STB Velocity 4400 Finally Working
DEN
the bios and having no joy, i finally got the board working
a. reformatted c:
b. reinstalled win95 b
c. installed latest drivers from STB dated 07/01/99 there are now 2
types to cope with tv or no tv out (v4400_152wtv.exe)
d. installed usb support (read it was needed for best AGP)
e. installed all periphs .............
f. ran directx6
have had no lock ups or reboots with directx diags on hardware
accel.(the old spinning cube),combat flight sim,aliens v predators
shogo
my system is o/clocked p350 @ 112 mhz bus = 392 mhz
64 meg sdram 100 mhz
fitted fan to the velocity heatsink.
hope this will help someone
i see someone (stefan huber ) has found new drivers by Hercules for any
riva tnt .....oh
well lets give it a try
den
Den
work as well as the others i was telling you about except there is a
cracking interface in the display properties box...any problems arise and
i`ll let you all know...makes me think all the problems with the card are
cured when installing on a clean system
in the order i gave in my earlier message....................den
Paul Witkowski
So long STB Vision98 s/w and all the crashing it caused. Now i have some
drivers for my STB 4400 AGP will hopefully still get updates with the latest
reference drivers and added functions of WORKING TV-Out / utilities &
overclocking tweaker.
Just hope 3dFX don't decide to buy Hercules now....
Best Regards,
Paul
Den <gwy...@globalnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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Keith McCoy
Paul Witkowski wrote in message <77aull$g0l$1...@taliesin.netcom.net.uk>...
Paul Witkowski
the 1.52 drivers from Quantex's site then updated them to the official v1.52
from STB's site, also tried the Nvidia ref drivers, but Vision98 v3.01j
still caused crashes. Uninstalled vision software and updated to the
Hercules drivers.- no problems at all!
Paul.
Keith McCoy <keith...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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ODiN
>On Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:31:23 -0000, "Paul Witkowski"
><pw...@netcomuk.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Yes, I had the v1.42 drivers upgraded from the CD drivers, then upgraded
to
>>the 1.52 drivers from Quantex's site then updated them to the official
v1.52
>>from STB's site, also tried the Nvidia ref drivers, but Vision98 v3.01j
>>still caused crashes. Uninstalled vision software and updated to the
>>Hercules drivers.- no problems at all!
>>
>>Paul.
>seem to be able to. BUT I never had any problem with Vision 3.01J, so
>perhaps that may be related to specific DLL problems with other
>software already installed. Perhaps this is good, as at some point in
>time, it would be logical for 3Dfx to taper off and stop development
>of TNT drivers in deference to their own product line.
>
>FWIW - The drivers from the Quantex site and STB's latest are
>identical. STB just added a instruction text file.
Just curious how the Hercules drivers compare to STB v1.52..... performance
/ stability / etc....... thanks.
Michael J. Dart
on my PCI 4400. I just haven't gotten brave enough to try the newer drivers
(already downloaded). That Vision program caused me alot of work.
mjd...@bellsouth.net
Greenbud
the STB 1.51 at 500ish, visibly much quicker. If you uninstall Vision 98 and
reassign the card to the STB drivers after installing the Hercules package
you will lose the overclocking function as well as Herc's Direct3D and
openGL tweakers, but will retain STB's version of the two. At any rate,
what's left is much better than that Vision 98 junk plus you get a built in
audio, video, CD player for approximately the same file size.
:
:Just curious how the Hercules drivers compare to STB v1.52.....
:
:
:
Den
well it look`s as if the new drivers work. all i`m interested in is a good
games performance and i seem to have it with microprose airwar and msoft
combat flight with the latest drivers for vel.4400 .whether the herc..
interface works or not i dont know , i`m only going on what i see...
thanks to alf for all his work and to all of you for the help you give to
all of us....see you flying....den...
ps ain`t it great to help these big conglom`s solve their driver problems,,,
thanks to nvidia,, stb,, and sharky for all your help..not forgetting... ALF
Den
so what about video out ?????
what do i have to do to get games playing on telly with my velo 4400 card
????
what cables do i have to use ???
gratefull for any help.....den
Alf
Glad I could help out, Den! :)
Alf
STB Tech Support
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________________
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BBS: (972) 437-9615
Alf
All you really should need is a composite or S-Video cable. Run it
from the 4400 to your TV, go to the advanced Display
Properties/Settings and switch over to TV Out.
nm...@my-dejanews.com
newsgroup and I *still* can't get my STB Velocity 4400 to work.
