Thought I'd upgrade my GeForce2 to something a bit more swept up so
installed a WinFast A170 DDR T Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440 onto my Gigabyte
7VTXH+ mobo.

CPU is an Athlon 1800+XP, ram 512Mb PC2100 DDR.

The first card didn't put out any signal at all so I sent it back.  The
replacement card has just arrived and it's the same situation - nil, zip, de
nada - no output, no beeps, no nuthin'.

When I sent the first card back, I spoke briefly to the wholesaler's tech
guy, who didn't know a whole lot about this card, but thought he'd seen
something on the net about this GFX card not running with the Gigabyte
7VTXH+, and muttered about a single surface mounted resistor on the card
which should be removed if the card is used in certain situations.

There is such a resistor on the card.  However, a search of the net revealed
no relevant information on the subject.

I can't contact the wholesaler today (Saturday), so I'm wondering if anyone
here can shed any light on the matter.

TIA

Ian Porter
Computer Guys
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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PS. Thanks to all who responded about the Slow Laptop - a cleanout made a
lot of difference.

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