Ati Radeon 9700 pro no video signal on post

[rikui]

Well, it seems there's no end of these problem with radeon 9700 pro. So, here's another one.

I have following problem with Asus P4S8X and Radeon 9700 Pro. There's no video signal after boot up (new computer, nothing installed) on monitor (I think it's called the post phase). I have updated bios to newest version. I checked that my hardware installation is ok with two other graphic cards (pci Riva tnt and agp Radeon 64ddr) and they worked correctly (this way I can see bios). New Radeon 9700 worked however in other much older computer. So hardware is not broke and installation is correct. I I have no idea what to try next.

http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4069.html
This isnt helping me a bit.

My hardware:
P4 2.8Mhz, 1Gg Ram, Hercules Radeon 9700 Pro, ASUS P4S8X, 450W, SB Audigy2, 3com, 120Gb western digital...

Thanks!

Br
Riku

 

[bloaty]

A lot of people have had the same problem with 8x boards and couldnt fix it. You could RMA the video card to get the latest revision but takes a long time and doesnt always work. The only way i can guarentee that card will work is to get a differnt motherboard.

You might find an answer here however <A HREF="http://www.rage3d.com/board/forumdisplay.php?s=9c4147189f1ccd6ab51efead081bf907&forumid=58 " target="_new">http://www.rage3d.com/board/forumdisplay.php?s=9c4147189f1ccd6ab51efead081bf907&forumid=58 </A>

 

[rikui]

Thanks. But lot of people have no problems with this combo and this "no post" problem.

 

[jclw]

The 9700pro doesn't work well with the Sis648 chipset.

It may or not work depending on motherboard revision, motherboard BIOS, 9700pro revision, 9700pro stepping, and 9700pro BIOS.

*Dual PIII-800 @900 i440BX and Tualeron 1.2 @1.74 i815*

 

[uther]

Do you happen to have both the DVI and VGA cables plugged into the card? Try using just the VGA cable first.

 

[ThePox]

rikui,

Not sure if you've resolved your problem, but here's a link on the ATI site that you can check. Maybe something to help you here.

http://mirror.ati.com/support/infobase/4080.html

More speed, more speed! hehe, yeah.