First post, by pedro_rckt
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I recently bought this Diamond Stealth, already defective. I found it curious that the Bios chip was poorly positioned, so I removed it, cleaned the socket contacts, also read the software using the Minipro without any problems. I put it back in the socket and still nothing works. Strangely, I hear ONE POST beep, and apparently, everything will work, but the screen doesn't change the orange LED to green. I tried with another video card together, with the monitor on the working card and it gets stuck with the list of IDE devices on the screen. I can open Windows 98 with another PCI card together without problems (two PCI video cards that work).
My question is how to find the defective component. I have basic equipment, so I could try to change the RAMDAC, or memory modules, but before blasting the card with hot air I need to get a better idea of the problem. Some one has any idea how to test it?
Visually, I have not found problems, the S3 chip and Texas Instrument RAMDAC are (as far as I can see) properly seated.
I will check with my POST analyzer, but I don't think it will give me real insight here.