From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 8 12:25:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA05565 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 12:25:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gill.netrail.net (gill.netrail.net [205.215.10.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA05532 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 12:25:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonz@netrail.net) Received: from localhost (jonz@localhost) by gill.netrail.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id PAA03431; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 15:24:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 15:24:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan A. Zdziarski" To: Capriotti cc: "Jason C. Wells" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pentium MB [off-topic] In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980408235917.00950560@pop.mpc.com.br> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG For $60 you can pick up a brand spanking new motherboard complete with warranty; it probably would save you money if you were charging yourself an hourly rate to fix it. Thank you, Jonathan A. Zdziarski Systems Administrator Netrail Incorporated jonz@netrail.net (888) NET-RAIL On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Capriotti wrote: :At 06:48 AM 4/8/98 -0700, Jason C. Wells wrote: :>On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Capriotti wrote: :> :>> In my hands I have a Pentium MB, whose PCI slots are not working at all. :>> :>> The original owner probably pulled the video card while the system was :>> energized. :> :>He did that? : :We think he did. : :> :>Try the card in a computer whose PCI slots are known to work if you have :>access to one. :> :>> The disk controller - embeded IDE, which I believe to be PCI - is working :>> fine, the system runs smooth with ISA cards, but when one plugs a PCI Video :>> card, no video signal is generated. :>> :>> FreeBSD runs fine also, and so does WInblows. :> :>How do you know these two OSes run fine if you can't see any video? Do :>you have a different card that you have tested. If a different card :>works, then nothing is wrong with your main board. :> :>Perhaps I am missing the point. :> : :Actually, yes. Sorry I didn't provide further details. Let's go then: : :I've got this MB from another person and he told me: "It's yours, Enjoy !" :and told me about the above problem. : :I've removed my working PCI video card from my computer, pluged it on the :deffective MB and started it. Nothing. : :Then I removed the PCI card, inserted a ISA Video card, and Voila ! Images :on the monitor ! : :I believe that other PCI cards won't run as well, though I didn't connect :any network card, for instance, to see if FBSD detects it. : :To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message