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First post, by deadfatty

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Recently I got a PCChip M575 mainboard with Cyrix C2 300MHz on it. While I tried to powered it on, nothing on screen. Also no beeping from PC speaker.
Then I plugged graphic card (SiS 6202) in another PCI slot, I got a blurred POST screen like this.
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I tried this graphic card on modern PC(Z77P-D3), also got a wrong display.
QQ20190616-0.jpg
So can I use a ISA graphic card(TVGA9000)on this mainboard?

Reply 2 of 7, by PC@LIVE

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deadfatty wrote:
Recently I got a PCChip M575 mainboard with Cyrix C2 300MHz on it. While I tried to powered it on, nothing on screen. Also no be […]
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Recently I got a PCChip M575 mainboard with Cyrix C2 300MHz on it. While I tried to powered it on, nothing on screen. Also no beeping from PC speaker.
Then I plugged graphic card (SiS 6202) in another PCI slot, I got a blurred POST screen like this.
QQ20190616-1.jpg
I tried this graphic card on modern PC(Z77P-D3), also got a wrong display.
QQ20190616-0.jpg
So can I use a ISA graphic card(TVGA9000)on this mainboard?

If the problem is the video card, you can try the ISA video card (TVGA9000) on the M575 MII-300.
If all goes well and works, you will still need to look for another PCI video card.

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AMD 386DX-40 Intel 387 8MB HD 81MB VGA 256KB
Cyrix 486DLC-40 IIT387-40 8MB VGA 512KB
AMD 5X86-133 16MB VGA VLB CL5428 2MB and many others
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Reply 3 of 7, by Dominus

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Reply 4 of 7, by PC@LIVE

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As I said before if with the video card ISA works, and excluding a failure to the PCI slots, you should replace the video card with another PCI.
You should be able to find a second-hand one at a good price, or there would be 8MB ATI RageXLs online, which should be like new.
The choice depends on the type of use of that PC, but in general for normal use it should be more than sufficient.

AMD 286-16 287-10 4MB HD 45MB VGA 256KB
AMD 386DX-40 Intel 387 8MB HD 81MB VGA 256KB
Cyrix 486DLC-40 IIT387-40 8MB VGA 512KB
AMD 5X86-133 16MB VGA VLB CL5428 2MB and many others
AMD K62+ 550 SOYO 5EMA+ and many others
AST Pentium Pro 200 MHz L2 256KB

Reply 6 of 7, by deadfatty

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PC@LIVE wrote:
deadfatty wrote:
Recently I got a PCChip M575 mainboard with Cyrix C2 300MHz on it. While I tried to powered it on, nothing on screen. Also no be […]
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Recently I got a PCChip M575 mainboard with Cyrix C2 300MHz on it. While I tried to powered it on, nothing on screen. Also no beeping from PC speaker.
Then I plugged graphic card (SiS 6202) in another PCI slot, I got a blurred POST screen like this.
QQ20190616-1.jpg
I tried this graphic card on modern PC(Z77P-D3), also got a wrong display.
QQ20190616-0.jpg
So can I use a ISA graphic card(TVGA9000)on this mainboard?

If the problem is the video card, you can try the ISA video card (TVGA9000) on the M575 MII-300.
If all goes well and works, you will still need to look for another PCI video card.

thanks! i borrowed a S3 ViRGE DX from my friend! Beside I want to test if the Trident TVGA9000 is work or not, can I use M575 mainboard?

Reply 7 of 7, by PC@LIVE

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deadfatty wrote:
PC@LIVE wrote:
deadfatty wrote:
Recently I got a PCChip M575 mainboard with Cyrix C2 300MHz on it. While I tried to powered it on, nothing on screen. Also no be […]
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Recently I got a PCChip M575 mainboard with Cyrix C2 300MHz on it. While I tried to powered it on, nothing on screen. Also no beeping from PC speaker.
Then I plugged graphic card (SiS 6202) in another PCI slot, I got a blurred POST screen like this.
QQ20190616-1.jpg
I tried this graphic card on modern PC(Z77P-D3), also got a wrong display.
QQ20190616-0.jpg
So can I use a ISA graphic card(TVGA9000)on this mainboard?

If the problem is the video card, you can try the ISA video card (TVGA9000) on the M575 MII-300.
If all goes well and works, you will still need to look for another PCI video card.

thanks! i borrowed a S3 ViRGE DX from my friend! Beside I want to test if the Trident TVGA9000 is work or not, can I use M575 mainboard?

I would try the ISA TVGA9000 video card first, if it works I would try the S3 Virge DX.
So if the S3 Virge DX works, your SiS 6202 is broken. If it is broken you can look for another VGA as I told you, or you can ask if your friend gives you the S3 Virge DX.

AMD 286-16 287-10 4MB HD 45MB VGA 256KB
AMD 386DX-40 Intel 387 8MB HD 81MB VGA 256KB
Cyrix 486DLC-40 IIT387-40 8MB VGA 512KB
AMD 5X86-133 16MB VGA VLB CL5428 2MB and many others
AMD K62+ 550 SOYO 5EMA+ and many others
AST Pentium Pro 200 MHz L2 256KB