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    G400 Max Bleeping Sound

    New to this forums , hope that someone can help with my problem.

    I just bought an G400 Max , after installing all the necessary latest driver and Matrox own DvD player software. Everything was working fine.

    Than I install the MGI SoftwareDvd Max , during the installation there was some promt. on error but I did not notice what it said and I just re-set my computer as usual. Nightmare started straight away , on re-booting my screen was dead blank with bleeping sound. That was the last time I see my G400 Max card working.
    I plug back my old i740 card and re-boot , standard post images start appearing and into Win98 (Before I install the G400 , all i740 driver were deleted). This show that all my items are still working fine. I un-install the MGI software and still the same problem , I started to do a few testing including plugging out each cards to test the boot-up and all fail to give life back to my G400 MAX.
    I suspect the G400 Max bios may be corrupted (Can this happen ??? Just because installing programs ???) so I follow the flashing instruction and was promt. the "VGA Disabled - BIOS V1.15" and "VBExt Utility V1.2" was not install.
    How do I go about this problem ?
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    I really don't like taking stuff back, and if I do, and the same thing happens, I feel like a total idiot. But Norman, if I were you, I'd return it for a new board. That should not have happened.

    Paul
    paulcs@flashcom.net

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    • #3
      The point is , this is the second G400 Max that I got for the one to one exchange. The shop told me to bring down my whole system to the shop for trouble shooting but due to working hours and holiday I may not possible bring my computer to the shop until next one or two weeks.
      It was the same problem with the 1st card , put in the card and with blank screen and bleeping sound.

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      • #4
        Hi,
        Put in your old videocard.
        go in your bios setup.
        change aperture size to 256 (default on some motherboards is 64 , at least mine was)
        This solved the problem for most of us with the same symptoms.
        Is 's very annoying, everytime when i flash my bios i have to put in my old videocard first to be able to put the aperture size to 256.

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        • #5
          Make sure you seat the card properly. It also does sound like your Bios has got fried as well. Does the card still bleep by the way.
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          • #6
            Hi Norman,

            What motherboard are you using and how much memory do you have???

            Paul
            "Never interfere with the enemy when he is in the process of destroying himself"

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            • #7
              My mobo is MSI 6163 Pro with 256 MB of PC100 ram.
              By the way , how can the bios been fried ? I did not o/c the G400 Max at all ?
              The only thing that I o/c is the celeron 300a to 450 mhz even without changing any voltage.

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              • #8
                Anybody can advise how do I re-install the VBEXT.EXE file ? Without this the computer cannot detect my G400 Max card.
                I tried re-installing from the supplied CD-Rom , follow step by step but the VBEXT.EXE still cannot be activated.
                When I go to "UBiosWin.exe" it promt me that PBios Utility couldn't be opened. Any ideas how to go about ?

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