I've tried all the STB drivers and all the nVidia drivers and none of
them work.
What happens is if I try to go out of 16 color VGA mode, when re-boot up,
it boots until it starts loading the video driver. Then you can hear my
monitor click to re-set the resolution, then nothing. blank screen.
I've tried everything I could think of. I used my computer on a different
monitor. Same thing. I used the card in a different computer. same thing.
I used a *new* card on my computer. Same thing.
Called STB. they couldn't figure it out.
Called my friend who is a programmer at nVidia. couldn't figure it out.
Can anybody help me please! $150 to see 16 colors is a bit pricey, don't
you think?
Here's the specs on my system:
Asus P2B motherboard
Pentium II 450
SB Live
128 MB RAM
Viewsonic PS790 Monitor
Thanks!
nm8tr
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Graham Perkins
seem to want to grab what they can't have... ie the videocards IRQ....
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Puff
>Can anybody help me please! $150 to see 16 colors is a bit pricey, don't
>you think?
yeah, could be ,)
Well, try this, it did the trick with my asus
Enable "assign IRQ to VGA" in Bios.
Zenonas Zenonos
<nm...@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
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>Ok. I've tried everything I can think of and everything I've read off this
>newsgroup and I *still* can't get my STB Velocity 4400 to work.
>I've tried all the STB drivers and all the nVidia drivers and none of
>them work.
>What happens is if I try to go out of 16 color VGA mode, when re-boot up,
>it boots until it starts loading the video driver. Then you can hear my
>monitor click to re-set the resolution, then nothing. blank screen.
>I've tried everything I could think of. I used my computer on a different
>monitor. Same thing. I used the card in a different computer. same thing.
>I used a *new* card on my computer. Same thing.
>Called STB. they couldn't figure it out.
>Called my friend who is a programmer at nVidia. couldn't figure it out.
>
>you think?
>
>Asus P2B motherboard
>Pentium II 450
>SB Live
>128 MB RAM
>Viewsonic PS790 Monitor
>
>Thanks!
>nm8tr
>
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Dear friend you are not alone. I think we are facing the same problem.
Read mine and the answer from STB.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zenonas Zenonos [SMTP:zzen...@logos.cy.net] <mailto:>
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 3:06 AM
> To: sup...@stb.com
> Subject: Ask Tech Support Submission from Web Page
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> Ask Tech Support Form sent on 1/14/99 at 3:06:27 AM
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> Zenonas Zenonos
> zzen...@logos.cy.net
> Nicosia,CYPRUS, 2021
> Phone: +3592313616
>
> STB Product Name: Velocity 4400 noTV Bus Type: AGP
> Video Adapter Part Number: 1X0-0690-008 BIOS Rev.: 135177699
> STB VISION Rel.: Not on Disk
> STB Utilities Rel.: 271-0007-002
> Other STB Disks and Release Number
> 1.
> 2.
> 3.
> Motherboard type, CPU, MHz: EFA P5MVP3-AT,AMD K6-2 333 Mhz M/B
> Memory: 64 MB M/B BIOS Type and Date: Award Modular Bios V4.51PG
> 1984-1998 Other Hardware on Motherboard with memory addresses and IRQ:
> 1. Zoom Internal Voice modem 56K IRQ 9
> 2. Tbeach Montego soundcard IRQ5,12 memory address E9000000
> - E901FFFF
> 3. Pci to USB Universal Host IRQ 11 E0000000 - E3FFFFFF OS:
> Windows 98 Running Applications and Release Number
> 1. Internet Explorer 4.01
> 2.
> 3.
> Device= Memory Manager line in config.sys:
> C:\Windows\COMMAND\display.sys Additional Information:
> The screen goes blank and system is halted whenever try to boot. The
> card works only at 16 colors 640x480 resolution.
> I bought the card from an on-line store in CA and this the second card
> i've tried(replacement, not only on my computer).
