G400 Max DOA?

[M Ragsdale]

Here is a cut and paste from what it looks like:

ABIT BX6 rev. 2 Bios and Soft Menu II Settings
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!!CPU SOFT MENU II!!
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CPU Name is :
CPU Operating speed :user defined
-Ext. Clock(PCI) :124(1/4)
-Multiplier Factor :4.5
-SEL100/66# Signal :high
-AGPCLK/CPUCLK :2/3
-L2 Cache Latency :8
-Speed Error Hold :disabled

CPU Power Supply :user defined
-Core Voltage :2.2
************************************************** *************

STANDARD CMOS SETUP
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IDEs (HDDs) : Type Size CYLS HEAD PreComp Landz Sector Mode
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Primary Master :
Primary Slave :
Secondary Master:
Secondary Slave :

DriveA :
DriveB :
Floppy 3 Mode Support :
Video :
Halton :
************************************************** **************

Bios features Setup
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Virus Warning :enabled
CPU Level1 Cache : "
CPU Level2 Cache : "
CPU L2 Cache ECC checking : "
Quick Power On Self test : "
Boot Sequence : A,C,SCSI
Swap Floppy Drive : disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek : disabled
Boot Up Numlock Sequence : on
IDE HDD Block Mode : enabled
Typematic Rate setting : enabled
Typematic Rate (chars/Sec): 30
Typematic Delay(Msec) : 250
Security Option : setup
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop : disabled
OS Select For DRAM : no
Report No FDD For WIN95 : no
Delay IDE Initial (Sec) : 0
Processor Number feature : diabled
------------------------------------------------------------------
Video Bios Shadow : diabled
C800-CBFFF Shadow : "
CC000-CFFFF Shadow : "
D0000-D3FFF Shadow : "
D4000-D7fff Shadow : "
D8000-DBFFF Shadow : "
DC000-Dffff Shadow : "
************************************************** ****************

Chipset Features Setup
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SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay : 2
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time : 2
SDRAM CAS Latency Time : auto
SDRAM Precharge Time : diabled
DRAM Data Integrity Mode : non-ECC
System Bios Cacheable : disabled
Video Bios Cacheable : disabled
Video RAM Cacheable : disabled
8bit I/O Recovery Time : 4
16bit I/O recovery Time : 2
Memory Hole at 15M-16M : disabled
Passive Release : enabled
Delayed Transmission : disabled
AGP Aperature Size : 256
Spread Spectrum Modulaed : disabled
Temperature Warning : 85deg/185
************************************************** ******************

Power Management Setup
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ACPI Function : disabled
Power Management : user defined
PM Control by APM : yes
Video off method : V/H Sync+Blank
Video Off After : standby
CPU Fan Off Option : always on
Modem use IRQ : NA
Doze Mode : disabled
Standby Mode : disabled
Suspend Mode : disabled
HDD Power Down : disabled
Throttle Duty Cycle : 62.5%
Power Button Overide: disabled
Resume By LAN : disabled
Power On Ring : "
Power On by Alarm : "
** PM Timer Events**
IRQ [3-7,9-15]NMI : enabled
VGA Active Monitor : disabled
IRQ 8 Break Suspend : "
IDE Primary Master : "
IDE Primary slave : "
IDE Secondary master: "
IDE Secondary Slave : "
Floppy Disk : "
Serial Port : enabled
Parallel Port : disabled
Mouse Break suspend : yes
************************************************** ******************

PNP/PCI Configuraion
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PNP OS Installed : no
Force Update ESCD : disabled
Resources Controlled By: auto
Assign IRQ For VGA : enabled
Assign IRQ for USB : enabled
PIRQ-1 Use IRQ No. : auto
PIRQ-2 Use IRQ No. : "
PIRQ-3 Use IRQ No. : "
PIRQ-4 Use IRQ No. : "

Load setup Defaults
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************************************************** ******************

Integrated Peripherals
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Onboard IDE-1 Controller : enabled
-Master Drive PIO Mode : 4
-Slave Drive PIO Mode : auto
-Master Drive Ultra DMA : "
-Slave Drive Ultra DMA : "
Onboard IDE-2 Controller : enabled
-Master Drive PIO Mode : auto
-Slave Drive PIO Mode : "
-Master Drive Ultra DMA : "
-Slave Drive Ultra DMA : "
USB keyboard Support Via : OS
Init Display First : AGP
KBC Input Clock set : 12MHz
Power On Function : button only
Onboard FDD Controller : enabled
Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8/IRQ4
Onboard serial Port 2 : 2F8/IRQ3
-Onboard IR Function : disabled
Onboard parallel Port : 378/IRQ3
-Parallel Port Mode : SPD

Rags



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Some people call me the Space Cowboy.....

[Brian R.]

Rags - You're right. My eyes are getting too old. Anyway, I tried enabling it without effect on the default AGP1x/2x issue.

Thanks for the try.

I tested the AGP1x and AGP2x under the same conditions, saw no difference with 3DMark.

[This message has been edited by Brian R. (edited 08-29-1999).]

[bcronin]

Hm, so it appears that it works fine for you because (for some as yet unknown reason) your system won't run in AGP2X mode and that (perhaps) mine will, but the G400 has some sort of a driver bug preventing that from working properly.

For the record, everything on my system is set to exactly what it should be as far as FSB speed, ec. I'm not doing any overclocking, bus speed manipulation, voltage changes, etc. I have just about all the BIOS parameters set to their defaults (OK, I do have Set NumLock Off and a few other inconsequential things like that set). This is about as plain vanilla a BX-based PIII system as you can get.

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Cheers,
BC

[Smiff.]

Crashing on a splash screen - wierd I had the same thing but with Gravis Keyset Manager instead of Lotus Notes. I think its a driver problem - I had to reinstall windows to fix it, but you might try cleaning out your matrox drivers /files /registry entries (try the Matrox uninstaller utility)and reinstalling the drivers first. Its a long shot sorry

Smiff

[Brian R.]

Actually, as long as I make it use AGP2x, it works fine. I don't see any difference between it and AGP1x.

[bcronin]

I've done the MAtrox uninstaller/reinstall thing 4 or 5 times now, and this was a clean install of Win98 SE in mid-July with very little hardware churn since then. I'm not going to reinstall it again. It takes me the better part of 3 days to reinstall all my apps.

[KvHagedorn]

to the new forum

[bcronin]

Well, the new 5.21 drivers are somewhat better with regard to the problems I was having with my Abit BX6-2.0, but not entirely. I still periodically get weird lockups with totally scrambled screens. I've re-applied the force AGP1X registry hack and the lockups are gone again. Better luck with the next driver update, I hope.

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Cheers,
BC

[bcronin]

Nope. There have been two new driver drops since I wrote the above and still, the only solution is forcing AGP1X. I even did a clean install of Win98SE on a separate partition. Installed just the OS and the 5.25 drivers. Same problem. Trying to get the card replaced now to see if maybe I got a bad one.

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Cheers,
BC

[Scytale]

Same thing here (BH6).