With my enlight and bp6 with the G400 AGP this was an issue. I bent the
metal tab on the back a bit as well as adding in a washer. With another
computer I have the bp6 with a g200 agp and enlight case (although older).
This was not an issue with that, although the g200 was used in a previous
computer and I may have already bent that card. Basically when you screw
down any card, and the card ends up shifting a bit in its slot in order to
tighting it, the card is being installed wrong. It should fit into the
case/motherboard perfectly and should not shift at all once it is screwed
in. Otherwise you are pulling it out of the slot or shifting it
forward/backward. Something to check at least.
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 11:06:09AM -0700, Michael Pennington wrote:
> > Just a thought on the Matrox Gx00 and the abit boards. It was
> > reported on the matroxs users web site that the G400 did not seat
> > well into the agp slot on abit mother boards. You have to bend the
> > metal strip on the card to get it to seat right and/or use a washer
> > between the case and the metal strip where it screws in. If this
> > isn't done the result is a short, as the card is moved forward and
> > the pins don't line up correctly, and the system crashes. This may
> > contribute to some of the problems. I know with the bp6/enlight
> > case/g400 this is an issue. I am not sure about other video
>
>
> I found this, but it does not reference the BP6:
>
> 2. Why do I get lock ups when I am in AGP 2x mode with an Abit BX6,
> BH6, or a BE6?
>
> - Thanks to reports from our clients and beta testers, we have
> found that there seems to be a problem with some casings not
> giving enough room between the inside of the case and the start
> of the motherboard.
>
> Here are a few items you can try:
> - Force the card to AGP1x.
> - Pull out our card then re-seat it but don�t screw in our card
> into the casing's bracket. ***Please make sure that the PC case
> is lying down.***
> - Re-align the motherboard by loosening the screws that hold the
> motherboard to the casing, push back the motherboard, tighten
> those screws and put back our card.
>
>
> Just curious what all this effected since I have G200 PCI (enlight
> case as well). Is there something else I missed?
>
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