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Old October 11th 04, 08:27 PM
AJ
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Default Multiple PCI vid cards with Intel motherboards possible?

Has anyone gotten multiple PCI video cards (actually, I can't even get one
to work) to work with an Intel Motherboard?

My situation:

Installing a Matrox G450 PCI into a PC with an Intel 865GBF motherboard
makes the processor-to-pci-to-csa bridge inop (exclamation point in WinXP
Pro's device manager). The error given is "This device cannot find enough
resources to use (code 12)". This wipes out my network connectivity.

I've contacted Matrox and they said to try a different PCI slot and upgrade to
the latest Intel BIOS. I tried both but still get the same problem. Matrox pretty
much indicated that it was Intel's problem and not their's. I've also tried
disabling the onboard video via device manager (there is no option in the
BIOS to do anything similar). I've contacted Intel, but all they sent was
references to integration guides and gave no response yet (a few weeks)
when I "escalated" the problem.

With AGP going away in favor of PCI-E, the multi-PCI card approach seems
like the best way to get multi-monitor support at this time, especially if you
need more than 2 displays. Unfortunately, this can't be done?

AJ