3d prophet 9000 pci on 486 ,no boot \ VOGONS

3d prophet 9000 pci on 486 ,no boot

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First post, by amstrad1640

Posted on 2011-07-07, 22:38

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Hi, i have recieved my 3d prophet 9000 pci ,and i try to use it on my 486 motherboard (with POD intel pentium overdrive) no boot, no post, nothing, only some buzzer bips . The video card is not detected like a no video card on motherboard PCI.

Then, i test it on a 233mmx Pentium computer, it's booting and no Post only a litle text (a code showeb by the video card) and nothing. Same result on a pentium pro computer.

I must to use a Pentium2 computer to boot, post, and load windows 98 se.

Well, a 3d prophet 9000 64mo DDR pci is for a Pentium2 computer not for PCI 2.1 486, and i don't know why?

bye.

Reply 1 of 2, by sliderider

Posted on 2011-07-07, 22:55

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It's too new to use with a 486 motherboard. Just because a card is PCI does not mean it will work in a system that old.

Reply 2 of 2, by swaaye

Posted on 2011-07-08, 18:22

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I think it likely requires PCI 2.2 or better. Most 486 boards have buggy, poorly performing PCI on top of it being an old version of the spec.

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