> I've tried all the troubleshooting and new drivers from your site.
> I've heard that the card itself needs more than 2.5 A power to work
> properly.Is it possible that my motherbord doesn't supply enough power
> to the card?
> Please answer me soon!!
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
Hi Zenonas Zenonos,
There are several things to check in regard to this:Install and enable
the latest USB Update for your system.
In the CMOS setup for the motherboard BIOS, enable "Assign IRQ to VGA"
and ,disable Video Shadow, Video Cache, Decouple (or Hidden) Refresh,
Byte merge, and Palette Snoop.
Check the Windows Device Manager Computer Properties View Resources
Interrupt Request list to see if the video adapter is sharing an IRQ
with another device. Windows may not see this as an actual conflict, but
the nVidia RIVA chipset on the STB VELOCITY 4400 must not share an IRQ
with another device. "IRQ holder for PCI steering" is not considered
another device.
Obtain a new VGARTD.VXD file from the motherboard manufacturer and
overwrite the existing file in the Windows\System subfolder.
Make sure you have loaded the latest copy of DirectX 6 from the STB
VELOCITY CD prior to installing the STB display drivers.
Check the resources of the VELOCITY 4400 in Device Manager to ensure it
has an interrupt assigned to it. If no IRQ is assigned: On the Device
Manager page of the Display Properties dialog box, highlight "Computer"
and select "Properties." Make sure that the Interrupt Request (IRQ)
option is selected and then scroll down the list to see if you have an
IRQ free for the VELOCITY 4400 to use (there will be a gap in the
listings). If you do not have a free IRQ, the VELOCITY 4400 may not be
able to run in your system and you will have to remove a peripheral
device using an IRQ in order to run the VELOCITY 4400. If you do have a
free IRQ but the VELOCITY 4400 is not being assigned one, your
motherboard is set up to ignore interrupt requests from graphics
adapters. You will need to enable IRQ assignment to VGA adapters in your
system CMOS (contact your motherboard vendor if you are unfamiliar with
the system CMOS setup). If an IRQ is assigned: On the Device Manager
page of the Display Properties dialog box, highlight "Computer" and
click on "Properties." Make sure that the Interrupt Request (IRQ) option
is selected and then scroll down the list to see if the VELOCITY 4400 is
sharing an IRQ assignment with another device (IRQ Steering does not
count as a device). If it is, you will need to manually change the IRQ
assignment in your system CMOS to an IRQ that is not in use by any other
devices. If there are no free interrupts, see above. If you are running
the VELOCITY 4400 on a non-Intel system, it is being assigned an IRQ and
it is not sharing with any other devices. If you are still only able to
use 16 colors, you will need to get the latest system updates for your
particular system from the system vendor (specifically BIOS updates, AGP
drivers and any bus mastering updates available).
The CMOS setting you want to enable is "Assign IRQ to VGA". Disable
Video BIOS Shadow, Video BIOS Cache, Decouple (or Hidden) Refresh, Byte
merge, Turbo mode, Write Cache Pipeline and Palette Snoop. The AGP
aperture may be set at 256. Not all motherboards are capable of a 256
AGP aperture. If you have one of these systems you will want to leave
the AGP aperture set to 64.
Kind regards
Samuel ESPI
International Support Technician - UK Office
STB systems Inc. http://www.stb.com
(Please keep all correspondence attached when replying
After trying all the suggestions still can't make the card work.
By the way did you find in BIOS setup Video BIOS Shadow, Video BIOS Cache,
Decouple (or Hidden) Refresh, Byte merge, Turbo mode, Write Cache Pipeline
and Palette Snoop.
If you hear of anything let me know!
Aaron Marks
fine. try it! it's probably worth it!
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ACPI problem with this card. After disabling that it works like a charm!
Paul
Graham Perkins wrote in message <36AE00A5...@hotmail.com>...
>Yank the SB Live out... and give it a whack.. .the latest Creative Labs
cards
>seem to want to grab what they can't have... ie the videocards IRQ....
>nm...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
George M. Hitchcock III
Asus P2B-DS
Pentium II 350
SBLive!
