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From: Metspitzer on 3 Feb 2010 20:39 I have a mobo similar to this one. http://reviews.cnet.com/motherboards/supermicro-super-p4sct-ii/4505-3049_7-30870632.html I still have the box the mobo came in and I googled the number on the box. My mobo looks almost exactly the same only I don't have a green colored expansion slot. It has 2 PCI slots, 3 PCIx slots and an AGP slot. I had a Nvidia 6800 AGP video card in it. I guess the card died. I was watching a movie and the HDTV screen and the desk monitor both displayed a green fuzz screen. Also, an alarm sounded. It was a steady squeal. I shut the computer down. I tried turning it on again and got the alarm again. So I shut it off and pulled the card out. Should I get another AGP card or a PCIx. Would either one carry over to a new mobo upgrade in the future?
From: Mike Easter on 3 Feb 2010 23:05 Metspitzer wrote: > I have a mobo similar to this one. > http://reviews.cnet.com/motherboards/supermicro-super-p4sct-ii/4505-3049_7-30870632.html > I still have the box the mobo came in and I googled the number on the > box. My mobo looks almost exactly the same only I don't have a green > colored expansion slot. It has 2 PCI slots, 3 PCIx slots and an AGP > slot. > > I had a Nvidia 6800 AGP video card in it. I guess the card died. I > was watching a movie and the HDTV screen and the desk monitor both > displayed a green fuzz screen. Also, an alarm sounded. It was a > steady squeal. > > I shut the computer down. I tried turning it on again and got the > alarm again. So I shut it off and pulled the card out. > > Should I get another AGP card or a PCIx. Would either one carry over > to a new mobo upgrade in the future? Your report doesn't say whether or not you reconfigured to use the onboard VGA to see if your mobo is OK. That is, you report lost video and alarm and you report removing the AGP video card, but you don't report reconfiguring the jumper to use the onboard VGA and demonstrating that your system is operational without the AGP card video. -- Mike Easter
From: Metspitzer on 4 Feb 2010 00:33 On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:05:34 -0800, Mike Easter <MikeE(a)ster.invalid> wrote: >Metspitzer wrote: >> I have a mobo similar to this one. >> http://reviews.cnet.com/motherboards/supermicro-super-p4sct-ii/4505-3049_7-30870632.html >> I still have the box the mobo came in and I googled the number on the >> box. My mobo looks almost exactly the same only I don't have a green >> colored expansion slot. It has 2 PCI slots, 3 PCIx slots and an AGP >> slot. >> >> I had a Nvidia 6800 AGP video card in it. I guess the card died. I >> was watching a movie and the HDTV screen and the desk monitor both >> displayed a green fuzz screen. Also, an alarm sounded. It was a >> steady squeal. >> >> I shut the computer down. I tried turning it on again and got the >> alarm again. So I shut it off and pulled the card out. >> >> Should I get another AGP card or a PCIx. Would either one carry over >> to a new mobo upgrade in the future? > >Your report doesn't say whether or not you reconfigured to use the >onboard VGA to see if your mobo is OK. That is, you report lost video >and alarm and you report removing the AGP video card, but you don't >report reconfiguring the jumper to use the onboard VGA and demonstrating >that your system is operational without the AGP card video. Yeah it works. I can be very vague sometimes. I am using the onboard video, but I want to hook an HDMI cable to the TV so I have to get another card for this.
