[SOLVED] Mega 180 + AGP additional card = beeps and no boot

Hy, I've just got a mega 180 that works just fine ... with no agp card ...
If I plug an additional card into it, like the basic 6600, the pc won't boot and beeps will be heared.
These are : beeep (1-2 sec), ... (2 or 3 sec), beep, ..., and so on ...
Again, if there is no additional card, it works just fine.
I've tried it with an old xentor 2 card --> same result.
Is there any bios setup ?
Anything to do ?
Plz help ! :-)
Config :
bios v3.5
sempron 2500+
2*256 corsair high speed
80Go HD
Leadtek 6600TD 128Mo

Quote from: VieuxEd on 22-April-05, 18:11:09
3. Can you get into the bios, and change the settings to not use the onboard (don't remember the exact words, but it's somewhere in there, see the manual if you cant find it).
I've been looking at it but could not find it ! --> can you please tell me the right setup ?
Is it anyway possible to make the mega pc 180 work with the onboard Graphic card and an additional one at the same time ?
Because right now, with the beeps, I don't have access to the bios.
So I will have to setup first the bios with no additional agp card (setup not to use onboard) and then turn it off and then plug the agp card
Coul it be possible for the agp plug to be broken ?
It's not impossible that the AGP slot is broken, but I would try other things first.
As you say, you can change the BIOS to use AGP card, shut it down, plug in the AGP card, and power on.
Chapter 3.8 in the manual (avaible @ http://www.msi.com.tw). Please work with me...
You can also try to fiddle around a bit with the other AGP settings and see what happens....

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I have just tried to fit my Leadtek WinFast A350XT TDH into my new Mega 180 and cannot get the thing to work !
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The problem is that the machine boots correctly to XP and runs as standard VGA.
But once I install the latest Nvidia drivers the machine hangs 1/2 way through install and re-boots.
From then on Windows is dead, cant restore old settings, cant safe boot. Nothing.
Re installed windows and just ran it as a standard VGA for a while to see stablility, I start getting Memory exceptions at random points during operation.
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Has anyone had a similar problem or figured a way to sort it ??

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Mega 180 AGP and dead...

Hi all,
just checking to see if someone has any clues what's up with my machine. I bought an ATI x800 PRO last night, and put it in my Mega 180. All of last night I was playing far cry just fine with "high" settings. The temperature went up to around 75, but seemed to be ok, no problems. I went happily to bed.
This afternoon I decided to play at "very high" settings. After a while I got system message saying that the CPU was too hot and the machine was going to shut down. Getting this message stopped far cry and moved me back to the desktop. I saw that the temperature was already falling, so I didn't bother shutting down, just let it cool off for a while. I then tried running far cry on high settings - like I did the night before - and again I got the heat warning. I searched the web for reasons, somewhere someone suggested updating the bios. I did using live update, no difference.
So now I went to the BIOS and checked if I could somehow set the fan to always be on max, if nothing else this should make the system heat up slower. Didn't find anything like it. I found a setting for USB-keyboard though, activated this.
At this point I realized I wouldn't be able to use my Mega180 with the card, so I took it out.
From then on I have been unable to get even to POST. When I turn the machine on the fans start going, the harddrive and cd-rom makes some spin-up noises but nothing happens on the screen. The screen doesn't even realize that it's on.
I have tried removing everything except the processor. I have tried reinserting the AGP card. I have tried with and without memory, harddrive, cdrom ... all with the same result, that is, nothing happens.
Tried resetting the CMOS both through the JBAT1 jumper and removing the battery.
Any ideas? I suspect something got messed up with the BIOS when I changed it, but if so, shouldn't resetting the CMOS fix it?
Most of all, does anyone have any ideas for more things I could try? Has anyone else seen anything like this? Could it have anything to do with the "hot" warnings? (Although I would guess not, those message should show up a while before it gets too hot... )
Thanks,
Mattis

do you get display with the agp card in?
when you removed the agp card, did you unplug the power cord?
i don't know how much of this is true, but this is from a supposed PC technician. when the power cord is connected, standby power is going through the motherboard (true). apparently if you remove an agp card while standby power is present, it sort of screws up the agp port (including onboard, as it is shared).
if you leave the pc unpowered (remove power lead) for about 12 hours, it should work again.
please let me know if this works or not, so I can tell my pc technician buddy he is full of (or not, as the case may be)

