Do you have another GPU to test with?
If not, do you have another working system that you can test your current GPU with?

Barring any of that, try stripping the rig down to minimal components, motherboard/CPU, PSU, GPU, single stick of ram.
Nothing else.
See if you still have the problem.

It's possible the card is incorrectly keyed, some lists put the FX as being 3.3V capable, but it may be implementation dependent.
You can also find "theoretically works", but doesn't like the chipset.

There's an excellent chance that GPU draws too much power for the AGP slot in that board (unless the card has an external power connector). Try a low power AGP or PCI video card. I briefly had one of these boards and I ran into this when testing it.

Thank you for all the quick responses.

Unfortunately, I don't have another card or rig to test.

Are there any jumper settings to could help in this case?
If I get another GPU that's not a guarantee this would work either.

I was thinking to get a GeForce 2 MX 400 or a GeForce 4 4200.
But am open to any further suggestions, if I am going that route of purchasing a new card all together.

Geforce 4 MX440 is a great card and would be all right, but would require a newer driver that might eat some CPU cycles.
I would consider a Geforce 2 series card with that setup, it would allow you to use an earlier driver and should give a nice performance boost.
You could go Geforce 3 as well but they can be power hogs and sounds like that is already potentially a problem for you.

Geforce 2 GTS/Ti or even Geforce 2MX is worth considering.

Which GeForce FX are we currently talking about in the first place?

Hello Friends,

It's this one.

e-GeForce FX 5200
128MB DDR TV-Out Low Profile
128-A8-N303-L2

https://www.evga.com/products/pdf/N303-L2.pdf

Thanks again for the help and suggestions.

I just had a quick search and the it seems this card should just work fine:
https://alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus.narki … orks-on-3-3v-ok

I own more than a few Geforce FX cards (all across the range) and all the AGP ones work in 440BX boards just fine.

Perhaps you simply have a defective card, you need to try a different AGP card in that board and that card in a different motherboard.

Hello Team,

I can't believe it.

I was able to get the PC to POST.

I put in the Geforce 2 MX 400 and it worked.

The start screen says:

ASUS P2B-S ACPI BIOS Revision 1010

Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A

What may be the reason for the EVGA Geforce FX 5200 not working?
Really the voltage? Would a newer Bios help? Any settings I can set in the BIOS?

- I need mouse and keyboard now.
- SCSI ODE
- Windows 98 SE

So happy that I am here now.

Thanks again for all your guidance.

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Hello Team,

I can't believe it.

I was able to get the PC to POST.

I put in the Geforce 2 MX 400 and it worked.

The start screen says:

ASUS P2B-S ACPI BIOS Revision 1010

Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A

What may be the reason for the EVGA Geforce FX 5200 not working?
Really the voltage? Would a newer Bios help? Any settings I can set in the BIOS?

- I need mouse and keyboard now.
- SCSI ODE
- Windows 98 SE

So happy that I am here now.

Thanks again for all your guidance.

Power delivery on certain early AGP motherboards to the AGP slot is a known problem; most of the affected boards are Super Socket 7, but they aren't the only ones. When I was testing my P2B IIRC the first card I tried was my GeForce 3, and I got no display and the beeps. I was worried that the board might be bad, but once I tried a passively cooled TNT2 it POSTed with no issues. There is a thread dedicated to a way to increase power to the AGP slot but that's pretty extreme.

Check the electrolytic capacitors for bulging on your EVGA GeForce FX card... or better yet, post a picture of it here.
EVGA often used very crappy GSC/Evercon/Sacon caps, even back in the early 2000's and moreso on their cheaper / lower-tier cards.
Wouldn't dismiss having a bad/dying card at this point.

Have you tried cleaning the edge connector on th card? It might look ok, but oxidation can and will cause problems.

Either deoxit or a pencil eraser (I don't use the ones on the ends of pencils) will work.

I've been testing (just for POST) a lot of cards lately in a 440BX board and there are only a few cards I have run across put of probably 70+ cards that I was not able to get to POST.

Even after cleaning, sometimes 2 or 3 removals and re-insertions are needed to get some cards to work.

Thanks everyone for the support. I feel very blessed in this Retro PC journey. I needed to tear the theory that the Asus P2B-S may have voltage issues so I got a GeForce 2 MX 400 and the PC posted. Then through a miracle my friend told me he had an old pc which had a Voodoo 3 in it. A Voodoo 3 2000. I thought I wouldn’t join the the Voodoo club for a long time. Thank all of you again. Your energy to help must have lead this.

I am currently testing it with Quake 2. The version is the Quad Damage from GOG. Unfortunate, I am getting a green tint. I have been trying to do some tweaking in the console but it’s still greenish. The CRT monitor looks fine in Windows 98SE, no green tint. Haven’t tried another game out yet. Would be cool if there is a magical setting that can take care of this.