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Hi,
I tried a couple of newly bought GeForce 4 MX440 video cards. These cards have a definite problem with VIA KT133(A) chipset based motherboards. I tried them on two motherboards one with KT133A and the other with KT133. On the first one none of them booted and on the second one only one (gainward) booted with a garbled output. On the other hand they all work fine on an Intel motherboard. Has anyone else tested G4MX cards with these KT133 boards? I tried three G4 cards of two different brands and from 2 different sources and they show the same problem. So it is surely not a coincidence or a problem with one card only. Other cards like Radeon and GF2MX, SiS etc work fine on these boards. There is definite issue with G4 and KT133. Or at least with the FIC based KT133 boards that I have.
Following is the configuration I tried with -
Motherboard 1:
VIA KT133A chipset FIC AZ11EA brand motherboard
Athlon XP 1800+ CPU, 1GB PC133 SDRAM, 40+60GB Maxtor HDD
SB Live!5.1, Realtek N/W card
Motherboard 2:
VIA KT133 chipset FIC AZ11E brand motherboard
Athlon 1.3 GHz CPU, 384 MB PC100 SDRAM, 20GB WD HDD
Realtek N/W card, Trendnet WinModem
The Intel board I tried was on a standard Dell Precision 220 Workstation.
The cards I used were Leadtek and Gainward G4MX440 ones
I hope some other folks out there can verify this. Its a shame that they didn't do a good job of compatbility testing. Also most of the reviewers seem to use only high end VIAKT266A based boards.
I'd warn anyone with a KT133 based board to think seriously and do some testing before buying a G4MX based video card.
Thanks,
WhoDaresWins
Who Dares Wins!
I tried a couple of newly bought GeForce 4 MX440 video cards. These cards have a definite problem with VIA KT133(A) chipset based motherboards. I tried them on two motherboards one with KT133A and the other with KT133. On the first one none of them booted and on the second one only one (gainward) booted with a garbled output. On the other hand they all work fine on an Intel motherboard. Has anyone else tested G4MX cards with these KT133 boards? I tried three G4 cards of two different brands and from 2 different sources and they show the same problem. So it is surely not a coincidence or a problem with one card only. Other cards like Radeon and GF2MX, SiS etc work fine on these boards. There is definite issue with G4 and KT133. Or at least with the FIC based KT133 boards that I have.
Following is the configuration I tried with -
Motherboard 1:
VIA KT133A chipset FIC AZ11EA brand motherboard
Athlon XP 1800+ CPU, 1GB PC133 SDRAM, 40+60GB Maxtor HDD
SB Live!5.1, Realtek N/W card
Motherboard 2:
VIA KT133 chipset FIC AZ11E brand motherboard
Athlon 1.3 GHz CPU, 384 MB PC100 SDRAM, 20GB WD HDD
Realtek N/W card, Trendnet WinModem
The Intel board I tried was on a standard Dell Precision 220 Workstation.
The cards I used were Leadtek and Gainward G4MX440 ones
I hope some other folks out there can verify this. Its a shame that they didn't do a good job of compatbility testing. Also most of the reviewers seem to use only high end VIAKT266A based boards.
I'd warn anyone with a KT133 based board to think seriously and do some testing before buying a G4MX based video card.
Thanks,
WhoDaresWins
Who Dares Wins!