Mega 180 - Install Video Card or Install Video Driver

I just spent 6 hours at a customer's house trying to fix the Mega 180 I built for her.
As I stated in a previous thread, the machine was working fine and then she experienced the BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH. This is when your machine POSTS, loads Windows and just before Windows starts, the monitor goes dead. Windows still loads and if you remember where icons are on the desktop, you can click them and stuff happens. The monitor just stops getting a signal. However, if you hold down F8 during boot and chose VGA mode, you can use Windows in VGA mode. The monitor being used is a Sony Multiscan200ES.
Once in Windows, if you look under device manager, you'll see a listing of Unknown and under that it lists nVidia GeForce4 MX Integrated CPU.
So, I've tried the following fixes:
1) Uninstalled all chipset & viideo drivers, reboot, reinstall chipset drivers, reboot, reinstall video driver, reboot. BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH.
2) Uninstall video driver, reboot. Windows starts under the generic driver. I install the video driver, reboot, BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH.
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I guess the last thing I can do is reformat the drive, reinstall windows, and reinstall everything else. But I don't want to do this because the machine is all set up, been used for a while, and it takes so long to reinstall everything.
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I'm going to hunt over at nVidia's website to see if they have a cleaner utility (ATI does for its Radeon drivers - rids the system of every last trace).
nVidia don't need a cleaner utility cos their software is better written!
stab in the dark - the vga lead is connected to PRIMARY vga port?
go to add/remove programs and Remove "Nvidia Display Driver" in Safe mode
restart your computer and it should boot into VGA mode, and prompt with Found New Hardware. cancel this.
the nvidia software will leave the install stuff on your computer, usually in C:\NVIDIA. browse to here and find and run the setup.exe to reinstall the software.
if its been working before, then its probably not a memory issue - it might also be worth making sure the latest nforce drivers (3.13) are installed too.
oh and customers usually WON'T admit to messing around to stuff they shouldn't - in my experience anyway!!

Late 09 Macbook,3 beeps and no boot.

I have the newest Macbook and every now and then when I try to boot it I get 3 beeps (and the power light blinks with the beeps) and it will not boot. All I hear is the optical drive power up but thats it. If I wait a bit (about 60-120 seconds) and power it on it works fine. If I put it to sleep (close the lid) it works fine when I open it.
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Any ideas? I will be close to an Apple store this weekend and I might be able to stop by, but I figured I would start here first.
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~Fletch

The same thing is happening to my latest model MacBook (non pro/air) too! except I hold the power button right away and turn it back on right away and it'll work.
What else I noticed is it hasn't happened since I help the power button down about another second. Until the light in the front is at full brightness.
I took it in the the genius bar since I've only had this macbook for 10 days.
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And now it's not going to be easy to convince the retailer that this item is defective when I can't get it to beep when I want =/ The apple store couldn't even recreate the beeping. Seems to do it only when it's going through a cold boot (like off over night, turn on in the morning) and even that's not always a sure thing either!
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Let's say I have an program that is absolutely essential to my system, and I want it to run before netctl even tries initialising my network connection (in fact, I want the network to be unavailable until the program has finished its execution). I _always_ want to see the program's output on the console, and if it exits with a non-zero exit code, I want the whole boot process to be aborted (or at least all of netctl's units to be disabled). Is this possible in systemd?
Last edited by popoffka (2014-04-18 13:07:09)

popoffka wrote:Hi everyone,
Hi.
popoffka wrote:Let's say I have an program that is absolutely essential to my system, ...
Sure.
popoffka wrote:and I want it to run before netctl even tries initialising my network connection (in fact, I want the network to be unavailable until the program has finished its execution).
Use 'Before=' in your unit file. Make sure it does not fork.
popoffka wrote:I _always_ want to see the program's output on the console,
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popoffka wrote:and if it exits with a non-zero exit code, I want the whole boot process to be aborted (or at least all of netctl's units to be disabled)
Use 'RequiredBy=' in your unit file. That could be used to prevent netctl from starting. Preventing the whole boot isn't a bit drastic isn't it?
popoffka wrote:. Is this possible in systemd?
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MEGA 180 and Radeon 9800 Pro/XT

