Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Video cards

I recently had such a problem. On an HP pavilion computer. The manufacturer
claimed the same thing, put in a card and the new one would work. Checking
the net I found a host of nasty letters from owners of that model that
proved add-on cards did'nt work with everything as Windows still saw the
card and reserved interupts and time slots for it.
The end solution, new motherboard. Unless there's a selection in the
bios to turn it off, the cards do not seem to deactivate fully. Hope yours
is different, this one was a writeoff, HP admitted the problem and simply
said "there is no solution". (I have a solution, I'll stay away from HP's)

Art
ArtSoft CNC Software Company
http://users.andara.com/~fenerty/master.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Country Bubba" <axtein@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Video cards


> Marcus,
> I also have a POS SIS video on my computer and it is built into the
> motherboard:-{(
>
> Having said that, it gets worse; in my case, there is NO jumper to disable
> the video and it is SUPPOSED to disable when you put in a new video card.
I
> have been messing with mine as I have other problems due to video and
would
> like to get rid of the SIS. After several attempts, I still held my mouth
> just right (or said the appropriate words) to get the SIS turned off!
> Another problem we both have is that win98 will accept multiple monitors
> and I think that is where the problem lies! Trying to get updated SIS
> drivers is also a PITA and I have not been successful at that either.
>
> You are supposed to be able to simply put a new video card in one of the
> slots that you have available (obviously with the computer powered down),
> connect your monitor to that; power up and with winblows it SHOULD
> recognize the hardware and either look for the appropriate driver or let
> you tell it that you have it on disk.
>
> Good luck and let us know how well it works.
>
> At 08:13 AM 6/13/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >Hi all:
> > I need help and advice on a computer related question.
> >My box is a Pentium 3 with a built in SIS video chip, that I'm told is
> >making a hash of my Solidworks program.
> >Is it possible to retrofit an aftermarket video board to a machine like
> >this?
> >How would I find out easily whether it's possible or not.
> >I assume I'd have to look in the box for a slot to plug the board into.
> >What would it look like?
> >Can I just trace back from the monitor connector and assume that the
closest
> >slot is the video board slot, or are there other better ways to tell?
> >Is it a real pain to get one of these machines to accept the new
hardware?
> >I'm running Win98 SE.
> >Thanks in advance for your help.
> >Cheers
> >
> >Marcus
>
> Bubba
>
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