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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).

Is there a jumper on the motherboard to disable the onboard
graphics controller?

No (not that I could find in the documentation anyway).

I can't believe a system as recent as the
865GBF wouldn't have facility to do this..

The BIOS only has an option to indicate which graphics device should be
active at boot time: AGP or PCI. It doesn't actually disable either one though.
And yes, I tried it both ways.

Is it supposed to
"autoswitch" when a video card is installed? Check the bios
for an option to choose between AGP & PCI video.

It actually works (the PCI video), but it knocks out the other device because
of the apparent resource conflict.

Have you tried different PCI slots?

Yes (as I stated in my original post).

Check your motherboard
manual and see which slots share with onboard devices.
Usually PCI slot 1 shares with the onboard video -- if that's
the case don't use slot 1. You preferably want a slot that
doesn't share with any onboard devices: video, USB, etc.

I tried 3 of the 6 slots and got the same result.


Beyond that I don't have any other suggestions, except to wait
for support either from someone else here or from Intel.

I hear ya. I was hoping Intel would get back to me, but they haven't
so I thought I'd throw it up here for people to chew on.

AJ