L4s5mg651+ video card question

[Kelye68]

I have a L4s5g651+ mother board that I am beginning to use as a "lab rat". I turned this on the other day and got one single long beep (repeating) and no video. I checked my ram, checked the connections and came to the conclusion it was the video card as I had no display. Kind of new to this, and with it being a "lab rat" decided I would pick up a cheap video card on Ebay and put it in the AGP slot. BINGO! Got lucky.........for a brief time. It worked fine (although I have to admit - I don't think I researched my video cards well enough as it didn't fit the way I am sure it should). I used a nVida TNT2 Riva Vanta 16mg video card. After a couple of uses, I am now back at that one long beep (repeating) and "no input" blinking on my monitor. I finally got ahold of my mobo manual, but not seeing info on video card. Do I have to disable in cmos if it has onboard? What video card should I get for it? Just a cheap fix - nothing fancy. Am I completely in left field with even targeting video? Thanks for any advice that can be given to this newbie and her "lab rat"!

 

[Tmagic650]

"I don't think I researched my video cards well enough as it didn't fit the way I am sure it should"...

You may have damaged the motherboard by installing an ill-fitting video card.

What is a L4s5g651+ motherboard? Gigabyte, Asus, Biostar... I can't find any info on it at all

 

[Kelye68]

Sorry. Elitegroup. I am attaching the specs!

Socket 478 board that supports Intel® Pentium® 4 processor up to 533MHz FSB

Integrated with the most advanced technologies:

Suspend to RAM
Internal/external AGP
USB 2.0 (SiS® 962L)
PROCESSORS

Socket 478 supports the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor
CHIPSET

SiS® 651 & SiS® 962L chipset
SiS® 651 host/memory controller with AGP 4X north bridget single chipset
Built-in high quality 3D accelerator
Integrated USB 2.0 host controller in SiS® 962L
SiS® 962L MuTIOL media I/O
LPC I/O - ITE IT8705F
System hardware monitor: Built-in ITE IT8705F
LAN: 10/100 Mbps faster Ethernet (optional)
AC97 audio codec: Compliant with AC97 2.2 specification
SYSTEM BIOS

Award 2Mb Flash EEPROM
Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, AMP 1.2, multi boot, DMI
Support for ACPI revision 1.0 specification
MEMORY

2 DDR DIMM sockets for 2.5V DDR333 SDRAM
Maximum: 2GB
I/O INTERFACE

Supports Plug and Play function
PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
4 USB ports and LAN connector
1 EPP/ECP mode parallel port
1 16550 high-speed serial I/O ports
VGA connector
Audio ports (Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in, CD-in and game port)
4 PCI IDE interfaces - support four IDE devices (PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra DMA 66/100/133)
Supports 360K~2.88M Byte, 3 mode FDDs or LS120
ATX power supply connectors
Ports, headers and others:
IrDA header (STR)
Front panel mic./line-out header
4 extra USB ports (USB2 and USB3)
HDD LED, Reset switch, Power switch headers
CPU, power and case fan headers
LAN card wake up / Modem ring wake up headers
RTC & BATTERY

SiS® 962L built-in 256 bytes of CMOS SRAM
With CMOS hardware clear jumper
EXPANSION SLOTS

3 PCI slots, 1 AGP slot, 1 CNR slot
FORM FACTOR

microATX (244mm*244mm), 4 Layers

 

[Tmagic650]

Does the on-board video still work? Of course, if you still get that long beep... I don't know. Long beeps and no video, not good

 

[Kelye68]

Well, it didn't work before I stuck the nVida in - but no, the on board doesn't work. I knew better than to try that - but unfortunately I am one of those who has 20/20 hind-sight.

Should I try a new video card, or how do I know for sure if I blew the mobo? If I should try a cheap vid card, can you reccommend one?

Thanks!

 

[Tmagic650]

I like this card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127181

I've installed several of them in systems. They work well. Your system is a little old. I really think the motherboard is fried

 

[Kelye68]

This new found hobby may prove to be expensive if I don't pay attention! Thanks for your input!

 

[Tmagic650]

Good luck Kelye68,
Let us know how this turns out