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| ATI Radeon 7500 install; can't get 'er to behave | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 29 2003, 10:54 PM (836 Views) | |
| bemused | Oct 29 2003, 10:54 PM Post #1 |
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I've done a bit of looking around the site, and think I may have already found my answer, but could use a bit of a prod from y'all experts here. I have an eMonster 600 that I'm trying to replace the original nVidia Vanta AGP video card w/ an ATI Radeon 7500 card. Surprise, surprise... w/ the new card installed, system hangs on initial start up w/ a blank screen. Reinstall OEM card, no sweat. Made sure the BIOS is looking for a PCI card first, to no avail. After browsing in here for a bit, I'm beginning to believe that my problem is either a.) outdated or corrupt BIOS, b.) insufficient power, or c.) some kinda incompatibility that I'm not smart enough to figure out yet. After all the dire warnings, I'm semi-terrified of flashing the BIOS... but, as long as I don't have a blonde moment and kill power to the system during the flash, is there any other problem I oughta be aware of? I've upgraded my power supply to a PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool 180SFX some time ago. I'm guessing that I've got 180W on tap now... should that be enough to rule out low power as the culprit? Any help to cut through my current confusion and angst will be greatly appreciated. OH, and... nice to find you lot. Somehow, I don't feel as alone anymore... |
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| td25x | Oct 29 2003, 11:09 PM Post #2 |
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Yep this is a known problem using ATI's on the Napoli-2's. And you are correct that a bios upgrade is in order. Use na2_113s.zip (V1.13) found here. Be sure to read the "readme". |
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| TJSEVEN | Oct 29 2003, 11:12 PM Post #3 |
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OZ ... The Great and Powerful!!
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Nicely done,Napoli Boy!!! :lol: |
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THE BLACK PEARL with a new sail! AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo Core 2MB L2 cache S939 Overclocked to something or other this week! ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 MOBO (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 1 AGP, 1 Future CPU Port, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN) 4 Gig G.SKILL PC3200 DUAL DDR SDRAM and other Stuff....! ZOOM>>>ZOOM>>> I ALWAYS SAY," IF YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO OVERCLOCK THEN IT ISN'T REALLY AN OVERCLOCK!!" | |
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| bemused | Oct 29 2003, 11:34 PM Post #4 |
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wow!
thanx! coupla more questions, now: - how can I tell if my MB is Napoli 2 or Napoli 2a? does it even matter? - I keep dead-ending @ "this file cannot be leeched" messages... for example, when I clicked the "download this file" link in "how to get a Bootup Command Prompt" page. wassup with that? - when I check the floppy w/ my backup OEM BIOS on another computer, what file will I be looking for on the disk? - once I've upgraded the BIOS, are there any other changes I'll need to make? or will it be a relatively transparent upgrade? thanx again, I'm impressed w/ the speed and savvy of the answers I've gotten already. think I'm gonna like it here... |
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| lubner10 | Oct 29 2003, 11:38 PM Post #5 |
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Couldn't he also use he napoli2_2.zip incase he would like to upgrade cpu to the PowerLeap PL-ip3/t 1.4 celeron later. |
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| td25x | Oct 29 2003, 11:55 PM Post #6 |
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Doesn't matter...its mainly an audio chip difference
Beats me....its working on my end. You will receive leeching errors if you are trying to download a file using Download Accelerators/Managers and Zone Alarm Pro 4.0. and/or if you are trying to download from the server855.gisol.com domain. Turn them off and make sure the page you are downloading from is e4all.info domain.
Whatever you named the file to
You may have to go into setup, but you want have to change any thing. V1.13 does add a small over-clock function
We like it too!
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| td25x | Oct 29 2003, 11:56 PM Post #7 |
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He could, but I don't think nobody has posted how well it works or don't work on a non-Powerleaped upgrade |
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| lubner10 | Oct 30 2003, 12:05 AM Post #8 |
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- how can I tell if my MB is Napoli 2 or Napoli 2a? does it even matter? Does not matter. - I keep dead-ending @ "this file cannot be leeched" messages... for example, when I clicked the "download this file" link in "how to get a Bootup Command Prompt" page. wassup with that? I just tried and it worked for me. I'll try to email them to you. - when I check the floppy w/ my backup OEM BIOS on another computer, what file will I be looking for on the disk? What ever you name the old bios (oldbois.rom) - once I've upgraded the BIOS, are there any other changes I'll need to make? or will it be a relatively transparent upgrade? Should be pretty much the same. Double check setting now and write them down before upgrading incase you need to reset anything after. |
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| td25x | Oct 30 2003, 12:11 AM Post #9 |
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Damn lubner, you would have thought we wrote each others response! |
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| lubner10 | Oct 30 2003, 12:21 AM Post #10 |
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Great minds think alike :lol: |
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| TJSEVEN | Oct 30 2003, 12:26 AM Post #11 |
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OZ ... The Great and Powerful!!
