ATI 9800 Pro with SiS746...not working..

[Oresama]

Re: ATI 9800 Pro with SiS746...not working..

Yah, I emailed ECS, but they really have a bad reputation for customer service, so they havent replied yet, its been like 3 days.

[Oresama]

Re: ATI 9800 Pro with SiS746...not working..

I just returned the card, so dont worry about it anymore. Thanks for the help

[Darthtanion]

Re: ATI 9800 Pro with SiS746...not working..

That's a shame. The R9800 Pro is a very good card still. Any chance you can update the mobo?

[Oresama]

Re: ATI 9800 Pro with SiS746...not working..

I will eventually, yes. Get something real nice.

By the way, I had installed the 9800 Pro in my bros comp, and when I went to reinstall the 9500 Pro into his comp, I realized I didnt have the 9500 Pro CD. So, how can I go about installing it? Do I just simply need to put hte card in and then install the latest drivers from ATi?

[Darthtanion]

Re: ATI 9800 Pro with SiS746...not working..

They use the same drivers. Depending on the OS, it should just recognize the cahnge in vid board. If not, then uninstall all old instances of the drivers and use the newest available from ATI. And unless there are some great utilities or games on the R9500 disk, you can just toss it or use it as a coaster.

[eggs420]

Re: ATI 9800 Pro with SiS746...not working..

There ARE newer bioses.. http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/l7s7a2.htm . I have the same card and board and it works fine. Flash up, restore bios defaults, fast writes off, then try it. It is a crappy board, but it works..If it still won't boot, RMA the card or at least try it in another system..

Mine:
BIOS Properties
BIOS Type AMI
System BIOS Date 03/13/03
Video BIOS Date 03/03/24

BIOS Manufacturer
Company Name American Megatrends Inc.
Product Information http://www.ami.com/amibios

Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID xxxxxxxx-SiS746$L7S7A2L7S7A2

Motherboard Manufacturer
Company Name Elitegroup Computer Systems Inc.
Product Information http://www.ecsusa.com/products
BIOS Download http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/bios.html