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vercetti01
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July 8th, 2005 17:00
Gxa (problems detecting Riser)
I recently installed a new 80gb primary hard drive into my sister's computer,
a Dell GXa. Running Windows 98 OS, it working fine.
However I am encountering problems with the Riser on the motherboard.
Whenever I start the computer with a graphics card or modem inserted neither they or the Riser is detected.
However when I leave out the graphics card and modem, the Riser is detected fine.
I have checked both cards and the Riser worked perfectly before hand.
Any suggestions, please
a Dell GXa. Running Windows 98 OS, it working fine.
However I am encountering problems with the Riser on the motherboard.
Whenever I start the computer with a graphics card or modem inserted neither they or the Riser is detected.
However when I leave out the graphics card and modem, the Riser is detected fine.
I have checked both cards and the Riser worked perfectly before hand.
Any suggestions, please
vercetti01
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Posted July 8th, 2005 20:00
It worked with the Gxa before I put in the new hard drive.
Originally it was
8gb hard drive, Windows 98 SE - modem and riser worked properly.
I don't kno.
Its the same system just with a larger drive. I don't see how the drive could effect it.peterfelgate_ce40d3
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Posted July 9th, 2005 16:00
What exactly are the symptoms? I suspect you have a problem with the HDD. Did you jumper it for cable select? Is it detected OK in the BIOS?
vercetti01
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Posted July 13th, 2005 22:00
Yo !
meant to get to get back sooner
!?
yep I did, its detected in bios. It reads okpeterfelgate_ce40d3
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Posted July 14th, 2005 05:00
OK, so what do you mean by not detecting the riser? Do you mean that cards in the riser are not detected or working properly?
vercetti01
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Posted July 14th, 2005 15:00
None of the cards are working, when plugged into riser. (Motorola modem and Geforce 2mx)
I have checked out these in other non-riser computers and they work fine.
When I start the computer with just the riser
'Dec 21152 Pci to Pci bridge' appears in System Properties, which I believe is correct.
However when I start with the riser and the 2 cards plugged in, nothing appears.
add (new hardware/ modem) tools find nothing.,,peterfelgate_ce40d3
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Posted July 15th, 2005 07:00
Try the modem alone. If that works, then suspect the graphics card compatibility - some cards don't work (e.g. Kyro based Hercules cards don't work properly on a GX1...)vercetti01
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Posted July 18th, 2005 19:00
Hey thanx for the feedback.
Its working!! both cards!!
I think there was some type of conflict. Disabled some setting in bios.
And changed property in system setting from - read hardware to bios.
everything was detected!!
Thanks for the help.
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Posted July 8th, 2005 19:00
Just because it fits doesnt mean its compatable.