Haven't posted in a while, just wanted to spread a little good. Having a MEGA 180 is a little limiting with power supply and space issues etc but i've got a cracking setup working here :-)
I bought the MSI RX9800PRO TD128, despite a 300watt power supply warning for the card it works perfectly in the MEGA, but the good news doesn't stop there, the graphics chip is not a standard 9800PRO R350 core, for some reason it has the R360 core from the 9800XT, overclocking is a breeze with the ATI Tool. It comes default with a 378 core - 338 mem setting, I have saved a profile in ATI Tool with the XT settings of 412 core - 365 mem and they work a treat in UT, Q3, Tomb AOD and i've even stressed the card in 3DMark05 for quite some time and it just works, I dare say I could push it even higher but I'm happy getting XT performance for PRO money :-)
Overclocker New Zealand have even managed to get it up to an insane 479 core - 391.5 mem see http://www.overclockers.co.nz/ocnz/review.php?id=04vga00r9800promsi00000r9800pro0105
There is also another great thread all about this card at http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showindex.php?t=118366&highlight=rx9800
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Couple of things to know.
Win XP finds the RX as an XT, so no need to try and flash the bios, it isn't an XT PCB anyway, just an XT core.
As there is no heat sensor for the core ATIs Overdrive isn't available but you can get the ATI Tool from loads of places on the net, here is a link anyway http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/
happy at last :-)
J.

Dont know if this will help but I had the same problem awhile back with an Asus A7N8X deluxe that I built for a friend. Sometimes it would initiate the monitor and others it would not. This drove me nuts for about a week, I tried everything that I could think of. This is what I did to remedy the situation somewhat.
Go to the ATI website and download the catalyst removal software and also download the Catalyst 3.7 driver from there "older" drivers page.
Now boot into windows and remove the ATI drivers and control panel from add remove programs, DO NOT REBOOT!
Run the ATI driver removal tool.
Shut down the machine, REMOVE THE POWER CORD,clear cmos, set the jumper for CPU fsb to 100mhz (safemode) and REMOVE your ram. Boot the machine, you will get a series of beeps indicating that the memory is not installed. Shut the machine down, REMOVE THE POWER CORD, Put the memory back in, reset the CPU fsb jumper to its normal position, and clear Cmos again. (this series of actions also solved my no display issue on my Mega 180 using the onboard graphics).
Now boot into bios and set it up the way you want then boot into windows and when windows tells you that it has found new hardware do not let it automatically install anything (cancel it). Now run the 3.7 catalyst setup and follow the instructions.
I am not sure why this worked to solve the issue but it did for me on both my Mega and the above mentioned system. I think there may be some odd conflict with the Nforce chipset and the ATI drivers and or Card bios.
Why it worked on my Mega is a mystery, I am using the onboard graphics and would have the system turn on with fans working and all but would have no display out.

WMVHD on Mega 180

Hi,
I ask your help to understand if my Mega 180 with 1 gb ddr and integrated geforce4 (with 128 mb dedicated) can play smoothly wmvhd.
Is there any bios setting that can solve the problem?
Or I have to use the latest nvidia drivers?
Or simply I have to add an AGP video card?
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So far I tested the ATI 9200, the situation improves a little, but only on WMV 720p, not on 1080i.
Please help me to solve my problem. Should I:
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-install an additional GPU like GeForce 6600 even if is suggested only with a PSU of 300 Watts and my Mega 180 has a 200W(PFC 5V/12V SB) Full Range
the last solution is the most suggested but I'm scared about heating on my case.
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Mega 180
CPU Athlon 2600+
1Gb (2x512) RAM DDR400 V-Data
HD Maxtor 160Gb IDE
DVD Burner Pioneed A109
Integrated audio
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USB-Bluetooth Dongle
Bluetooth trackball keyboard DigitalRise (http://www.digitalrise.biz/products/input/keyboard_btb/)
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Latest Nforce Sound drivers and Nvidia Video drivers
TV CRT Philips 32PW9308 32 inch. 16:9 100hz (via S-SHS)
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Mega 180 Temps

