I had the same problem last week. Apparently, many AGP cards are picky about
being in their slots right. Take both cards out and insert the Viper back in
securely, and tighten it tightly with the screw. If it still makes those
beeps, take it out and try again. The card really has to be in perfectly to
work. Also, let me know how the Viper treats you, as I am interested in
getting one as well. Good luck.

Chuck Hassenplug
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> Hi All
> I have an S3 Trio Virge/DX 4 mb pci video card which I replaced (or
> tried to) tonight with a Diamond Viper 770 AGP 32mb. The instructions
> said to change to standard VGA adapter before changing the card. I did
> that & rebooted & shut down as per the manual. I replaced the card but
> on start up the computer gave a few funny long & short beeps & as the
> auto start on the monitor didnt work I assumed that it was a no video
> warning. I replaced the card again with the S3 & all was OK. I read the
> Videocard & motherboard manuals & found in the bios that PCI was enabled
> & not AGP so I changed that, priding myself in my troubleshooting
> skills. I patted myself on the back too early. I  changed the card back
> & still the same. I currently have the PCI S3 & the Diamond installed in
> their respective slots with AGP enabled but the S3 pci is the only one
> that works. Am I missing something here. Specs are Gigabyte GA5ax rev
> 4(Ali Aladdin V AGPset), AMD 233(soon K62450) 64 pc100 sdram, Win 95
> 4.00.950 B. TIA  Ian

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