Trying to find a graphics board that is compatible with the cpu/motherboard
combo. I bought a Sappire radeon (256meg) 9600 pro (ATI) AGP board that won't even allow the system to boot up.
Any ideas what board would work?
Before removing your current card swap video outputs on the PC. If currently connected to the VGA output switch to the HDMI connector AT the video card. Use the HDMI to VGA adapter that came with the video card. Check & see if the display loads Pc starts. Taking the information directly from your motherboard manual pg. 25, your AGP video can only run at, AGP supporting 1.5 V 4X AGP cards. The 9600pro runs at 8x & it is not backwards compatible. (able to run at either 8x or 4x). You could run the Sappire ATI Radeon 256MB 9550 DDR AGP 4x/8x 1.5volt card.
Here is one site: http://www.colordrives.com/sapphire-ati-radeon-9550-256mb-ddr-agp-4x-8x-video-card---retail-box.html
When you do get the video card be sure to set your bios AGP to the correct size as listed in your manual pg. 109 subsection 4.4.7
I hope this helped.
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The board I mentioned purchasing was a 9600 pro atlantis which is 4x/8x. Anyway, it since an ATI 96HD3 (256Mg) did work in it, I think I'll purchase it once Newegg assures me that I'll get a refund on the atlantis.
Thanks for your assistance!
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