cd rom in and am tring to reainstal '98 but wont boot to ce for some reason. I'm thinking of weather it is worth downloading linux, any suggestionsof what flavor to download? 500 Mhz p III 384 MB ram 20 GB hard drive 32 MB video __________________ Schrodinger's Cat is DEAD

03-13-2005, 03:25 PM	#14
Kevin Flansburg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 133	gonna go ahead and download knopic, lost my old disk __________________ Schrodinger's Cat is DEAD

03-13-2005, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin Flansburg

alright, can boot to windows where is lets choose safe mode and that crap, none of that works, either way, it restarts and i can just barely see the bsod flicker, I have a new cd rom in and am tring to reainstal '98 but wont boot to ce for some reason. I'm thinking of weather it is worth downloading linux, any suggestionsof what flavor to download?
500 Mhz p III
384 MB ram
20 GB hard drive
32 MB video

everyone has a favorite flavor, that is difficult to say what is best for you. Being new to linux, I suggest you try a live version first. One you can boot from CD and play with before installing. Suse and Mepis (which I just installed) and a couple of others come as Live CDs boot and play.

I suggest you stick to one that is designed for new users. I would say Suse or Mepis. Mepis is actually a debian linux, debian is not known for its ease of use, but it is known for its stability. Mepis takes the stable debian core and builds an easy to install, easy to use linux from it. It is, however, a bit troubling with latest hardware (which I have -- it doesn't seem to want to use the latest nVidia drivers to recognize my 6800, but everything else works flawlessly and automatically).