Telepath Internal 56k Voice Modem
DEC 21041 Ethernet Card
128MB PC100 SDRAM CAS2-GH
Viewsonic 20PS
I needed a clean install of WIN98 & STB Bios update to clear up problems.
Runs great now.
Aaron Marks <aa...@nwlink.com> wrote in message
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>I had this happen to me and I formatted my hd and after that it worked just
>fine. try it! it's probably worth it!
>
>
>nm...@my-dejanews.com wrote in message <78jt51$7t0$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
nm...@yahoo.com
"Puff" <helt...@netti.fi> wrote:
> yeah, could be ,)
> Well, try this, it did the trick with my asus
> Enable "assign IRQ to VGA" in Bios.
>
>
I can't find that setting in the BIOS. Where is it?
nm...@yahoo.com
Graham Perkins <graham_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Yank the SB Live out... and give it a whack.. .the latest Creative Labs cards
> seem to want to grab what they can't have... ie the videocards IRQ....
Yeah I tried that. Actually, I just put this system together (with friends)
last weekend. Got all the stuff at the Pomona show. At first we put
everything together and installed everything. When the video drivers didn't
work, we did everything over again and started from scratch (including
formatting hard drive again). We tried it with *only* the video card attached
(no sound, no modem). Still no go. :(
nm8tr
nm...@yahoo.com
"Aaron Marks" <aa...@nwlink.com> wrote:
> I had this happen to me and I formatted my hd and after that it worked just
> fine. try it! it's probably worth it!
>
Thanks, but see my reply to Graham.
Alf
>In article <36b0...@news.nwlink.com>,
> "Aaron Marks" <aa...@nwlink.com> wrote:
>> I had this happen to me and I formatted my hd and after that it worked just
>> fine. try it! it's probably worth it!
>Thanks, but see my reply to Graham.
>nm8tr
What IRQ is the Velocity 4400 using and is anything else using it?
nm...@yahoo.com
PCI Steering", which I understand is not a problem.
nm8tr
In article <36bc601e...@news.stb.com>,
ACOVEY@*STB.COM (Alf) wrote:
> nm...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> What IRQ is the Velocity 4400 using and is anything else using it?
>
> Alf
> STB Tech Support
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Alf
>It's using IRQ 10 and the only thing that's sharing IRQ 10 is "IRQ Holder for
>PCI Steering", which I understand is not a problem.
>nm8tr
You're right, that shouldn't be a problem. If you've tried a
different monitor and a different Velocity 4400, it seems as if the
problem may be with the system itself.
nm...@yahoo.com
anything, because I'm not. I'm just trying to give enough info so that I can
get help from you people to get my card working and I thank all of you who
have responded so far).
This card was also tried on a completely different system and it still did
the exact same thing. Not only that, on this other system, (actually the
system that was in the store that I bought the Velocity 4400 in the first
place) we tried the Diamond Viper 550 and guess what? Same thing!
Does it have something to do with the AGP slot? Is there some trick I need to
do to get the AGP slot going? (I'm not sure if I specified earlier that
this was the AGP card and not the PCI card).
thanks again,
nm8tr
In article <36bb67c6...@news.stb.com>,
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Alf
>Thanks Alf, but .... (I hope I'm not coming out as sounding belligerent or
>anything, because I'm not. I'm just trying to give enough info so that I can
>get help from you people to get my card working and I thank all of you who
>have responded so far).
Oh, you're not sounding belligerent at all! Believe me, I think we've
all seen belligerent on this NG and that isn't it. :-)
>This card was also tried on a completely different system and it still did
>the exact same thing. Not only that, on this other system, (actually the
>system that was in the store that I bought the Velocity 4400 in the first
>place) we tried the Diamond Viper 550 and guess what? Same thing!
That IS peculiar.
>Does it have something to do with the AGP slot? Is there some trick I need to
>do to get the AGP slot going? (I'm not sure if I specified earlier that
>this was the AGP card and not the PCI card).
It could have something to do with the AGP slot. I think it would be
best to e-mail me on this since it is so unusual. It's easier to
track that way. Give me a description (again, sorry) of your system
and the store system if possible and the basics on what we've been
through (so again, it's easier to track).
>thanks again,
>nm8tr