P4P800 Dlx and Matrox P650

Doug Smith

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Aug 26, 2003, 5:35:40 PM8/26/03

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Any recommendations for the proper procedure for getting the Matrox
P650 and P4P800 working. I can't even get the Bios screen to come up
ok.

The P650 card works ok at AGP 4x in an old computer though.

Doug Smith

Ed White

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Aug 26, 2003, 5:57:18 PM8/26/03

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Just a wild guess Doug, but if the card is older and is not a 1.5 volt card,
it is not supported by this board, at least, not according to the
documentation that came with my P4P800 Deluxe......again, just a guess.
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John

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Aug 26, 2003, 10:04:05 PM8/26/03

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There was someone else who posted with a similar problem. I think he said
although the bios writing was stuffed up, he was still able to boot the PC
up into windows. Once in windows he used the Matrox windows bios flash to
update the bios on the P650. After that all was okay. Might be a good idea
to update the bios on the P4P800 too.

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Tator Totor

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Aug 27, 2003, 2:29:09 AM8/27/03

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John,

>>... Might be a good idea to update the bios on the P4P800 too.

That's right, I did download last Matrox driver for Parhelia and P650 (ver
1-04-03-005)...

My Matrox Parhelia works fine onto P4P800 Dlx mobo, OTOH I don't known if it
would be the same with a P650, I only notice they use similar driver.

I also download a Matrox utility supposed to allow showing Asus MyLogo at
boot... but I couln't make it works.

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Stephan Grossklass

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Aug 27, 2003, 7:04:32 AM8/27/03

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Doug Smith schrieb:

>
> Any recommendations for the proper procedure for getting the Matrox
> P650 and P4P800 working. I can't even get the Bios screen to come up
> ok.

http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/bios/home2.cfm

| Matrox Setup and Utilities (v.1.03.00.006)
| Supports Matrox Parhelia, Millennium P750 and Millennium P650.
| Implements a fix that allows Parhelia Series and Millennium P-Series
| users to view posts during boot-up.

In other words, update the graphics card's BIOS. There's no other reason
why it shouldn't work in a P4P800, except possibly a compatibility
problem in the mo/bo BIOS.

Stephan
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John

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Aug 27, 2003, 11:15:56 AM8/27/03

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You've updated the P650 driver. But have you updated the P650's bios?

Tator Totor

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Aug 28, 2003, 12:40:09 PM8/28/03

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hi-John

> You've updated the P650 driver. But have you updated the P650's bios?

Yes once...

... updating ver 1.3.0.6 -with what I think to be last bios version- using
971-13 file AFAIAC for my Pharhelia, while you should use 976-12.bin file
for your P650.
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