Serial Dual Video Card?

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Danno137

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Hi, I am trying to make use of an old Pentium 4 at work.

I plugged it into a monitor using the VGA cable but the monitor is insisting there is no video input. I have tried 2 cables and 2 monitors.

In addition to the normal VGA output it has a KEC 222n card with two ports. I have googled it and it appears to be a PCI High Speed 2 Serial Video Card or a NETMOS dual video card or some such thing. On the sticker on the top of the machine it says Radeon 9200 8xAGP TV out.

Is this what I need to use for my video output?
Is it possible that because the machine has this card the VGA is disabled?
If I do need to use this, do I just plug a serial cable into one port and then use a converter or something for VGA into the monitor?

Any assistance greatly appreciated thank you.
 
Hi

1) when the computer is booting, hit the "del" key to enter the bios
2) look for a BIOS setting named 'Primary Video', 'Initialize First', 'Init Display First' or similar
3) its probably gonna say PCI, change to AGP.

let us know how it goes
 
Hi Sniper,

Thanks for your reply.

Problem is, nothing will actually display on the screen at all. If I am plugged into VGA port on the tower, the monitor just displays 'no signal' or stays in standby mode (depending on the monitor). So I can't actually see anything in BIOS.

Is it possible that the machine is configured to use the PCI board and if so do I need a serial to VGA adaptor to view a monitor (at least until I can change it to AGP as described above)? I have never seen a computer use anything other than VGA or HDMI output before.

Cheers,
 
If it has the Radeon 9200 video card installed, it might be dead, try removing it and using the onboard graphics. The motherboard should default to the onboard graphics card (I think).

Or try resetting the BIOS
  • Remove the motherboard battery for around half an hour, that should do it
  • theres also "Clear CMOS" pins you might be able to use
 
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