PCI Graphics Card Doesn't Work

[purefreshair]

I have an older Compaq PC (model 5461) with a SIS 530 integrated video chip on the board. I'm trying to get a Pine PCI graphics card to work but so far, but to no avail. The Bios has a PCI/VGA 'snoop' setting which I have enabled. The other Bios setting I changed is supposed to tell it to "look" at the PCI slot first, then the VGA (i.e Compaq implies that "VGA" on my machine is the intgrated chip, I do not have a VGA slot. If I put the PCI card into any of the 3 available slots and plug the monitor into the PCI card, the PC "locks" on power up, i.e., it powers on, but doesn't do anything (video card doesn't do anything, either). It doesn't even make it to the "Compaq" logo screen. Any thoughts on what I am missing, or is my older Compaq not going to allow me to use this card?

 

[Mulga]

Some boards have a jumper to enable/disable the onboard graphics or there is BIOS setting for just that. I am not sure about the "snoop" setting, try it both ways. You are correct in the PCI first setting although this is just to speed things up, it should look for both, the setting just tells it where to look first. Help us to help you, please post back and tell us if this helped.

All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.

 

[smah]

Disable the VGA snoop. In the bios I believe you will find a setting for the amount of main ram allocated to your onboard SIS chip. Try setting that to zero.

 

[killowhat]

purefreshair have you gotten your card to work, if not post back. I have two compaqs with onboard graphics and have installed a pci video card. stay out of bios and jumpers. unless told to do so by compaq.
PEARL LOL

 

[purefreshair]

Howdy killowhat,
no luck at all so far on this thing. I've got 3 PCI slots in this Compaq 5461 and the PCI graphics card doesn't work in any of em'. When I put the graphics card in any of the 3 slots and plug the monitor into it, I have no video at all, and the Compaq doesn't even do its diagnotics (floppy, CDrom, etc.) I got into the BIOS setting and as you say, maybe I shouldn't have. My current BIOS settings are:

BIOS Features setup:
- PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: DISABLED

Standard CMOS Setup:
- Video - Enabled
- Halt on: NO ERRORS

PNP/PCI Configuration:
- Resources controlled by: MANUAL
- Reset Configuration Data: DISABLED

What am I doing wrong?

 

[purefreshair]

ok, the update on this thing is:

It finds the card if its in the slot closest to the memory slots. It one time (and one time only) booted up and worked. I was estactic! I powered it back down, put PC half back together, powered on, and now it freezes on the Compaq logo screen; it doesn't do a hardware diag at all; just sits there on the compaq screen. I wrote to Compaq about my problem 2 weeks ago; no response to date.

 

[killowhat]

If you go to the compaq wesite and follow the procedures to email tech support, fill in you description, type in the question and you will get an answer within an hour. they have never let me down on responding. i even called their toll free phone line and got to talk to a support tech, all at no charge and no warranty.
my computer.right click.properties>device manager>display adapters>disable sis video adapter, you will see a red x>close. install drivers from cd. if you have messed up bios go to reset to default and exit.
PEARL LOL

 

[purefreshair]

tried that, all that....didn't work

 

[purefreshair]

Actually got it to work! Boot up ok, installed software and drivers ok, adjusted graphics settings ok, restarted ok, powered PC off to put back together, powered PC back up AND IT LOCKED ON THE COMPAQ SCREEN. I'm returning the card. >:-<