no hardware device found radeon 9200 PCI

[Sjoerd Mulder]

Hi all,

I tried to install my newly bought Radeon 9200 PCI (I don't have an AGP
slot). But when I run the setup, i get this error message "No hardware
device found". I tried all PCI slots, using no other cards except for this
one, playing with BIOS settings, to no avail.

Can anyone help me out with this? The ATI helpdesk just gives me some links
to general FAQs on their site.

I am using a ECS K7SOM+ motherboard with VGA onboard. Does anyone has this
combination (9200 with this motherboard) installed succesfully?

Thanks in advance,

Sjoerd Mulder

 

[Gareth not NLL or anybody else.]

Hi all,

I tried to install my newly bought Radeon 9200 PCI (I don't have an AGP
slot). But when I run the setup, i get this error message "No hardware
device found". I tried all PCI slots, using no other cards except for this
one, playing with BIOS settings, to no avail.

Can anyone help me out with this? The ATI helpdesk just gives me some links
to general FAQs on their site.

I am using a ECS K7SOM+ motherboard with VGA onboard. Does anyone has this
combination (9200 with this motherboard) installed succesfully?

Thanks in advance,

Sjoerd Mulder

It may have installed it as a standard vga adapter.
Open control panel
click sytem
select the device manager tab
look down the list for display adapters.
if its there, click the plus sign next to it.
right click "standard vga adapter" or whatever it says here.
click on properties.
select the driver tab
then click "update driver"
click the box labeled "specify the location of the driver {advanced}"
Click next
then browse to the drivers which i guess came on a cd with the graphics
card.

HTH
Gaz

 

[Dark Avenger]

Hi all,

I tried to install my newly bought Radeon 9200 PCI (I don't have an AGP
slot). But when I run the setup, i get this error message "No hardware
device found". I tried all PCI slots, using no other cards except for this
one, playing with BIOS settings, to no avail.

Can anyone help me out with this? The ATI helpdesk just gives me some links
to general FAQs on their site.

I am using a ECS K7SOM+ motherboard with VGA onboard. Does anyone has this
combination (9200 with this motherboard) installed succesfully?

Thanks in advance,

Sjoerd Mulder

You have to first shut down the onboard VGA ...

Else the onboard VGA will be think itself to be the primairy videocard!

 

[Sjoerd Mulder]

It's not listed in device manager. It is completely invisible, as if there
wasn't any card at all.

 

[Sjoerd Mulder]

So how do I shut it down? I have set the primary graphics adapter to PCI in
the BIOS, but there is no option to totally disable the onboard card. And I
don't see any reference to any jumper setting on the motherboard to do this.

Thanks for your help,

SJoerd

 

[Skid]

Try deleting the onboard card in device manager. Don't reboot. Next
uninstall any and all drivers for either card using the add-remove software
control panel.

Install the card in the appropriate slot and make sure it's fully seated and
properly cabled to the monitor.

When you reboot and Windows finds a card and asks if you want to install
drivers -- DON'T. Cancel out of the hardware wizard. Use the ATI driver
setup app instead.

 

[Sjoerd Mulder]

Thanks for trying to help, but also this doesn't work. When I 'properly
cable' the card to the monitor, the monitor doesn't get any signal.
Furthermore, the ATI driver setup app gives the same error message "No
hardware device found or Browse the CD for install drivers".

 

[Skid]

Thanks for trying to help, but also this doesn't work. When I 'properly
cable' the card to the monitor, the monitor doesn't get any signal.
Furthermore, the ATI driver setup app gives the same error message "No
hardware device found or Browse the CD for install drivers".

I did a search and found this thread, which suggests a bios upgrade might
possibly do the trick:

http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showthread/t-52654.html

 

[Sjoerd Mulder]

thanks for doing your best but this mentions a k7som+ version 7, while I
have version 5.1 and the latest bios version. So this doesn't do the
trick...

I'm considering eating the card. Do you know of any good recipe?

 

[Skid]

thanks for doing your best but this mentions a k7som+ version 7, while I
have version 5.1 and the latest bios version. So this doesn't do the
trick...

I'm considering eating the card. Do you know of any good recipe?

Personally, I'd keep the card and feed that mobo to the wolves.

 

[Sjoerd Mulder]

Personally, I'd keep the card and feed that mobo to the wolves.

There are no wolves around here in the netherlands. I might return the card
to the shop, get my money back and play Medal of Honor on 40% of my screen
in low resolution. But I prefer following your advice. Do you know of a good
and cheap mobo? Important for me is the price but also the ability to
upgrade now and then, (not having to buy a new pc every two years). I
understand that with my mobo upgrading is a major problem, not only with
videocards.

 

[Skid]

There are no wolves around here in the netherlands. I might return the card
to the shop, get my money back and play Medal of Honor on 40% of my screen
in low resolution. But I prefer following your advice. Do you know of a good
and cheap mobo? Important for me is the price but also the ability to
upgrade now and then, (not having to buy a new pc every two years). I
understand that with my mobo upgrading is a major problem, not only with
videocards.

If I read the specs correctly, your board has an onboard cpu as well as
onboard vga. Basically you're going to have to start over.

The good news is, any current generation system will be a quantum jump. Take
a look at the parts in these budget systems for a start:

http://arstechnica.com/guide/system/budget.html

http://www.gamespy.com/hardware/march03/bgm/bgm2/index2.shtml

 

[bob cox]

I know a good marijuana video card brownies recipe...



on, 16 Nov 2003 19:02:40 +0100, "Sjoerd Mulder"

 

[Sjoerd Mulder]

Considering the poor quality of this videocard, it would be a waste of the
marijuana, IMHO.

Bye,
SJoerd

 

[Sjoerd Mulder]

Thanks for helping me out with this &(^#^*%

Sjoerd