M811lu display problems

[jedimason19]

Here is my specs.

m811lu mobo
athlon xp 2000
256 mb pc 2100 ram
geforce 2 mx
400 watt power supply

After a clean install of Windows 2000 Pro, the computer boots up fine into "VGA mode". I then installed the nvidia drivers and on reboot after the Windows 2000 loading screen the small windows box that says starting services and other junk is all garbled and pretty much the computer is frozen. Well, actually I can shut down the computer if I know the keystrokes. Everything works fine if I boot into "vga mode"

It basically acts like the video card(Pulled from a working computer) is way overclocked, which I am not doing. In fact I have messed with the bios settings agp aperture size, multiplier, and all the other things that could effect it like the front side bus speed. I've tweaked every setting in the bios with no help.

I did install an old ati pro rage card that worked. Someone on another board then told me that either it is the power supply not giving enough amps to the geforce 2 card, or that my mobo is screwed up because the old ati pro rage cards could handle the overclocking.

So here's the question. I don't have a different power supply to test so is it worth my time to go buy one and if it doesn't fix the problem return it and buy a new mobo off the internet.

Sorry for the long post. Thanks for any advice you can give me.

-Jonny

[Peter M]

You should first check whether you got the mainboard's frequencies set up the right way. E.g. have you used the correct means of setting the BASE (!) frequency to 133 MHz (jumpers? BIOS?) or did you PUSH the frequency up from 100 via overclocking options?

Then, you need to make sure the card is properly seated, also a frequently made mistake.

If the power supply actually is 400W and not a paper tiger, it'll easily do. It's just a GF2MX.

[jedimason19]

Motherboard is at 100mhz set via the jumper on the motherboard.

I reseated the card and still nothing.

The power supply was one of the cheap ones off pricewatch, but if everything works in "vga mode" then how could it be the powersupply. I guess if only it starts to screw up when the card needs more power, but I doubt it.

-Jonny

[Peter M]

My point is the mainboard should be jumpered to 133 MHz.

Graphics cards draw substantially more power when their acceleration engine is used - which isn't the case in standard VGA mode.

[jedimason19]

I set the jumper to 133 with no luck. The graphics card is really hot to the touch. Somehow the mobo is screwed up and it is overclocking the card.

Any other suggestons.

Thanks,

Jonny

[jedimason19]

Sorry,

Also, I installed an old pci card and the things worked great.

[Peter M]

The board for sure isn't overclocking the card.

When you're 100 percent sure you got it seated correctly, all the way down, into the AGP slot and it still doesn't go, then try a different 4x (!) AGP card just to be sure - 'cause you either have a defective card or a defective mainboard there.

[jedimason19]

I tried a radeon 7000 that also gave me the same problems. Time for a new mobo don't you think?

Thanks,
Jonny

[jedimason19]

You don't think it could be a compatibility issue could it. I know its not just the drivers or anything because I have tried it with multiple drivers and multiple operating systems.

While using the pci card, I have installed all the updates and everything and I have the computer just how I would want it.


What if I just bought the same mobo(I know it's a cheap motherboard but it's all I need). Could I then just hook it up and use the same hard drive without reformatting and going through all the updates again.

Thanks for the help,

Jonny

[Richard Cranium]

Had a similar problem with the 810 series.

Using a 9200 se card the unit would not work, finally gave in and installed an old 8mb AGP Rage64 which worked fine.

Gluck
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