Afternoon,
Not sure how changing the video card would make any different to the POST error of B2 (Detecting presence of a fixed media (IDE hard drive detection etc.)) but have tested a number of video card brands and makers with no change to the issue or outcome.
I have tested the following working cards:
AMD/ATI
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Asus HD5850, Sapphire HD5850, Sapphire HD5770, XFX HD5770 and a Generic ATI HD3650.
Nvidia
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Nvidia Quadro FX 1800, Asus EN8500GT Silent and a XFX GeForce 7600GS.
I even tested 2 low profile PCI-x cards (Nvidia and ATI based) from a HP and a Dell system with no change to the POST'ing code.
I also tried 2 PCI cards (Diamond S3 Virge and Monster 3Dfx dating back to the late 90’s) but the board refused to boot with them install in any of the 3 PCI slots. The PCI-e and PCI-x slots all work fine.
The lower end cards do display what they are on the screen longer compared to the faster cards but that’s the only noticeable difference. They have no effect or change to the POST’ing or getting past the POST code B2.
I take it the ‘extreme board’ is nothing more than an ‘extreme paperweight’ now?
