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bigapl · May 1, 2003, 12:58 AM

soyo dragon ultra 400 board with athlonxp 2200+ and 512 ddr
no agp boot
will boot from pci
is there a memory issue or something

Hornizuka · May 1, 2003, 09:16 AM

I don't think it's the memorys problem. Try another AGP video card. What are the beeps when system can't boot.

jjmd · May 13, 2003, 04:33 PM

I Had the same problem. I was using the ATI 9700 pro xp 2200 cosair 3200 512. how i fixed the problem was taking all the PCI cards out and using on board goodies. It didn't like the sound blaster live platnium card or the nic card. After having so many problems i got rid of the board for the MSI K7N2G-Ilsr, i have been abile 2 jump to 400 fsb and pretty good over clocking of the 9700 pro, i could not over clock the 9700 pro with the Soyo it would not post. Its a big problem with the Soyo board sad to say. I tried all the bios upgrades called Soyo and Ati after 98$ phone bill to ATI they told me that 9700 pro and the SOYO dont work together, no sh#$#@#%T i didn't have to spend 98$ bucks on my phone bill to know that. So my best bet 2 u is change MOBS. Sorry i couldn't help but trust me that board has big problems!!!!!!!

Saint_K · May 13, 2003, 05:33 PM

Correct me if i say pure bullshit, but i believe you can set in ur bios what to boot from pci or agp

jjmd · May 15, 2003, 10:47 AM

Saint-K Let me just say this.....Do u own or have you ever owned this board????? Many people with this Soyo board have had nothing but problems using it with late model video cards such as the ATI 9700 pro. If u dont beleave me call ATI Or for that matter call Soyo....They can explain the problems with this board to you guys......Just tring to help>

Vampyromaniac · May 15, 2003, 10:55 AM

jjmd, ease up a little please. There's no need to attack other members.
Reading what Saint_K wrote, he wasn't "slamming" anyone.
It may be poorly worded, but I think what he meant was, "Correct me if what I'm saying is wrong . . . "
Please try to exercise more restraint in the future.

DarkFoss · May 16, 2003, 02:53 PM

I don't have a Soyo but I do have a GA-7AX rev 1.1 with the Via 400 chipset. The earlier revisions of ATI 9700 don't work very well if at all with the Via 400 chipsets. Not even the latest motherboard bios will fix it. Note I could at least boot-up to windows, but all 3D apps crashed to desktop or rebooted my system and I'd then get the system has recovered from a serious error message. Flashing the 9700 pro with the 8004 bios corrected all my problems, can run 3D mark 2002se, 3D Mark 03, UT2K3, EverQuest and the rest of my games no problems. You can download the bios and flash utility from OmegaDrive's site.

May 1, 2003, 12:58 AM	#1
bigapl DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 69 Rep Power: 0	soyo soyo dragon ultra 400 board with athlonxp 2200+ and 512 ddr no agp boot will boot from pci is there a memory issue or something

May 15, 2003, 10:47 AM	#5
jjmd DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In Your Mothers Closet... Posts: 1,081 Rep Power: 0	Saint-K Let me just say this.....Do u own or have you ever owned this board????? Many people with this Soyo board have had nothing but problems using it with late model video cards such as the ATI 9700 pro. If u dont beleave me call ATI Or for that matter call Soyo....They can explain the problems with this board to you guys......Just tring to help> Last edited by jjmd; May 15, 2003 at 11:07 AM.

May 15, 2003, 10:55 AM	#6
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	jjmd, ease up a little please. There's no need to attack other members. Reading what Saint_K wrote, he wasn't "slamming" anyone. It may be poorly worded, but I think what he meant was, "Correct me if what I'm saying is wrong . . . " Please try to exercise more restraint in the future. __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

May 16, 2003, 02:53 PM	#7
DarkFoss HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Downers Grove IL Posts: 688 Rep Power: 0	Have you tried I don't have a Soyo but I do have a GA-7AX rev 1.1 with the Via 400 chipset. The earlier revisions of ATI 9700 don't work very well if at all with the Via 400 chipsets. Not even the latest motherboard bios will fix it. Note I could at least boot-up to windows, but all 3D apps crashed to desktop or rebooted my system and I'd then get the system has recovered from a serious error message. Flashing the 9700 pro with the 8004 bios corrected all my problems, can run 3D mark 2002se, 3D Mark 03, UT2K3, EverQuest and the rest of my games no problems. You can download the bios and flash utility from OmegaDrive's site. __________________ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety,deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Ben Franklin, 1755

May 1, 2003, 09:16 AM	#2
Hornizuka DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	I don't think it's the memorys problem. Try another AGP video card. What are the beeps when system can't boot.

May 13, 2003, 04:33 PM	#3
jjmd DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In Your Mothers Closet... Posts: 1,081 Rep Power: 0	I Had the same problem. I was using the ATI 9700 pro xp 2200 cosair 3200 512. how i fixed the problem was taking all the PCI cards out and using on board goodies. It didn't like the sound blaster live platnium card or the nic card. After having so many problems i got rid of the board for the MSI K7N2G-Ilsr, i have been abile 2 jump to 400 fsb and pretty good over clocking of the 9700 pro, i could not over clock the 9700 pro with the Soyo it would not post. Its a big problem with the Soyo board sad to say. I tried all the bios upgrades called Soyo and Ati after 98$ phone bill to ATI they told me that 9700 pro and the SOYO dont work together, no sh#$#@#%T i didn't have to spend 98$ bucks on my phone bill to know that. So my best bet 2 u is change MOBS. Sorry i couldn't help but trust me that board has big problems!!!!!!!

May 13, 2003, 05:33 PM	#4
Saint_K InSaNe Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Den haag, netherlands Posts: 836 Rep Power: 0	Correct me if i say pure bullshit, but i believe you can set in ur bios what to boot from pci or agp