Windows 2000 seems to hang on the blue screen initial setup after loading all the drivers. I'll give the BIOS thing a go now but I suspect this board is hosed

I'll give that a go thanks. I think I must have been using the wrong switches for awdflash. I'm also going to give windows 2000 a shot just to see if it's maybe an OS issue

Howdy folks. I'll get straight to the point. HP Pavilion 4530 with a very bare bones and stripped down P5S-VM. Initially everything was working great. Tried to add a PCI Radeon 9250 and that's when the fun started. Windows 98 worked fine for a little bit then suddenly after some minor 3D …

So, what are the 3 fastest cpus i can use with this mobo for 2010 games and emulation ? Thanks 1: QX9650 (with unofficial BIOS patch) 2: QX6850 3: X6800 This is to my knowledge anyway- feel free to correct me. I run an X6800 and I think it's the perfect CPU for this board. This board has short …

candle_86 wrote on 2020-07-06, 16:39: Turn off agp features, sideband addressing and fast writes. I bet ECS has them on by default. I believe I looked for at least fast writes and there was no option to enable/disable in the BIOS. I know for a fact that I have fastwrites enabled on my ASRock board. …

Just a quick update. Tested with a different PSU (the coolermaster 500W) and my Radeon 9600 Pro. Same problem...

To avoid losing sight of other possible explanations, can you list exactly which cards you tried and how well or badly they worked? One thing that comes to mind is power requirements of the different cards. Are you able to test voltages with a multimeter? I'm especially curious if your 5V supply is …

Yes the silly title is true! As I sit here writing this at 1am I'm at a complete loss. My ECS P4M800PRO-M2 REFUSES to do any hardware acceleration with ATi cards X1X and under. Somehow the 2600XT and HD3850 I tested work but anything under that I will get constant BSOD (no errors either. A literal …

Just wanted to share my some of my testing results and notes with the 4coreDUAL-Sata2 R2.0 board since I have recently purchased one of these and read the entire thread here... Note: I was NOT using memory compatibility mode for these tests. The beta BIOS is the best way to go. Some people were …

Just wanted to give an update. My new AGP system is built in my Antec 300 case with a 120mm sidepanel fan and it is MUCH better now in terms of thermals. The 3850 is now able to actually occasionally idle without running its fan. Under load it still gets hot but not as hot as it was before. I guess …

Thanks for the input, all. :) I will see what happens when I get my newer ECS motherboard and set it all up in the Antec 300 case. I plan on using the side panel fan draw cool air into the case and it should hit both the top and bottom of the GPU. It's simple : The pad around bridge (the pink stuff …

Hey all! It's been nearly a year since I last posted here. I have owned several HD3850 AGPs, the cheapest one (10$!!!) died after about a week of use. The other two that I have acquired recently still work. One thing I have been trying to look into is keeping the RIALTO bridge chip cool. When you do …

Don't hold me to it, but I am almost positive it is 9.0b? I remember having this issue with 9.0c games. Need for speed underground 2 and UT2004 would puke graphics all over the screen with the FX5600 under Windows 98se. Once again, worked fine in Windows xp. The plus 98 screen savers with white …

Thanks for the reply! I haven't changed the driver yet. I tested a GeForce FX5500 today and same problem. However I also got a geforce 6600 today, same driver, no white textures! But now the plus 98 screen savers don't even start - they immediately crash. I may just use this 6600 but I need to clean …

Hi all, long time lurker here. For years I have been trying on and off to get my father's old GeForce FX5600 256 working in my very first computer running windows 98se. The drivers install and work, but plus 98 screen savers have white textures, and half life has the same white textures issue. I …