Yay! I got a new Nvidia 9500GT gfx card, and a new power supply......

[dragos240]

So what now? 1gb of vram is a lot. Do I need to reconfigure X? Anyone fond on upgrading your graphics card? Gentoo user.

[dragos240]

:(

[-grubby]

What was your old one?

[dragos240]

What was your old one?

A GPU. A 6150se nforce 430. It's only recognizing the GPU T_T.

[chris4585]

What do you know, your old card is the same as my onboard gpu. I don't know how to go about it on gentoo, but I usually just download the proprietary drivers from nvidia's website, should work on any distro.

[-grubby]

A GPU. A 6150se nforce 430. It's only recognizing the GPU T_T.

Your dedicated card is also a GPU, y'know. Make sure you've got the right card selected in your BiOS, also.

[dragos240]

Your dedicated card is also a GPU, y'know. Make sure you've got the right card selected in your BiOS, also.

In my BIOS? Where can I configure that? What setting in the bios?

[-grubby]

In my BIOS? Where can I configure that? What setting in the bios?

It really depends on your BIOS. I'm assuming there's an option on there to do with the onboard card... sometimes you can set the video to PCI-E instead of onboard or just disable the onboard video. I don't even have a BIOS (mac), so I can't provide a specific example.

[dragos240]

It really depends on your BIOS. I'm assuming there's an option on there to do with the onboard card... sometimes you can set the video to PCI-E instead of onboard or just disable the onboard video. I don't even have a BIOS (mac), so I can't provide a specific example.

Sadly, I don't think that my bios has that option. I inserted the card, and it boots up much slower than it used to, I think it's looking for what the graphics card is. It doesn't know what it is.

[cariboo]

In some bioses, you have to set the priority, usually it will give you a choice of onboard or PCIe. You may have to search around a bit, but on the mb's I use, the setting is in the onboard peripheral settings section.

[dragos240]

In some bioses, you have to set the priority, usually it will give you a choice of onboard or PCIe. You may have to search around a bit, but on the mb's I use, the setting is in the onboard peripheral settings section.

I think I saw that!

I think I'll dig for a while. :popcorn:

[dragos240]

Hmm... I have "Integrated Peripherals". When I go into it, there are 3 sections:
> IDE Function Setup
> Onboard Device
> Onboard I/O Chip Setup

I'm not sure what one to pick. I went into each. There is nothing about video in the main menu. However there is something about "RAID configuration" in the first one, and in the last there is this:
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]
Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode [SPP]

I'm pretty confused.

[-grubby]

> Onboard Device
I'm pretty confused.

Try this and tell me what happens

[dragos240]

Try this and tell me what happens

I think It's useless, but:

OnChip USB [V1.1+V2.0]
USB Keyboard Support [Enabled]
USB Mouse Support [Enabled]
USB Storage Support [Enabled]
HD Audio [Auto]
Onboard LAN [Enabled]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Enabled]

nothing else.........

[sisco311]

Well, I know this sounds like rtfm, but still, consult the motherboard's manual. Then post back if you have any further questions.

[dragos240]

Well, I know this sound like rtfm, but still, consult the motherboard's manual. Then post back if you have any further questions.

I have a prebuilt, store bought, computer. I did not buy the motherboard separately, no can do.

[sisco311]

I have a prebuilt, store bought, computer. I did not buy the motherboard separately, no can do.

That's a good start. first you have to find your motherboard type.

In Ubuntu you can run:

sudo lshw

in other distros cat /proc/<google search> (sorry, it's 3:17am here) :)

[dragos240]

That's a good start. first you have to find your motherboard type.

In Ubuntu you can run:

sudo lshwin other distros cat /proc/<google search> (sorry, it's 3:17am here) :)



