[zmaster200x]

I just bought an AGPTEK ATI Radeon 9600XT 256 card. When I put it in my mobo, and restart my pc the computer starts up and fans go including the card, but the monitor's light goes from green to orange and does nothing.
Also how do i increase the AGP aperture size
My PC specs are as follows;

AMD XP 3000+ Barton
Phoenix BIOS 3.08
ASUSTek A7V8X-MX SE MOBO model Kamet2
VIA KM400 chipset with VT8237 southbridge
AGP Version 3.5 4x/8x
Samsung 512MB PC2700 DDR
PSU 400

 

[norton850]

Do you have onboard video on that board? I think so. Do you get video if you take the card out. If so go into BIOS and disable the onboard video

 

[zmaster200x]

Yeah I have O/B, but its tied in with the agp slot...

 

[norton850]

Sorry if I'm not understanding you and I may have looked up the wrong info about your motherboard. If you take the 9600 out of the AGP slot will your system boot up with video?

 

[zmaster200x]

yeah it does it reloads the o/b drivers when i restart, only if i take out the card.

 

[norton850]

With the 9600 not in the AGP boot up and go into setup. What you are looking for is an option to disable onboard video. It might be under the Onboard Devices heading or Integrated Peripherals. Also look for something about enabling AGP or AGP 8x. Save and exit. You then can try it with your card in.

 

[zmaster200x]

there are two options. PCI and AGP/Onboard

 

[norton850]

I would judge from that you want the AGP/Onboard setting which is probably what is already enabled. So either the onboard automatically disables when there is a card in the AGP slot or perhaps there is a jumper on the MB. Do you have the manual for your board?

 

[norton850]

I couldn't find anything in the manual about jumpers. Sorry I'll pass this on to someone else.

 

[zmaster200x]

thanks for trying. i read something about jumpers elsewhere but didnt really know where to look... anyway...

 

[Roblobob]

Sounds stupid but did you attach the monitor to the old VGA port or the one on the card?

 

[zmaster200x]

the new card, i also updated my bios to the newest version.

 

[haplo210]

Does the card require connection to the psu? If so make sure it is connected properly. Make sure th emonitor is plugged into the card and not the motherboard port as this will disable. You can change the agp size in your bios most likely. Can you get any sort of boot?

 

[Triple6]

The 9600XT doesn't require a seperate power connector but sometimes it requires a firmly push to make sure it is seated correctly in the slot. It might also be a bad card - if possible try it in another computer and see if you get video output.

And for AGP settings, check Page 44 of the manual: http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socka/KM400/a7v8x-mx se/e1493_a7v8x-mx_se.pdf
You may want to enable or disable some of these options and see if the card works(while using the Onboard video).

 

[zmaster200x]

I dont have that menu on page 44, unless there's an extra set of menus in the bios all i have is the option of PCI or AGP/Onboard.

 

[WiseMan]

Out of curiosity, what card did you have in there before, and was it working properly?

Also, did you uninstall your old cards drivers before removing it?

If the answer to all is yes, then chances are the card is bad. Try it in another pc if you can. If you can't, return it and get another one.

 

[Triple6]

Just to make sure we are on the same page; in the manula for downlaod from the ASUS website it should start on 2-13 and goes to 2-15. On 2-13 is shows that you can to set the shared Memory Size to Disabled - this should be done as it will make the AGP card the primary one. So thats on the Advanced Page and you need to press Enter on the VGA Shared item to get a Sub-menu or thats what I gather from the manual and help on the screen shot.

 

[zmaster200x]

I went back into my bios and there is no sub menu only pci or agp/onboard. I can physically find any way to disable this damn onboard chip.