"I don't want to get off on a rant here but ..." I really have an issue with
some of the board manufacturers that put on-board video on their MBs. Yes,
it keeps the costs down but it's a pain when you come to add another
(better) card. Thorsten, I feel your pain. I had a similar issue with an SiS
530 chipset about 18 months ago. Win95 (and to a lesser extent 98) had real
issues with it.
The problem is that some of these boards don't give you a way to turn off
the on-board video, either by use of jumpers or in the BIOS itself. My
suggestion would be 1. Check in the motherboard manual to see if there are
any jumper settings to disable the onboard video (many manufacturers have
the manuals on-line if you can't find it). 2.Make sure you are running the
latest version of the BIOS software and check to see if it gives you the
option to disable on-board video. 3. If the SiS video is AGP, you could try
changing the startup order for video in the BIOS from AGP to PCI.
My old 530 board only allowed me to change the startup order (which didn't
solve my problem), so I wound up dumping it and buying an Asus. It IS
possible for the 2 devices to function together as you have said, but the
system will be VERY unstable and resource conflicts will cause lock-ups and
crashes.
You might also want to see if the manufacturer has an FAQ site to post your
question. I can't believe it's the first time it's been asked and you may
find the answer you need right away.
Regards,
Mark Lee
-----Original Message-----
From: Thorsten Schramm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 9:21 AM
To: Mandrake-Linux Newsgroup
Subject: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 7.2
Hi there!
I have a problem with my new Linux-system.
It's an old computer with the following components:
AMD K6-2 300MHz, 64MB SDRAM(66), Gigabyte 586s2 (SIS5582 Chipset), ATI@work,
and an old SB16!
I installed the system (by automatic install) and everything seemed to work.
The first thing I noticed was that the Harddisk is running without UDMA33. I
know that the chipset supports UDMA because when I ran windows95 on this
computer it was possible. I foend out that the Mandrake installed a driver
for the SIS5513 chipset. I dont know what to do now. I tried to find out if
the SIS5582 chipset is supported, but I failed (maybe because its not
supported). The other thing is that Mandrake uses the SIS5582 as a
graphic-board. It installed the ATI board correctly but it shows me two
grapical devices... The X-Server does start but after a few minutes either
an running application is terminated or the whole KDE is shut down. What can
I do to correct these mistakes?
It's the latest Mandrake Distribution 7.2 (kernel 2.2.17) with XFree 3.3.6
and KDE 2.0.