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I didn't know you two guys were the same person.I'll have to ban one of you!!
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THE BLACK PEARL with a new sail! AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo Core 2MB L2 cache S939 Overclocked to something or other this week! ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 MOBO (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 1 AGP, 1 Future CPU Port, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN) 4 Gig G.SKILL PC3200 DUAL DDR SDRAM and other Stuff....! ZOOM>>>ZOOM>>> I ALWAYS SAY," IF YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO OVERCLOCK THEN IT ISN'T REALLY AN OVERCLOCK!!" | |
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| lubner10 | Oct 30 2003, 12:31 AM Post #12 |
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I think I'm going to lose on this deal
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| fishguylee | Oct 30 2003, 12:40 AM Post #13 |
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I have a Radeon 7000 and had to flash to 1.13 BIOS to aviod a black screen and BIOS beep code for no video card. (Aside) I ran the 1.13 (Napoli2_2) BIOS with my 600 for a day with no ill effects (waiting for UPS to deliver the powerleap)... After running with the Powerleap, I have swapped it out with the 600 to do some benchmarking and everything was smooth... I don't remember if Gyaian had to remove any existing CPU's from the BIOS to add the Tualatin to the list... But, I'd say the regular flavor of 1.13 is the safest bet... better safest, than sorriest??
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| lubner10 | Oct 30 2003, 01:01 AM Post #14 |
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Ya, I though in the old group there was someone who used the modified bois before buying the PL-ip3/t incase they ruined there board. I wasn't sure.
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| Grizzly | Oct 30 2003, 01:14 AM Post #15 |
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Hmmm ok well I guess I need to go figure out that Korean junk again, The ATI card problems was fixed in version 1.08 IIRC... |
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| td25x | Oct 30 2003, 06:15 AM Post #16 |
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I was looking through a "junk" folder and found this post from the old site:
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| bemused | Oct 30 2003, 03:56 PM Post #17 |
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wonder of wonders... I actually got a reply back from my query to eMachines tech support. they said that the issue w/ the ATI cards on the Napoli boards sprung from the Hydravision multi-display capability of the video cards not being supported by the (original) BIOS. I figure everyone else here already knew that... but I was pleased to find out why I was having the problem, in addition to the answer as to how to fix it I got from y'all... |
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| bemused | Nov 2 2003, 05:15 PM Post #18 |
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help! finally got the time to attempt the BIOS flash to v1.13, went to download the new BIOS, and got... The file cannot be leeched The file you are looking for has been protected from bandwidth thieves like you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please try the following: The only way to obtain this file is to download it from the Web site it originates from. Open the www.e4all.info home page, and then look for links to the information you want. Click the Back button to try another link. HTTP 666 - File not leechable Internet Information Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical Information (for support personnel) If all else fails, open a DOS prompt and type in "format C:" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tried it from the link earlier in this thread, tried it from the e4all page... same thing, both times. how can I get this thang? |
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| td25x | Nov 2 2003, 05:39 PM Post #19 |
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The link is working fine from here http://www.e4all.info/motherboards/napoli2_downloads.htm You will receive leeching errors if you are trying to download a file using Download Accelerators/Managers and Zone Alarm Pro 4.0+ or you can get it from here: http://www.elhvb.com/mboards/TriGem/bios/NAPOLI2/index.html |
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| bemused | Nov 2 2003, 09:23 PM Post #20 |
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I'm afraid I don't have a clue about: Download Accelerators/Managers and Zone Alarm Pro 4.0+ is it possible I have 'em installed w/out knowing it? wouldn't think so... they look like discrete programs... gonna try the other link you gave, cross your fingers for me... I'm guessing the one I'm after is "na2_113s.exe", right? |
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