rosyatrabdom
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OK, first a description of my system:
There is really two parts to this problem: the original symptoms, to which I have tentatively identified a cause; and the attempted fix, which has run into... difficulties.
The Original Symptoms
Quite simply, I would start the PC and get a BIOS error code -- 1 long beep, 2 short beeps -- and no display until Windows booted. This indicates a problem with the video card. Well, it would do, except that is the error code for Award BIOS's, and according to Bios Agent I have the Phoenix one listed above. This problem has been going on for a long time so I can't remember what the BIOS actually said it was on boot-up.
The Attempted Fix
Again rather simple: I purchased an XFX Geforce2 MX400 AGP. Here's what happened next.
(*) I inserted the Geforce and switched on the PC. No error code this time but still no display. As far as I can tell Windows does not load - I get no response from any keys or key-sequence, and the keyboard's 'lock' LEDs do not work.
Upon swapping back to the Matrox, the error codes come back and Windows boots as before. I try uninstalling the display drivers this time, as recommended in the new card's installation guide.
Booting up with the Geforce results in the same situation as (*), but since I uninstalled it the Matrox doesn't display anything even when Windows boots. I press a few keys in a hopeful manner and restart the PC. Evidently the drivers have re-installed as I'm back at the beginning.
My thought now is uninstalling the Matrox drivers and installing the Geforce ones straight away, but I don't know if that'll do anything, and am reluctant to try....
- HP Vectra VL 600
- Windows XP Pro
- 128 Mb Rambus
- Pentium 3 533MHz
- Matrox Millennium G2500 AGP
- BIOS (allegedly) Phoenix type 4.0 Release 6.0.7, HP Vectra BIOS Version: HY.01.03US
There is really two parts to this problem: the original symptoms, to which I have tentatively identified a cause; and the attempted fix, which has run into... difficulties.
The Original Symptoms
Quite simply, I would start the PC and get a BIOS error code -- 1 long beep, 2 short beeps -- and no display until Windows booted. This indicates a problem with the video card. Well, it would do, except that is the error code for Award BIOS's, and according to Bios Agent I have the Phoenix one listed above. This problem has been going on for a long time so I can't remember what the BIOS actually said it was on boot-up.
The Attempted Fix
Again rather simple: I purchased an XFX Geforce2 MX400 AGP. Here's what happened next.
(*) I inserted the Geforce and switched on the PC. No error code this time but still no display. As far as I can tell Windows does not load - I get no response from any keys or key-sequence, and the keyboard's 'lock' LEDs do not work.
Upon swapping back to the Matrox, the error codes come back and Windows boots as before. I try uninstalling the display drivers this time, as recommended in the new card's installation guide.
Booting up with the Geforce results in the same situation as (*), but since I uninstalled it the Matrox doesn't display anything even when Windows boots. I press a few keys in a hopeful manner and restart the PC. Evidently the drivers have re-installed as I'm back at the beginning.
My thought now is uninstalling the Matrox drivers and installing the Geforce ones straight away, but I don't know if that'll do anything, and am reluctant to try....