I'm trying to put together a DFI 865PE Infinity mobo with a Radeon 9200SE
and a Celeron 2.4GHz. With only the CPU, video card, and a stick Kingston
PC2100 memory in place I couldn't get the BIOS display. I returned the 865PE
as defective. Do you think there's a chance that the 9200SE stability and/or
software incompatibility problems could be the real reason I can't get the
BIOS display?
No, it shouldn't be. But then again, you shouldn't have any problems,
and you still have. It could be anything. Personally, I seem to always
have a few old videocards lying around, and yes, I think I would have
tried another, before giving up on the mobo. But no, I don't know of
any special reason to suspect your 9200. If indeed it is your 9200,
I'd assume it's defect.
I was thinking more along driver&software issues. 9200 doesn't support
DX9, but is supposed to be "DX9 compatible". Whatever that means, it
seems to generate problems with some DX9 games. But again, 9200
doesn't have the muscles for DX9 gaming anyway, so what the hell...
Cheap is cheap.
ancra