[Gllug] Hardware help needed

Dylan dylan at dylan.me.uk
Sat Nov 23 23:51:08 UTC 2002


On Saturday 23 November 2002 23:31, Alain Williams wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I power up the POST code is FF (which the manual says = Boot attempt
> (INT(10h)), it gets there immediately, no other code shows, the disk/floppy
> don't spin up or seek, the monitor says 'No signal'. I can't get to BIOS
> setup.
>
> A minimalist FAQ in the mother board manual for this POST code says:
> 	problem					solution
> 	1. BIOS chip replace inverse		make sure bios chip replace appropriate
> 	2. Update wrong BIOS
> 	3. Mainboard problem			make sure all hardware device insert appropriate
> 	4. ADD-ON card insert inapropriate	Swap mainboard
>
> The one that worries me is (3).
>
>
> I changed video card, no difference.

Are they both AGP cards? is there a motherboard link/switch to set AGP or PCI 
graphics card?

Dylan

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