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To: c.horn who wrote (11552)	11/25/2000 3:42:42 PM
From: Moving Sphere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

c.horn, Did you try running your motherboard bare except for the graphic card? What I meant is that you unplug all the peripherals connections such as IDE cables, floppy drives cable, modem PCI/ISA cards, etc. This way, if your card work from a bare motherboard, then you will know which of the other peripherals conflict with your graphic card. Hope it helps. MS

To: c.horn who wrote (11552)	11/25/2000 4:02:49 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Re: I put it all together and cannot get any Video signal. Nothing.. Just a blank screen.. Could be a bad board. I've seen DOA Asus and boxed Intel motherboards, so I'm sure there have been 1 or 2 from Gigabyte as well. But it's more likely that your RAM is bad. Try different memory, and/or try the memory you have in another board. Athlon systems need average memory or better. Very slow RAM (10ns CAS 3 PC100) is a bad choice in an Athlon system. Regards, Dan

To: c.horn who wrote (11552)	11/25/2000 4:20:12 PM
From: deibutfeif	Respond to of 14778

Are you sure the 1.1G Athlon is not just a mechanical sample? (edit: simple test - if it gloes red when you turn on the power, its not) ~dbf

To: c.horn who wrote (11552)	11/25/2000 7:22:38 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

I put it all together and cannot get any Video signal. Whenever I hear a person say he can't get a video signal my first reaction is the memory isn't installed correctly. I say this because I couldn't get a video display on the first 486 system I put together. I finally found that this 486 system was very touchy about how the memory was plugged into its mating socket. After much fiddling I could once in a great while get a good connection and a video display. I don't know if this problem is causing your no video display problem but it is worthwhile checking. Also try plugging your memory into a different socket.

To: c.horn who wrote (11552)	11/26/2000 2:30:54 AM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

<I have a 1.1gig Athlon TBird that was bundled with an AMD Gigabyte GA-7ZY AGP MotherBoard.> Where did you get this "bundle"? Why don't you call those crooks and ask for assistance, instead of bothering AMD and Gigabyte? They did not sell you the product, did they? Second, the GA-7ZY, as listed on the AMD site, to run at 1100MHz, it has to have certain modifications, 1.0 ECN: "ECN:7ZX_APN01 required for A1100 For information or questions regarding ECNs please contact the motherboard vendor." Since you did not buy the product directly from Gigabyte, I doubt if you are entitled for the support. Call your vendor. Try a lower frequency CPU. Try a POST card to see if you have any power at all and any Post codes. Try to clear CMOS BIOS data. Read Usenet groups on Gigabyte boards.