PCI to AGP Problem

[BuzzSaw]

I have a older second computer (Pentium II 400) that I have been trying to switch from a Creative "Graphics Blaster Extreme" PCI video card to a G2MX 200/400 AGP video card.

My motherboard has an AGP slot so it seemed that it would be a slam dunk. I put in the new AGP card, but the monitor is blank and the computer shuts itself down after trying to boot for 5 minutes or so. I put the old PCI card back in and everything is just fine. I'm fairly confident that I removed all the drivers for the old PCI card and have the system running on standard VGA. I've also looked and made about all the changes I can think of in the BIOS. I have now swapped the card about 10 times to no avail.

One issue that maybe causing my problem is that my system also has a PC-DVD that has a PCI decoder card that is linked to the sound card with an audio connector and was also linked to the old PCI video card with one of those fat tape type connectors. I tried to boot the system with my newer AGP card with the fat link connected to the PCI decoder card and without it connected and neither way works. It appears that that my PC-DVD and its related decoder card along with the ISA sound card and the PCI video card all came together in a kit since they're all Creative --- so maybe that's the problem. It does appear that the drivers were all separate though, becasue I was able to uninstall the Creative PCI video drivers.

I'm wondering if I even need the decoder card and if that's what maybe is causing the hangup. The system is old enough that the PC-DVD's being sold at that time (it's 2x) were often sold with hard card decoders since the soft decoders weren't really around yet.

Also, I guess maybe the motherboard is old enough that my G2 won't work with it. The board definitely has an AGP slot and I don't think they'd put that in just for giggles but who knows. Or maybe I need to download 4 in 1 drivers, whatever the heck that is?

Any thoughts or help would be most appreciated.

Cheers

[TimPoet]

We'll need to know your system specs, especially the manufacturer and type of motherboard, please.

EDIT: Is that a 2X AGP on that mobo? I was checking on CNET and the Geforce2 MX 200's that I saw were all 4X. That begs the next question, who is the manufacturer of that video card?

[Blakhart]

That agp card may be a 1.5 volt job, and the mobo is going to be a 3.3 volt job. Dunno if that is the prob but I have seen this before in an AMD slot A mobo and a gf2.