9800 pro pre-boot message?

[spent]

My previous card was a Geforce 2 Ultra 64mb.
When the machine booted up the first thing displayed on screen before the
mboard BIOS started was the card details, i.e. "Geforce 2 Ultra 64Mb", then
the motherboard BIOS starts and off you go.

Recently got a new Powercolor 9800 pro 128Mb card and don't see any similar
confirmation of this card on screen before the normal mboard BIOS starts -
even on a restart when the monitor is warmed up.

Mboard is an ASUS a7n8x deluxe.

Is this normal for a 9800 pro ?

Card seemed to install and work fine - recognised by Windows 98 se and
correctly identified in Device Mangler and in the display settings screen.

Any observations welcome.

Thanks

Steve.

 

[Ben Pope]

My previous card was a Geforce 2 Ultra 64mb.
When the machine booted up the first thing displayed on screen before the
mboard BIOS started was the card details, i.e. "Geforce 2 Ultra 64Mb",
then the motherboard BIOS starts and off you go.

Recently got a new Powercolor 9800 pro 128Mb card and don't see any
similar confirmation of this card on screen before the normal mboard
BIOS starts - even on a restart when the monitor is warmed up.

Mboard is an ASUS a7n8x deluxe.

Is this normal for a 9800 pro ?

Don't recall ever seeing the BIOS of my card except when I powered up
without the molex connector connected, if you've ever tried assembling a
completely new system from scratch and having one of the loudest recurring
beeps appear you'll understand why I nearly had to change my underwear.

Card seemed to install and work fine - recognised by Windows 98 se and
correctly identified in Device Mangler and in the display settings screen.

Don't worry about it, it's probably normal.

Ben

 

[Dr Teeth]

Don't worry about it, it's probably normal.

It is.


Cheers,

Guy

** I may not be perfect, but I'm
** English, and that's the next best thing!

 

[spent]

It is.


Cheers,

Guy

** I may not be perfect, but I'm
** English, and that's the next best thing!

Cheers guys,

I can relax and enjoy the card now

Steve.

 

[James]

Card seemed to install and work fine - recognised by Windows 98 se and
correctly identified in Device Mangler and in the display settings
screen.

Device Mangler hehe sounds about par for the course

 

[Ben Pope]

Device Mangler hehe sounds about par for the course

Thanks for pointing that out, I like it too

Ben

 

[Dark Avenger]

My previous card was a Geforce 2 Ultra 64mb.
When the machine booted up the first thing displayed on screen before the
mboard BIOS started was the card details, i.e. "Geforce 2 Ultra 64Mb", then
the motherboard BIOS starts and off you go.

Recently got a new Powercolor 9800 pro 128Mb card and don't see any similar
confirmation of this card on screen before the normal mboard BIOS starts -
even on a restart when the monitor is warmed up.

Mboard is an ASUS a7n8x deluxe.

Is this normal for a 9800 pro ?

Card seemed to install and work fine - recognised by Windows 98 se and
correctly identified in Device Mangler and in the display settings screen.

Any observations welcome.

Thanks

Steve.

Both my 9500 pro as my new 9800 pro never game me that message... well
neither do I mind about it!

 

[Danny]

Only us geeks could appreciate that one. I like it.

 

[blabble]

My previous card was a Geforce 2 Ultra 64mb.
When the machine booted up the first thing displayed on screen before the
mboard BIOS started was the card details, i.e. "Geforce 2 Ultra 64Mb", then
the motherboard BIOS starts and off you go.

Recently got a new Powercolor 9800 pro 128Mb card and don't see any similar
confirmation of this card on screen before the normal mboard BIOS starts -
even on a restart when the monitor is warmed up.

Mboard is an ASUS a7n8x deluxe.

Is this normal for a 9800 pro ?

Lets put it this way... what is said wasn't importantant anyway - and
usually by the time a monitor syncs up - you're already booting into
Windows.

Yeah... I'd rather have 2-3 more seconds of boot time

If ya ever want to check what kind of info is about your card,
download and use aida32 - its free from www.aida32.hu - download the
Entrprise version.

This will tell you EVERYTHING about your system.... I mean EVERYTHING.
EVen how big your motherboard is. (in mm)