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Advice needed for testing S3 card

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First post, by MarbleMouse

Posted on 2024-01-07, 18:26

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Hello,

I'm trying to test an S3 Virge DX card in an old PC.

The PC has onboard graphics (some 1MB Cirrus chip) which I get a picture out of, but I can't seem to get a picture at all when the VGA cable is connected to the S3 PCI card.

Is there something I need to do first? Or does it sound like it's dead?

I'm fairly sure other cards worked by just dropping them in.

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Reply 1 of 2, by dominusprog

Posted on 2024-01-07, 18:41

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BIOS might have an option for disabling the onboard chip.

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Reply 2 of 2, by MarbleMouse

Posted on 2024-01-07, 19:09

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False alarm, sorry!
Tried a different PCI slot and worked fine after that.

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