** Reply to message from "Carl E. Hartung"
On Monday 08 August 2005 10:13 pm, Gil Weber wrote: <snip>
Yeah, same train of thought as Stan posted. I will contact e-Machines about a BIOS update and let you know what happens. Many thanks! :o) Gil
Hi Gil,
I just want to offer a slight clarification and maybe a bit more insight from my perspective:
Don't overlook my use of the phrase "almost 100% certain" and please do consider Felix's excellent advice to test if Knoppix can configure itself successfully to use that card.
Stan also makes an excellent point about nVidia ensuring that cards manufactured by it's OEM customers will work with nVidia's drivers. This means that the card really should work, assuming it isn't defective and the host computer is compatible.
And that's the problem: In my mind, the jury's still out as to whether or not the card is defective. This question needs to be answered first. Now, I doubt that PNY (or the OEM) pulls random pieces off the assembly line and test boots them in an XP machine. There *must* be some kind of low level field diagnostic utility you can boot from CD or with a FreeDOS floppy that can probe the card and report back whether or not it powers up and initializes properly.
Once you've ruled out a defective card, you can start pestering e-Machines vociferously, with a clear conscience, ;-) because *that* would mean something unique and incompatible (i.e. proprietary) is happening inside their motherboard.
- Carl
Carl, I am sure my wife has a Knoppix CD, so we can try Felix's suggestion to see if the card responds. I'll let the list know. If anyone out there can help with Carl's suggestion about a low level field diagnostsic utility. Any suggestions, and also suggestions on where I can get what you suggest I get? :o) Thx. Gil