I am having a very strange problem that I wanted to run past the members of this forum. I have an ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 motherboard and have been trying to experiment with several AIW cards. I have the following AIW AGP cards: 9000, 9600, 9800 Pro and the 2006 (AGP version). I also have the X600 Pro which is a PCI-e card. The problem is that I am getting absolutely no visual signal on my monitor when I install the 9000 and 9800 Pro cards. This also includes during boot up. The operating system boots up fine and I can hear the Windows XP jingle but my monitor is completely blank. The 9600 and 2006 cards work fine. FWIW, the PCI-e X600 also works fine although my problem is with the AGP slot. I am completely stumped. I have installed and re-installed the affected cards several times with the same result. The only difference that I can come up with is the way that the affected cards are slotted. The 9000 and 9800 Pro cards have two voltage slots for either 3.3v or 1.5v signaling. The 9600 and 2006 cards have only one 1.5v signaling slot. The motherboard manual does state that one should not use a 3.3v card but the 9000 and 9800 Pro are not dedicated 3.3v only cards. They are supposed to support both 3.3v and 1.5v signaling (hence the dual slots). I have done an extensive Google search and can find no info on this problem. I know that several members of this forum have this motherboard and I am reaching out to you for any experience you can share with me. I think that it is extremely unlikely that both my 9000 and 9800 Pro cards are bad. The 9000 was purchased used but the 9800 Pro was purchased new in a factory sealed box. I also don't think the problem is with my monitor as I have tried three other monitors (with both DVI and VGA inputs) with same results. I checked and made sure that I have the most updated BIOS which is version 2.2. I even went back and installed older BIOS versions to no avail. Regarding the BIOS settings, there are several that deal with the AGP slot. I made sure that AGP (not PCI-e or PCI) is selected primary graphics. The remaining BIOS settings as it relates to AGP I left at the default state of AUTO. I don't know enough of what they mean to make any adjustments. I would be very interested in knowing if anyone else has experienced a similar problem with this board or could share any recommendations regarding trouble shooting.
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