Voodoo 5 5500 PCI problem..

Nightbird · 28 April 2005, 01:00:41

Try to do like written here :
https://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/3dfx/voodoo3/faq/2k3k.htm#q25

Nightbird · 28 April 2005, 22:22:24

QuoteSECONDARY DEVICE -- NO ROM ALLOWED.

The card is setup like a second adapter.
A second monitor ?

TBC-Or1on · 28 April 2005, 22:35:38

QuoteOriginally posted by Nightbird

QuoteSECONDARY DEVICE -- NO ROM ALLOWED.
The card is setup like a second adapter.
A second monitor ?

The Voodoo5 5500 is my primary right now.

TBC-Or1on · 28 April 2005, 22:37:51

QuoteOriginally posted by bloodworm

Hmmmmm. you really need to get that primary video disabled on the motherboard somehow. what video BIOS are you running on the V5? 1.11? I think there is a later version for the PCI?

I'm using 1.11. I don't know how to change them.

Nightbird · 29 April 2005, 22:56:01

Did you try to do like here explained ?
https://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/3dfx/voodoo3/faq/2k3k.htm#q25

can you also remove the drivers for the Sis gfx card ?

what card is on your secondary monitor now ?

secretfj · 01 May 2005, 04:07:41

have you tried hook the monitor on the onboard and start the machine with V5 5500?
usually it should be auto select like my old case (V4 4500PCI + SiS 661FX)...but if it does not, you have to manually disable the onboard with turning its shared memory to the minimum
also set the "init. display first" to PCI <-- seems you have done that

hanksemenec · 01 May 2005, 05:09:20

If I remember right, but this is from looooong time ago, I have disabled the on board VGA in the Device Manager. Open display adapters, right click on the undesired VGA adapter and disable.

Hank

hanksemenec · 01 May 2005, 05:13:59

I read through the whole discussion, but not once you have mentioned the manufacturer and model of the mother board!! Kinda hard to help with the problem,

Hank

Nightbird · 01 May 2005, 08:24:31

ABIT SG-72 with a SiS661FX chipset

hanksemenec · 03 May 2005, 14:30:42

I have checked with ABIT, they have done on board VGA disable only on AGP card insert, and did not provide VGA boot order in BIOS. Very sloppy of them.

You are right, V5 BIOS must complete some initialization, because it is missing from the driver. We had to do a patch in one situation to partialy boot a VGA device and return control to on board VGA, to get the device stable. There is no way you can do that by yourself.

The only way to fix this is for ABIT to add the 2 missing BIOS features back in.

Hank

Nightbird · 03 May 2005, 15:58:49

QuoteThe only way to fix this is for ABIT to add the 2 missing BIOS features back in

Hum, the last bios for this mobo is rather recent : 02/15/2005.
Perhaps Abit can improve the situation in a "next" bios ?

TBC-Or1on · 05 May 2005, 09:49:23

I'm sorry for not posting anything. I've been ill.

TBC-Or1on · 05 May 2005, 10:04:05

Interesting. Thank you all for your time. If ABIT were to add the features in the next release that will be good.

Nightbird · 05 May 2005, 12:19:08

I sent an email to Abit (with what Hank explained, thks to you

and i received an answer
Pretty fast
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Dear ABIT customer,

Many thanks for mailing us and the mail had been under processing now.

We will answer back ASAP

ABIT Customer Care Center
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Don't know if Abit will improve the bios but we will have tried

without forgotting that would be useful for others gfx cards pci.

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Voodoo 5 5500 PCI problem..