harley-desktop
description: Desktop Computer
product: T5234
vendor: Gateway
version: 300
serial: GC47B30000359
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 vsyscall64 vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: MCP61PM-AM
vendor: ELITEGROUP
physical id: 0
version: 1.0A
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
physical id: 0
version: 6.00 PG (07/11/2007)
size: 128KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
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vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
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bus info: cpu@0
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slot: Socket AM2
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clock: 201MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch cpufreq
*-cache:0
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slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: e
slot: External Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 6
slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: f
slot: External Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-memory:0
description: System Memory
physical id: 1c
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM [empty]
product: None
vendor: None
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serial: None
slot: A0
width: 64 bits
*-bank:1
description: DIMM [empty]
product: None
vendor: None
physical id: 1
serial: None
slot: A1
width: 64 bits
*-bank:2
description: DIMM
product: None
vendor: None
physical id: 2
serial: None
slot: A2
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
*-bank:3
description: DIMM
product: None
vendor: None
physical id: 3
serial: None
slot: A3
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
*-memory:1 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP61 Memory Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: MCP61 LPC Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: MCP61 SMBus
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: driver=nForce2_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:11 ioport:fc00(size=64) ioport:1c00(size=64) ioport:f400(size=64)
*-memory:2 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP61 Memory Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 1.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.2
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: MCP61 USB Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: a3
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:20 memory:fe02f000-fe02ffff
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: MCP61 USB Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: a3
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: debug pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:21 memory:fe02e000-fe02e0ff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP61 PCI bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci ht bus_master cap_list
resources: ioport:b000(size=4096) memory:fdf00000-fdffffff memory:fd800000-fd8fffff(prefetchable)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 00
serial: 00:1d:7e:05:b8:bc
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt61pci ip=192.168.1.103 latency=64 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
resources: irq:16 memory:fdff8000-fdffffff
*-communication UNCLAIMED
description: Communication controller
product: Conexant Systems, Inc.
vendor: Conexant Systems, Inc.
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:01:06.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:fdfe0000-fdfeffff ioport:bc00(size=8)
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: MCP61 High Definition Audio
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2
resources: irq:22 memory:fe028000-fe02bfff
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: MCP61 IDE
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
logical name: scsi0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=pata_amd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:f000(size=16)
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: CD/DVDW TS-H652D
vendor: TSSTcorp
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
logical name: /media/JAPANESE 1 & 2
version: GA01
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gi d=1000,iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500 state=mounted status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /media/JAPANESE 1 & 2
configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gi d=1000,iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500 state=mounted
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: MCP61 SATA Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
logical name: scsi2
logical name: scsi3
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm msi ht bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=sata_nv latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:23 ioport:9f0(size=8) ioport:bf0(size=4) ioport:970(size=8) ioport:b70(size=4) ioport:dc00(size=16) memory:fe02d000-fe02dfff
*-disk:0
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD3200AAJS-0
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 12.0
serial: WD-WCARW1142790
size: 298GiB (320GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0a7d030c
*-volume:0
description: Linux filesystem partition
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 1.0
serial: 2de8fee9-511b-4146-83a3-d625cebe2a09
size: 39MiB
capacity: 39MiB
capabilities: primary bootable extended_attributes ext2 initialized
configuration: filesystem=ext2 modified=2010-04-10 19:47:18 mounted=2010-04-10 19:33:53 state=clean
*-volume:1
description: Linux swap volume
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
version: 1
serial: a1118d74-46dc-47fe-ac91-ea5eac9e0bff
size: 1035MiB
capacity: 1035MiB
capabilities: primary nofs swap initialized
configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096
*-volume:2
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
version: 1.0
serial: 2787bf46-ef35-4d45-b0d0-8788e1344d3c
size: 297GiB
capacity: 297GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files ext3 ext2 initialized
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*-disk:1
description: ATA Disk
product: ST3500320AS
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: SD15
serial: 9QM6K4ME
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000bc843
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description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: 17b69031-4e14-4b23-acbf-ba3a93514d58
size: 460GiB
capacity: 460GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
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*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sdb2
size: 5507MiB
capacity: 5507MiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sdb5
capacity: 5507MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-ide:2
description: IDE interface
product: MCP61 SATA Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 8.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sata_nv latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:22 ioport:9e0(size=8) ioport:be0(size=4) ioport:960(size=8) ioport:b60(size=4) ioport:c800(size=16) memory:fe02c000-fe02cfff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP61 PCI Express bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:24 ioport:a000(size=4096) memory:fde00000-fdefffff ioport:fdd00000(size=1048576)
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP61 PCI Express bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:25 ioport:9000(size=4096) memory:fdc00000-fdcfffff ioport:fdb00000(size=1048576)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 14
serial: 00:1b:b9:e3:17:10
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.25 firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:27 memory:fdcfc000-fdcfffff ioport:9c00(size=256)
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP61 PCI Express bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: c
bus info: pci@0000:00:0c.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:26 ioport:8000(size=4096) memory:fda00000-fdafffff ioport:fd900000(size=1048576)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: d
bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0
version: a2
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:fb000000-fbffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff(prefetchable) memory:fc000000-fcffffff memory:80000000-8001ffff(prefetchable)
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:6
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:7
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k8temp
resources: irq:0
*-scsi:0
physical id: e
bus info: usb@1:4
logical name: scsi6
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: Photosmart C4400
vendor: HP
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 1.00
capabilities: removable
configuration: ansiversion=5
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdc
*-scsi:1
physical id: 10
bus info: usb@1:5
logical name: scsi7
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk:0
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdd
*-disk:1
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.1
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.1
logical name: /dev/sde
*-disk:2
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.2
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.2
logical name: /dev/sdf
*-disk:3
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.3
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.3
logical name: /dev/sdg
*-scsi:2
physical id: 11
bus info: usb@2:2
logical name: scsi8
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdh

[sisco311]

The relevant part is:


*-core
description: Motherboard
product: MCP61PM-AM
vendor: ELITEGROUP
physical id: 0
version: 1.0A


seek out & download the manual...