Let me start off by saying that the Mega 180 is a great idea for a product but unfortunately it is not finished. MSI is using us as beta testers - at our expense. I build computers for people as a side business and against my better judgement, I built a customer a Mega 180 based system and I've had nothing but problems with it and it's damaging my reputation. But, OK enough of that.
One major problem with the Mega 180 is it's CPU and hard drive temp and here's what you can do to fix it. First off, the CPU heat sink is nice and big and made of copper - very nice. However, the underside of the sink (the part that touches the CPU) is absolutely aweful! The bottom should be mirror smooth. Mine looks like the surface of a record. Therefore, you need to lap it. Look this process up on the net to see exactly how to do it. Once lapped and the bottom is mirror smooth and you can see your reflection, use ARTIC SILVER thermal grease (just a tiny bit) and put the sink back on. Your CPU temp under load will be about 8 degrees cooler. Next, replace the small fan on the cooler with a bigger one (make sure you use one that's sensored, like the one you're replacing). Lastly, get some flexible ducting from the hardware store (plastic, not aluminum), attach one end over the sink's big fan and carefuly route the other end to the side of the case (may not be possible if you are using an AGP card) and position it so it sucks in outside air. Now that your CPU is cooled with fresh air, you will see another 2 - 3 degree reduction of CPU temp.
Finally, the hard drive is way too hot. I measured it with a IR temp meter after a full defrag and my jaw hit the ground when I saw how hot it was - 152 degrees F. That type of temp will kill your hard drive. Fix this by placing a fan inside the case (RAM side) blowing fresh air right onto the hard drive. This brought the temp down significantly. It also cooled other items too (CD drive, chipset).
The only downside to this is your system will be louder due to fan noise. However you will have fewer system lock-ups and mystery reboots (caused by overheated components).
One last idea, if the case is just too cramped for you, remove the power supply, buy a new one and mount it outside the case on the back. It doesn't look good but it sure frees up space and improves air flow (plus you'll have more power if you buy a higher watt supply).
Peace!

Hey cb31,
Even though this thread is about temps, I too think noise is the biggest problem with the Mega, and my current efforts are targeted at killing the constant background noise. My goal is the same as your's - I want to leave the computer on most of the time and not be bothered with it.
I'm proceeding slowly however, and so far I've only done the following:
-Replaced the 60mm Delta fan with a Papst of the exact same size. I found the Delta to be noisy, while others report that it's doing ok. Don't know about you... The Papst is really quiet and actually cools a little bit more effective, though that's a bonus feature! But on the overall it didn't have the effect I hoped for
-The smaller Delta fan (outtake side of heatsink) already is quiet enough, so doesn't need to be replaced on behalf of noise anyway...
-Took out the PSU and put White Lithium Grease in the fan for smoother operation since I figured it made a lot of noise. That didn't help much either... I'm thinking about replacing the PSU fan with something better, even though a lable on the back of the PSU states "W/ Noisekiller". It's still a no-name fan and can be improved upon.
Right now the loudest noise in my Mega doesn't seem to come from any fan at all, but rather from the hd. And it's not so much the actual noise from the unit as vibrations reverberating through the chassis. A common problem obviously, but there isn't any room for hd suspension systems in the Mega, so other actions are required here! I tried to slide in thin sheets of plastic between the drive and the cage, to act as silencers, but that didn't have any real effect as the cage touches the drive in several places, thus transfering the vibrations anyway. A new drive cage could do the trick, but I haven't gotten that far yet, and might not ever...
The Seagate Barracuda is considered to be a silent drive, so replacing it probably wouldn't help.
To conclude: If your fans are noisy, replace them or grease them for better operation, but you might not even hear the difference...
The major flaw seems to be the internal design of the Mega, and there's isn't much to be done about that, unless you're handy with a Dremel and sheets of metal. I might be, but I will have to get back to you on that!
Cheers!
-M

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hi pps
just wondering if ne one use's there mega 180 in windows media center and wondering if ppl can recommend it?
many thanks
steve

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The MSI TV tuners, based on Conexant chipsets, are software based, that is, they require the PC hardware to convert the TV signal into MPEG2 format (or which ever format is specified by card's software)
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Compact Flash Drives/Other Probs Mega 180

