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First post, by d3vilsadvocate

Posted on 2023-03-20, 20:18

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Hey all

Due to some driver bug I have no video output when my Siluro G4 4200 Ti is connected to the screen via DVI. I‘m using a dvi-hdmi adapter and it works fine during bootup and DOS mode but not under W98.

When I booted up W98 the first time it worked as well. But as soon as I install nvidia drivers 28.32/29.42/45.23 it just won’t work.

Any idea what causes this? Is this a common occurrence?

Thanks in advance

Reply 1 of 8, by The Serpent Rider

Posted on 2023-03-20, 20:57

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Probably refresh rate/resolution is set too high.

I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.

Reply 2 of 8, by Kordanor

Posted on 2023-03-20, 22:16

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Yep, I'd suspect the same. Try safemode. If that is not working, you might need to find a screen you can connect via VGA to adjust the settings. Alternatively your card got a SVideo out, and if you have a cable and a screen for that, this might work as well (just for switching the settings)

Reply 3 of 8, by smtkr

Posted on 2023-03-20, 23:06

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Which resoluti0n are you trying to display? I feel like a Ti4200 should be new enough to display them all, but I recently ran into an issue where my Geforce 2 GTS couldn't display above 1024x768 on the DVI port (the screen would just lose its signal when I switched to native 1280x1024). Maybe you're experiencing something similar.

Reply 4 of 8, by maxtherabbit

Posted on 2023-03-21, 01:08

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My FX5200 with DVI maxes out at like 1440x900 or something. The VGA output works at 1080p and beyond

Reply 5 of 8, by d3vilsadvocate

Posted on 2023-03-21, 06:33

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Vga works well at many different resolutions but I will try again tonight with safe mode and all and another monitor + even more drivers.

Reply 6 of 8, by agent_x007

Posted on 2023-03-21, 07:13

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You could try setting forced resolution with PowerStrip software (bypasess Windows desktop settings, including timings/pixel clocks/etc. IF you set them manually).

Reply 7 of 8, by maxtherabbit

Posted on 2023-03-21, 12:35

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I think you're wasting your time. The TMDS transmitter on these cards is just shit

Reply 8 of 8, by d3vilsadvocate

Posted on 2023-03-22, 21:04

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2023-03-21, 12:35:

I think you're wasting your time. The TMDS transmitter on these cards is just shit

that's entirely possible. I guess I'll just live with VGA for now. Even more so since I own an OSSC and a Voodoo card...

I'd try a different GPU but now I've just modded a noctua fan on top of the GPU with 3d printed fan bracket...

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