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Answer» Hi I have a PC (see specs under my name) with a 2MB S3 ViRGE video card. It uses a PCI slot. It will only run one or the other i believe...but check your board specs to be sure.Yes, I want the AGP one because of an extra 10Mb of VideoRam. So I can just put the AGP one in and take the PCI one out and everything should be okay?Yes - but you'll have to download and install the correct driver.Well it didn't work. My computer did not display anything on the screen and made a long beep when I booted it. Doesn't matter much, I can stick with my CURRENT GPU. But the problem now is that doing caused my 3.5 inch floppy drive to fail. Everytime i boot up now it says "Floppy disks fail" press f1. Does anyone know how changing cards caused this and how to fix it?I'm pretty sure there are no Cards with 12MB of RAM. 8MB or 16MB, but not 12, that simply doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Check your CMOS screens; make sure the floppy is set properly. The only way that would screw it up is if you f-d up majorly somehow when putting the card in. Do you know what spec it is? AGP 1x/2X/4x/8x each have different voltages and if you, for example, stick a 2x only card into a 1x slot your bound to have problems.The video card has nothing to do with the floppy drive. And if the video card is good and you put it in a compatible slot, I don't see why it wouldn't work.He may have moved/dislodged the floppy data CABLE in the process.Quote from: patio on October 12, 2009, 04:43:08 PM He may have moved/dislodged the floppy data cable in the process.Absolutely - I stand corrected.If it's an ATI Rage, it's probably 128MB. Some of those old computers (AMD-K6 vintage), require a complete BIOS reset to recognize AGP slot as master.Quote from: Computer_Commando on October 12, 2009, 04:49:33 PM If it's an ATI Rage, it's probably 128MB. Some of those old computers (AMD-K6 vintage), require a complete BIOS reset to recognize AGP slot as master. Wrong. The ATI Rage Pro came with 2MB, 4MB, or 8MB of VRAM. the ATI Rage 128, however, had 16MB or 32MB. Cityscape, does this card look anything like the one in my attached image? [Saving space, attachment deleted by admin]Sorry I was thinking Rage 128 was 128MB VRAM, but I know that's wrong. Don't know what I was thinking. Whatever he has is better than the 2MB S3 ViRGE video card.Quote from: Computer_Commando on October 12, 2009, 04:49:33 PM If it's an ATI Rage, it's probably 128MB. Some of those old computers (AMD-K6 vintage), require a complete BIOS reset to recognize AGP slot as master.Well it's called a Rage128, but the last PC it was in told me it was 12MB. But I'm probably keep my current card because the rage does not fit quite right due to the size of my case. The card is too tight in my case and it almost looks close to snapping. So I'll stick with my S3. Quote from: patio on October 12, 2009, 04:43:08 PM He may have moved/dislodged the floppy data cable in the process.I already checked that. But I'll check again.Quote from: BC_Programmer on October 12, 2009, 05:05:56 PM Wrong. The ATI Rage Pro came with 2MB, 4MB, or 8MB of VRAM. the ATI Rage 128, however, had 16MB or 32MB.Somewhat similar as mine when it is turned upside down. Quote from: BC_Programmer on October 12, 2009, 04:39:51 PM Do you know what spec it is? AGP 1x/2x/4x/8x each have different voltages and if you, for example, stick a 2x only card into a 1x slot your bound to have problems.This card was taken from an AGP1 slot on another PC, I'm assuming my slot is AGP1 since it is older. |
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