? unknown video adapter

[lafrei]

I have an older computer that was reformated, however they didn't write down what the video adapter was first. I have pulled the card since it did not autodetect. It has a different styple plug with an adapter on it that I haven't ween before. The card has AGP in big letters on the lower board, NUMBERNINE is also on this board at the top, with PCB #01 ??500-00 REEV 02 TV out ?? ghter PCB ( where the ?? is covered with a copper strip.
There is a small 2x2 board connected on top of the main board. The end says: PCB#01-868602-00 REV 00 m64 4mx16/2mx32 Sdram AGP DVI-I

Can anyone help me find the video drivers for this card?

[NooNoo]

I have an older computer that was reformated, however they didn't write down what the video adapter was first. I have pulled the card since it did not autodetect. It has a different styple plug with an adapter on it that I haven't ween before. The card has AGP in big letters on the lower board, NUMBERNINE is also on this board at the top, with PCB #01 ??500-00 REEV 02 TV out ?? ghter PCB ( where the ?? is covered with a copper strip.
There is a small 2x2 board connected on top of the main board. The end says: PCB#01-868602-00 REV 00 m64 4mx16/2mx32 Sdram AGP DVI-I

find the video drivers for this card?

M64 - does it say nvidia anywhere?

If so www.nvidia.com - click the drivers link at the top of the page and choose M64 or TNT2 driver along with which windows you are running.

[DocPC]

It's an ELSA, I believe......Which one I am not sure of.

Doing further research.

[Stalemate]

Is this it?



I think Noonoo's suggestion that it's an nVidia-based card is it though, if it has a heatsink.

The "m64" marking points to an OEM TNT2 card - one of the last produced by Number 9 (see http://www.nine.com/n9id.htm to make sure).

[lafrei]

no,
Here is a pic of it.
I tried the nvida drivers, no luck.
hum couldn't put in picture so I put it on my website at
http://www.prairieweb.com/lafrei/video%20card.jpg

[geoscomp]

"NOTE: If the GPU has a heatsink on it, *DO NOT* pull the heatsink off!
A heatsink means it's either an SR9 or the OEM-only card based on an Nvidia TNT2-M64 GPU, the last two cards Number Nine made"

it's obviously a numbernine video card..so I would guess it is the sr9 model then.

you can find the drivers at:

http://members.driverguide.com/drive...driverid=35811

you have to log in with Drivers for the user name and all for the password

[Stalemate]

Got to it before I did, Geo.

[3D Prophet III]

Or you could get the drivers here without having to sign up for anything.


http://www.nine.com/drivers/

[geoscomp]

Either way..but you dont have to sign up for anything at the link I posted..the user name and password are well known and given in the post

[3D Prophet III]

Damn that was quick. I didn't even notice the username and password, sorry. Damn that was quick.

[Stalemate]

Or you could get the drivers here without having to sign up for anything.


http://www.nine.com/drivers/

Scarce amount of Win2K/XP drivers there though.

[TripleRLtd]

These are S3 drivers, S3 website does not exist but I think the
M825U of M825LU pc chips drivers my work on that.

http://www.pcchipsusa.com

Excuse me Daffy, but how do you figure that this is an S3 GPU from Number9?
Why, exactly do you say this?
Every indication, so far, leads to M64, as NooNoo originally states.
Did we miss something that you caught?
If so, let us know.

BTW:
lafrei, what OS? win98?
Also, I see the attached "daughter card" but I don't see a TV or S-Video connection on your picture.
So, what do you mean by "different style plug with adapter on it"?

[TripleRLtd]

This
Number Nine Devices and Contact Information



Company Name Number Nine
Notes and Comments Assets of Number Nine were acquired by Diamond Multimedia in 1999. The name and technology rights have since been licensed by S3 Graphics.
Website Links XXXX://XXX.XXXX.XXX

Related Companies Diamond Multimedia
Orchid
S3 Graphics
SonicBlue
Supra






Number Nine Device Categories
- Video Card


:butt: :butt: :butt:

Alright, so why the butts????
Yeah, there have been alll sorts of mergers, butt you've yet to answer the question!!!
You say S3, everyone else says NVidia, as in M64!!!!
So, WHAT DRIVER do YOU recommend?
And, help us out if you know something we don't.
No need to be a BUTThole.
I respect you, and honestly ask for your wisdom....
Help us all here with your expertise, huh?

[confus-ed]

Rather than all this 'fratching' you might try this :-

From an MS-DOS prompt, type in debug and press the enter key.
At the dash prompt type d C000:0010 and press the enter key.


In the text output you will see the name, though possibly broken up, of your video card.

Here is an example of the debug procedure done on a 9FX Motion 771 with the S3-968 chipset and the 2.05.15 bios revision:

C000:0010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-10 02 00 00 00 00 49 42 ..............IB
C000:0020 4D 20 56 47 41 20 43 6F-6D 70 61 74 69 62 6C 65 M VGA Compatible
C000:0030 20 42 49 4F 53 2E 20 00-BB 66 F0 01 A3 01 F0 09 BIOS. ..f......
C000:0040 09 FF 00 02 4E 75 6D 62-65 72 20 4E 69 6E 65 20 ....Number Nine
C000:0050 56 69 73 75 61 6C 20 54-65 63 68 6E 6F 6C 6F 67 Visual Technolog
C000:0060 79 20 20 20 20 20 20 20-20 20 20 39 46 58 20 4D y 9FX M
C000:0070 6F 74 69 6F 6E 20 37 37-31 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 otion 771
C000:0080 20 20 20 0E 20 4C 65 74-20 69 74 20 62 65 20 36 . Let it be 6

By hitting the d key and then the enter key again at the dash prompt, you will see a continuation of the above output which will identify the chipset (in this case 968) and bios version (shown here as 2.05.15).

C000:0090 38 2E 2E 2E 00 28 63 29-31 39 39 35 20 4E 75 6D 8....(c)1995 Num
C000:00A0 62 65 72 20 4E 69 6E 65-20 56 69 73 75 61 6C 20 ber Nine Visual
C000:00B0 54 65 63 68 6E 6F 6C 6F-67 79 20 43 6F 72 70 2E Technology Corp.
C000:00C0 0D 0A 41 6C 6C 20 52 69-67 68 74 73 20 52 65 73 ..All Rights Res
C000:00D0 65 72 76 65 64 0D 0A 00-23 39 2D 39 36 38 20 42 erved...#9-968 B
C000:00E0 49 4F 53 20 56 65 72 73-69 6F 6E 20 32 2E 30 35 IOS Version 2.05
C000:00F0 2E 31 35 0D 0A 00 28 63-29 31 39 39 35 20 53 33 .15...(c)1995 S3
C000:0100 20 49 6E 63 20 56 65 72-73 69 6F 6E 20 32 2E 30 Inc Version 2.0

By pressing the q key and then enter, you will exit the debug session and return to the "C:\>" command prompt.

Then you can decide who's doing to who !

... there are utilities that do this too ... somebody name me one that definately 'discovers' video -Hwinfo ? not sure ...

[NooNoo]

"discovering" the vid card without the drivers installed seems to be something that many utility writers have been unable to do. I haven't found one that will get it right without the drivers installed....other than the debug method and that only seems to work on older cards.... but then I haven't played with it under all circumstances.