(why don't you start a thread in one of the appropriate support forum?)

[chris4585]

There might have been a wire that connects the video card to the motherboard, maybe if there was one, you didn't attach it?

[dragos240]

There might have been a wire that connects the video card to the motherboard, maybe if there was one, you didn't attach it?

I let my dad do it, since he's assembled computers before. He also stayed grounded the entire time with a cord that went from the bottom wall socket to the table, which he touched every once in a while. I checked inside and the fan on the gfx card is running, so I assume it's working.

[cariboo]

The setting you want is under the PCI/PnP Setup menu.

What chris4585 is saying is that there may be a 4-6 pin power connector on the video card, I don't think the 9500GT has one though.

[steveneddy]

Is the video onboard video and you bought an extra card for video?

I see this in your list:


*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: d

Looks like the video in onboard or you haven't actually installed the video card?

do you have TWO video cards installed?

didn't you purchase a 9500 GT?

If you have onboard video, you will have to blacklist the onboard video so the OS doesn't see it or disable the onboard video in the BIOS, which after reading, you don't have control over that area through the BIOS.

[swoll1980]

What do you know, your old card is the same as my onboard gpu. I don't know how to go about it on gentoo, but I usually just download the proprietary drivers from nvidia's website, should work on any distro.

I just click on the little icon that appears in the task bar. I love Ubuntu.

[chris4585]

I just click on the little icon that appears in the task bar. I love Ubuntu.

Ha, yeah 10.04 has been the only time since 7.10 that, that process has worked for me.

[swoll1980]

Ha, yeah 10.04 has been the only time since 7.10 that, that process has worked for me.

I haven't had a problem with it since it was introduced. Maybe I've been lucky.

[cchhrriiss121212]

I haven't had a problem with it since it was introduced. Maybe I've been lucky.
It has failed on me numerous times, so I'm reluctant to use it now.

Regarding the new card, make sure you have the monitor connected to the port on the new card and not where it was before.

[dragos240]

The setting you want is under the PCI/PnP Setup menu.

What chris4585 is saying is that there may be a 4-6 pin power connector on the video card, I don't think the 9500GT has one though.

There are a few options:

Init Display First [PCIEx]
Reset Configuration Data [Disabled]

Resources Controlled By [Auto(ESCD)]
IRQ Resources Press Enter

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]

** PCI Express relative items **
Maximum Payload Size [4096]

I think the last one may be useful.

[dragos240]

It has failed on me numerous times, so I'm reluctant to use it now.

Regarding the new card, make sure you have the monitor connected to the port on the new card and not where it was before.

I tried that as well. No output.

[cascade9]

The relevant part is:


*-core
description: Motherboard
product: MCP61PM-AM
vendor: ELITEGROUP
physical id: 0
version: 1.0A
seek out & download the manual...

(why don't you start a thread in one of the appropriate support forum?)


Agreed on 'appropriate support forum' and the idea of getting the manual, but from what I could see at the ECS site, they dont even list that motherboard (probably because its not for general use, its meant to be sold only to corporate builders like gateway, packarbell, etc). Someone else can have a look if they want-

http://www.ecs.com.tw/


The setting you want is under the PCI/PnP Setup menu.

What chris4585 is saying is that there may be a 4-6 pin power connector on the video card, I don't think the 9500GT has one though.

They dont. ;)


Is the video onboard video and you bought an extra card for video?

I see this in your list:

Looks like the video in onboard or you haven't actually installed the video card?

do you have TWO video cards installed?

didn't you purchase a 9500 GT?

If you have onboard video, you will have to blacklist the onboard video so the OS doesn't see it or disable the onboard video in the BIOS, which after reading, you don't have control over that area through the BIOS.

Blacklisting is the last resort. Better to disable it in the BIOS.

@ dragos240- I'm guessing from the other manual I got from ECS that this is where you onboard video disable is-

Advanced Chipset Features-> Onboard GPU- set this to 'disable'

BTW, remove the current drivers before you enable the new video card. Then reboot, go into BIOS, enable the video card, save settings, change the cable over, boot into the OS, an reinstall the nvidia drivers.

[dragos240]

Agreed on 'appropriate support forum' and the idea of getting the manual, but from what I could see at the ECS site, they dont even list that motherboard (probably because its not for general use, its meant to be sold only to corporate builders like gateway, packarbell, etc). Someone else can have a look if they want-

http://www.ecs.com.tw/



They dont. ;)



Blacklisting is the last resort. Better to disable it in the BIOS.