From: Paul on 4 Feb 2010 04:17 Metspitzer wrote: > On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:05:34 -0800, Mike Easter <MikeE(a)ster.invalid> > wrote: > >> Metspitzer wrote: >>> I have a mobo similar to this one. >>> http://reviews.cnet.com/motherboards/supermicro-super-p4sct-ii/4505-3049_7-30870632.html >>> I still have the box the mobo came in and I googled the number on the >>> box. My mobo looks almost exactly the same only I don't have a green >>> colored expansion slot. It has 2 PCI slots, 3 PCIx slots and an AGP >>> slot. >>> >>> I had a Nvidia 6800 AGP video card in it. I guess the card died. I >>> was watching a movie and the HDTV screen and the desk monitor both >>> displayed a green fuzz screen. Also, an alarm sounded. It was a >>> steady squeal. >>> >>> I shut the computer down. I tried turning it on again and got the >>> alarm again. So I shut it off and pulled the card out. >>> >>> Should I get another AGP card or a PCIx. Would either one carry over >>> to a new mobo upgrade in the future? >> Your report doesn't say whether or not you reconfigured to use the >> onboard VGA to see if your mobo is OK. That is, you report lost video >> and alarm and you report removing the AGP video card, but you don't >> report reconfiguring the jumper to use the onboard VGA and demonstrating >> that your system is operational without the AGP card video. > > Yeah it works. I can be very vague sometimes. I am using the onboard > video, but I want to hook an HDMI cable to the TV so I have to get > another card for this. > I'd use an AGP card. PCI-X video cards are expensive, and Matrox may be the only company making them. I'm much sooner have an AGP one, because AGP 8X has 2100MB/sec bandwidth for texture transfer. ATI is the only company actively making AGP bridged designs (and may be getting near to stopping that). Before buying an AGP card, read the reviews and make sure that working drivers are available for it. Some AGP cards now, have only one working set of drivers. The driver situation is what makes purchasing one a dicey proposition. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16814125281 "Cons: hdmi audio driver took me a while to find but still had it up and running in about an hour." The latest ATI cards can do audio over HDMI, without an SPDIF cable. It's just a matter of figuring out what driver to use. At least one card, didn't seem to be listed in the driver package I downloaded, so, yes, there is still room for nasty surprises. Paul
From: Benedict on 4 Feb 2010 05:28 "Paul" <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote in message news:hke3am$ips$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Metspitzer wrote: >> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:05:34 -0800, Mike Easter <MikeE(a)ster.invalid> >> wrote: >> >>> Metspitzer wrote: >>>> I have a mobo similar to this one. >>>> http://reviews.cnet.com/motherboards/supermicro-super-p4sct-ii/4505-3049_7-30870632.html >>>> I still have the box the mobo came in and I googled the number on the >>>> box. My mobo looks almost exactly the same only I don't have a green >>>> colored expansion slot. It has 2 PCI slots, 3 PCIx slots and an AGP >>>> slot. >>>> >>>> I had a Nvidia 6800 AGP video card in it. I guess the card died. I >>>> was watching a movie and the HDTV screen and the desk monitor both >>>> displayed a green fuzz screen. Also, an alarm sounded. It was a >>>> steady squeal. >>>> >>>> I shut the computer down. I tried turning it on again and got the >>>> alarm again. So I shut it off and pulled the card out. >>>> >>>> Should I get another AGP card or a PCIx. Would either one carry over >>>> to a new mobo upgrade in the future? >>> Your report doesn't say whether or not you reconfigured to use the >>> onboard VGA to see if your mobo is OK. That is, you report lost video >>> and alarm and you report removing the AGP video card, but you don't >>> report reconfiguring the jumper to use the onboard VGA and demonstrating >>> that your system is operational without the AGP card video. >> >> Yeah it works. I can be very vague sometimes. I am using the onboard >> video, but I want to hook an HDMI cable to the TV so I have to get >> another card for this. >> > > I'd use an AGP card. PCI-X video cards are expensive, and Matrox > may be the only company making them. I'm much sooner have an AGP > one, because AGP 8X has 2100MB/sec bandwidth for texture transfer. > ATI is the only company actively making AGP bridged designs (and may be > getting near to stopping that). > > Before buying an AGP card, read the reviews and make > sure that working drivers are available for it. Some > AGP cards now, have only one working set of drivers. > The driver situation is what makes purchasing one a > dicey proposition. > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16814125281 > > "Cons: hdmi audio driver took me a while to find but still had it > up and running in about an hour." > > The latest ATI cards can do audio over HDMI, without an SPDIF cable. > It's just a matter of figuring out what driver to use. At least > one card, didn't seem to be listed in the driver package I downloaded, > so, yes, there is still room for nasty surprises. > > Paul http://www.ebuyer.com/product/174678
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