GOOD NEWS!! The problem is solved. It was the stupid CPU. Brand new chip. Go figure. I put my CPU (Athlon T-bird 800Mhz) in the system and everything ran just fine. The 1 Gig Duron that came with the motherboard(also new) just wouldn't run the games (it should). So back to the vendor it goes...
No, i didn't change anything. In fact, the DDR was acting just like SDram. plus, whadaya call that "box" before the OS splash screen, the one that has all the info. in it that usually goes by too fast to read? Anyway, it showed 0(zero) DDR Ram in the slots. Is that how I activate it...
Well, we went out and got a new PSU:
Antec 350W Power Supply Model SL350
Features: Maximum Power: 350W; Transient Response: +5V,+12V outputs return to within 5% in less than 1ms for 20% load change; P. G. Signal: 100-500ms; Over Voltage Protection, recycle AC to reset: +5V trip point <...
mainegeek, yes it does. And the test passes ( i see the little black cube spinning)
paparazi, the chip is idling at 34C
As a note, the ECS support guy e-mailed and said (copy and paste,I love it) "You also need to verify the power supply is at least 300w, bigger wattage is recommended...
-AMD Duron 1Ghz
-Nvidia TNT2 model 64 AGP w/32MB
-250w PSU
-128MB DDR 2100 system ram
-Directx 8.1
-Latest drivers on video card
-Windows 98SE
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I have already tried:
-Flashing to the latest bios
-Installing latest video drivers
-Updating the AGP port
-Other OS's (XP wont...
Well... I think we've gotten off the point here. The problem still remains. No 3D acceleration, period. Baldur's Gate is well within the range of either card and it won't play. I KNOW the cards work with these games. Now, my question is...is it something as simple as a bios setting or wrong...
I just mentioned both video cards because I've tried both cards (not at the same time). The mobo version is 3.1 . The Radeon card has 32MB of DDR ram. As far as system requirements for MOH:AA , I have twice the processor power, twice the ram, and twice the video ram required to run the game...
-AMD Duron 1Ghz
-Nvidia TNT2 model 64 AGP w/32MB or
-ATI Radeon VE AGP w/32MB DDR
-256 MB PC100 system ram
-Directx 8.1
-Latest drivers on both Video cards
-Windows 98SE
After doing some research on this board, most reviews say how stable and trouble-free it is. This the main reason I chose it...
I solved the problem. I switched the 80 pin cable with a 40 pin cable and all is good. The 40 works with the older HD and the 80 works with the newer HD. I guess I have to educate myself further.
Belgarrath
It was the cable. The cable that came with the system works with the hard drive/cd that came with the system. I used an older cable to work with the old hard drive. The difference that I see in the two cables is the new one seems to have more wires, and the wires seem finer/thinner. Who knows...
Red line on 80 pin cable is toward power cable. Hard drive is working fine. Cable is connected in this order:
MB to HDD(with center connector) to CD Drive(with end connector). Is that right?
I've tried several jumper settings on the HDD. It's set to "master with an ATA compatible...
Bios detects CD drive when HD that came with the system is hooked up, but when I exchange it with my other (established)drive I get message that says the CD drive is ATAPI incompatible. Is it the IDE controller causing the problem? Or something else?
Belgarrath
Bios detects CD drive when HD that came with the system is hooked up, but when I exchange it with my other (established)drive I get message that says the CD drive is ATAPI incompatible.
Red line on 80 pin cable is toward power cable. Hard drive is working fine. Cable is connected in this order:
MB to HDD(with center connector) to CD Drive(with end connector)
I've tried several jumper settings on the HDD.
Hardware malfunction? It's supposed to be a new drive with a new...
No. The power supply is 250 watts and the cpu is an AMD k6-2 350mhz. The thing is, this the third MB I've installed into this case/psu that has quit working. I kept thinking it was a video card problem until this last board, which has video built in.
I've put several systems together,and I've kinda' lost track of which components I put in which system, but I think I've had three systems(mobo's) come down with the same symptoms....
Pressing the power button starts all the fans,hard drive led lights for about 2 seconds, brief hard drive...
Check out htis thread. It should help you out.
"Mitec 5114VU Mobo Setup"
thread602-142747
I know it's misspelled, but that's the heading. Do a search.
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