Well. So, yesterday I opened up the case for the first time in years, vacuumed everything out, removed the old card, put the new card in.... and the system refused to boot with a "B2" error in the lower right of the screen.
Crap. Did I screw up the mobo somehow? Let's check.
Replaced the old card. System boots.
Okay, I must have not seated the new card properly. Put the new card back in, being especially careful. No boot, B2.
Replaced old card again. Boot. Checked the website for my mobo's manufacturer, confirmed my BIOS was out of date. Got the latest version of the BIOS and flashed it.
Put the new card back in. No boot, B2.
Replaced the old card. Boot. Began a web search. Well, joy. Lots of new video cards with B2 errors on my motherboard, and no two solutions are the same. A few -- like flashing the BIOS -- I've already done.
So... I'm going to be a while trying to figure out what I have to do to make this work.
Crap. Did I screw up the mobo somehow? Let's check.
Replaced the old card. System boots.
Okay, I must have not seated the new card properly. Put the new card back in, being especially careful. No boot, B2.
Replaced old card again. Boot. Checked the website for my mobo's manufacturer, confirmed my BIOS was out of date. Got the latest version of the BIOS and flashed it.
Put the new card back in. No boot, B2.
Replaced the old card. Boot. Began a web search. Well, joy. Lots of new video cards with B2 errors on my motherboard, and no two solutions are the same. A few -- like flashing the BIOS -- I've already done.
So... I'm going to be a while trying to figure out what I have to do to make this work.
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....