@ dragos240- I'm guessing from the other manual I got from ECS that this is where you onboard video disable is-

Advanced Chipset Features-> Onboard GPU- set this to 'disable'

BTW, remove the current drivers before you enable the new video card. Then reboot, go into BIOS, enable the video card, save settings, change the cable over, boot into the OS, an reinstall the nvidia drivers.

Unfortunately, that option doesn't exist.

[cascade9]

It migth be hiding somewhere else in the BIOS, but that is unlikely. Still, worth a look, check every page. ;)

This is why I really dislike 'corporate' computers- locked down BIOSes with less options than they should have.

[dragos240]

I want to know if this is set up right:
152930

Sorry for the low quality, best quality my netbook cam could take. Anything drastically wrong here?

[cascade9]

Thats fine.

The only issue your having is the &$^&!@#$!@ corporate BIOS.

*edit- its pretty hard to see if the card is fully inserted into the slot from that angle, but I would assume that it is.

[dragos240]

Anyone know how I can upgrade my bios? It's a phoenix bios. Apparently it's award winning :p.

[cascade9]

Anyone know how I can upgrade my bios? It's a phoenix bios. Apparently it's award winning :p.

Depends. The safe way? Go to the manufcturers site, put in your model number, etc etc, get the newest BIOS, then flash it whatever way they suggest (warning- a lot of them now do BIOS updates from windows, but its still possible to do them the old fashioned way with floppy drives).

That probably wont give you the 'disable onboard video' option though. To do that you would need to start playing with BIOSes, and either hack the BIOS or try crossfalshing.. If you've never flashed a BIOS before I dont think that hacking or crossflashing is a good idea...

BTW, 'crossflashing' is using a BIOS from a different motherboard. I would guess that the BIOS from the ECS 6100SM-M@ *may* work, but there is no way of knowing without trying it.

[swoll1980]

If you have a windows install you can run a exe from their site. If not you will have to flash it the old fashioned way.

[dragos240]

It wants me to PAY for a new BIOS. Fat chance.

[cascade9]

What on earth? Pay for a BIOS? What evil company does that? :|

[swoll1980]

It wants me to PAY for a new BIOS. Fat chance.


What on earth? Pay for a BIOS? What evil company does that? :|

Get it from your mobo or computer manufacturer's site.

[spoons]

Have you plugged the monitor into the new graphics card? Sounds daft, but I've seen people not do that.

[dragos240]

Have you plugged the monitor into the new graphics card? Sounds daft, but I've seen people not do that.

I tried. Nothing happened.

[dragos240]

Get it from your mobo or computer manufacturer's site.

My manufacturer wants me to pay.

[cascade9]

Get it from your mobo or computer manufacturer's site.

The motherboard manufacturers site has no BIOS for that system (its an OEM model, so no support by ECS).

dragos240- seems like this is a known problem, I found a page somewhere with the same issue you are having on vista, and this -


MCP61PM-AM Motherboard BIOS Release Noteshttp://static.packardbell.com/sup/tpl/img/dot.gif
Here you will find the BIOS revision history for the MCP61PM-AM motherboard. Please note that not all BIOS versions may be available as download. Click here (http://support.packardbell.com/global/item/index.php?i=cnt_motherboard_MCP61PM-AM&PibLinkType=2006) to see the list of available BIOS downloads.

V011

Fixed a no video issue on add-on video card.



http://support.packardbell.com/global/item/index.php?i=instr_releasenotes_bios_mcp61pm-am&pi=platform_amadeus_istart

So if you want to get your video working, you are going to have to pay your manufacturer for your BIOS update, find the offical BIOS 'somwewhere else' or take the risk of flashing a diffeernt BIOS onto your computer (BTW, Acer, eMachines, Gateway, HP and PackardBell all have systems with this motherboard)

how much do they want for the BIOS?

[dragos240]

$30 or something. That's about the money I would need to buy CS:S.

[cascade9]

$30? Rip-off. You could get a motherboard for your current parts for not much more than that. (as to if it would fit in your case, thats a different question)

[dragos240]

$30? Rip-off. You could get a motherboard for your current parts for not much more than that. (as to if it would fit in your case, thats a different question)

A new motherboard would be a good idea anyway. My current board can only support 2gb of ram and my 2 64 bit CPUs are the max I can have. So buying a new motherboard is a pretty good idea.

[swoll1980]

A new motherboard would be a good idea anyway. My current board can only support 2gb of ram and my 2 64 bit CPUs are the max I can have. So buying a new motherboard is a pretty good idea.

$30 is a rip off. I've never heard of people being charged for a BIOS update before.

[cascade9]

A new motherboard would be a good idea anyway. My current board can only support 2gb of ram and my 2 64 bit CPUs are the max I can have. So buying a new motherboard is a pretty good idea.

Probably not a bad idea, but be careful- some corporate computers have non-standard motherboard mounting holes and switches that can mean you have to replace the case as well.