> An interesting question: A prof in the math department just bought one of
> these
> guys based on our good experience with the dell quad xeons. however, as
> is
> usually the case, he added a new wrinkle to the equation. He also bought
> a
> Voodoo3 3000 PCI video card. With this card plugged into pci slot 1, the
> machine starts to boot, but hangs.
>
When it's booting up do you see the message (i can't remember it exactly..)
"some version number - 3dfx - 3000 v.102, etc,etc,"
It should be the only thing on the screen and the first thing you see, even
before the bios screen. That will tell you if your machine is actually using
the vodoo card.
> It would appear that there is some sort
> of conflict between the onboard video and this card, but I don't see any
> way
> to disable the on-board video card.
>
also look for something in the bios saying, video select order agp, pci. and
make sure pci is set first. (is the onboard video agp?)
> has anyone successfully gotten a SMP box to boot with an add-in PCI video
> card on top of the normal video?? Or does anyone have a suggestion to try
> to get him up and running in the world of SMP?
>
I doubt it's a linux or smp problem, sounds more like a bios issue.
good luck,
-charlie.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "I'm not going to delve into the 'might be' of a company
> I don't even care about that much." - Linus Torvalds on microsoft
>
> Charles Fulton
> Catalyst Skill Center
> Adv. Information Technician
> Union Carbide Corporation
> S. Charleston, WV p:(304-747-3175)
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