I've had my MEGA 180 for almost two weeks and like many here it has been a pain in my butt.
After reformatting and installing the software in a certain order I finally got my system somewhat stable, but I am running into new issues now.
My compact flash drives no longer show up in my computer, I can't find them in Device Manager either. Also every now and then my network card will only send not receive. Tried different cables and it's no help. It may also be my cable modem, but I don't know.
I'm not running the nForce IDE SW driver because if I do I get the eject button lock-up problem people are having, but the performance leaves something to be desired.
My PC Alert also died, it was working fine. Now if it is allowed to boot it will not completely load its GUI and begin to say my CPU is running way hotter than it is and after a minute of 100% CPU it will cut off my computer if not killed. I just un-installed it for now. The funny thing is, their Fuzzy Logic program works for getting the temps.
I'm in a back and forth email wth MSI Taiwan right now, but I don't see it going anywhere. Hoping like everyone else these issues can be fixed with driver and BIOS updates. I would be EXTREMELY unhappy to have to go through an RMA process even with companies that have good RMA policies.
As far as their bundled software, MSI Media Center is the biggest POS I have ever used. I am currently using ShowShifter and it works REALLY well with my 8606 master tuner.
Enough ranting for now, if anybody else has similar problems, let me know. If you have solutions EVEN BETTER!

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I had 2700 in it and it still acted the same way so I doubt memory is the problem.
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If I had a dollar for everytime I had said "it worked this morning" with this thing I'd be able to buy something else.

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Not sure what to make of this. I would imagine this should be as seemless as all of the other transitions I have made with apple. I just bought a new I MAC running 10.5.2 and for some reason when I try to load Final Cut XPRESS HD 3.0, it loads just fine but when i try to launch, an error window pops up stating this software requires certain hardware or software which is missing. * AGP GRAPHICS CARD. And then proceeds to NOT launch the program.
Hmmm??? My graphics card is: ATI RADEON HD 2600 PRO. I had the first IMAC 20"(white body) and loaded the same program on that machine. It worked great.
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If I'm not mistaken (and I could be), I think FCE 3 isn't comaptible with IntelMacs. But you may want to ask in the FCE forum - this is the FCP forum.
The FCE forum is here: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=936
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MSI MEGA 180 Media Centre Full Screen Button

I have a MEGA 180 with Media Centre III and was wondering if there was a button on the remote that does full screen instead of having to start the item you wish then trying to navigate to the button and pressing ok?
This is for the sections such as MP3 mode for the visulisations or Video Clip mode for full screen home movies.
I have tried all of the buttons but none of them seem to work.
Any help would be apprecitated
Cheers.

That makes the MCDIII run in full screen, but the video (etc) still runs in a window inside the MCDIII App. The only ways I found were to set the settings to auto maximise the display, or to press the button to the bottom right of the picture. Also I found there was no way of getting back to menu mode without using the keyboard (unless you were prepared to navigate the buttons without seeing them!!!).
This made MCDIII totaly unsuitable as a remote controlled application, and hence I binned it. I now use MediaPortal which works well. Just need to find a better way of getting the DVD filters to work.

Meg 180 won't boot from HDD

Repair install of Windows XP appeared to work perfectly, but after install and removal of XP install disk PC wouldn't boot. Noticed initially that IDE drive detect took approxiamtely 90 seconds. Tried a repair of boot sector and MBR, no help. Notice during MBR repair that drive was showing as HDD 2? Attempted boot device order in all possible combintations, (CD, HDD0, HDD1, HDD2, etc,) no help.Moved drive to another computer, boots normally.
Attached HDD to IDE CD-ROM channel in Mega. Drive detect occurrs instantly and computer boots normally. I'd try swapping cables, but that requires more surgery than I feel comfortable with, considering the warranty. Anyone else seen this problem?
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It turns out the Mega 180 primary HDD channel doesn't like Western Digital drives configured with the jumper in the Master position. As Wonkanoby pointed out, the Western Digital drives are defaulted to Master with no jumper. No other controller has appeared to care yet, but obviously the Mega primary channel does. Thanks for all of the tips and especially to Wonkanoby who provided the info that cured the problem. The Mega is up and running now and happily playing DVD's.

[SOLVED] Mega 180 + AGP additional card = beeps and no boot

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