Sis 650

**devil lady** · 10-10-2005, 03:10 AM

Long story short, am helping a woman who cant afford to pay anyone to fix her comp. Every man and his dog has had a go at fixing this poor thing.

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Personal
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4A, 2400 MHz

Chipset Properties:
Motherboard Chipset SiS 650

Memory Slots:
DRAM Slot #1 256 MB (DDR SDRAM)

AGP Properties:
AGP Version 2.00
AGP Status Enabled
AGP Aperture Size 64 MB
Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x

Display:
Video Adapter SiS 315
3D Accelerator SiS 315

The problem here is the device manager shows under display to be a Sis 650_651_M650_M652_740 and the comp is very happy with it until you try to play any kids cd games. It then resets to 640x480 and stays there. If you try to adjust it the screen just rolls.
Downloaded this one http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/sis650.html and this one http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/sisagp.html
If I try to load the sis315 drivers it has a fit, any ideas?

dai · 10-10-2005, 11:23 AM

see what it lists with everest
http://www.lavalys.com/

10-10-2005, 11:45 AM

What about the monitor ? Sounds like you have an older one. What kind of monitor do you have ?

**devil lady** · 10-10-2005, 02:37 PM

Monitor is an LG 17inch crt, 12 months old. Will have a look when I get back from work what everest says.

**devil lady** · 10-11-2005, 12:31 AM

Everest says the same as Aida32
Display:
Video Adapter SiS 315
3D Accelerator SiS 315

I ran dxdiag and it reports the sis 650_650GL_650GX_651 (slightly different numbers?) no problems. Same with direct draw, no problems.
Direct 3D tested 7 & 8 fine but 9 looked like the screen had been split into 4 panels, each with the same test and horizontal lines through it?

dai · 10-11-2005, 12:47 AM

have you an old agp card you can put in to see what results

**devil lady** · 10-11-2005, 01:01 AM

No, unfortunately. The machine went in under warranty for ram failure and came back like this, missing drivers, no dial up option, display tabs missing, no audio output. She had such a battle with the repairer she gave up after the warranty expired. The comp sat in the corner for the last 3 months, hardly being used.
I've managed to fix everything but video. I think the only other option would be to get a decent video card and disable onboard?

dai · 10-11-2005, 01:12 AM

try an old card before buying to check if it is the onboard chip or something else
reinstall directx

**devil lady** · 10-11-2005, 02:46 AM

Thanks dai, will see if i can hunt one up. I have 3 working comps here but dont want to pull cards out of them.

10-10-2005, 03:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
devil lady Tech, Design Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tasmania, Australia Posts: 962 OS: XP SP2 My System	Sis 650 Long story short, am helping a woman who cant afford to pay anyone to fix her comp. Every man and his dog has had a go at fixing this poor thing. Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Personal OS Service Pack Service Pack 2 Motherboard: CPU Type Intel Pentium 4A, 2400 MHz Chipset Properties: Motherboard Chipset SiS 650 Memory Slots: DRAM Slot #1 256 MB (DDR SDRAM) AGP Properties: AGP Version 2.00 AGP Status Enabled AGP Aperture Size 64 MB Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x Display: Video Adapter SiS 315 3D Accelerator SiS 315 The problem here is the device manager shows under display to be a Sis 650_651_M650_M652_740 and the comp is very happy with it until you try to play any kids cd games. It then resets to 640x480 and stays there. If you try to adjust it the screen just rolls. Downloaded this one http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/sis650.html and this one http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/sisagp.html If I try to load the sis315 drivers it has a fit, any ideas?

10-10-2005, 11:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,763 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	see what it lists with everest http://www.lavalys.com/ __________________

10-11-2005, 12:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,763 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	have you an old agp card you can put in to see what results __________________

10-11-2005, 01:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,763 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	try an old card before buying to check if it is the onboard chip or something else reinstall directx __________________

10-10-2005, 11:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
PurpleSky Guest Posts: n/a OS:	What about the monitor ? Sounds like you have an older one. What kind of monitor do you have ?

10-10-2005, 02:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
devil lady Tech, Design Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tasmania, Australia Posts: 962 OS: XP SP2 My System	Monitor is an LG 17inch crt, 12 months old. Will have a look when I get back from work what everest says.

10-11-2005, 12:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
devil lady Tech, Design Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tasmania, Australia Posts: 962 OS: XP SP2 My System	Everest says the same as Aida32 Display: Video Adapter SiS 315 3D Accelerator SiS 315 I ran dxdiag and it reports the sis 650_650GL_650GX_651 (slightly different numbers?) no problems. Same with direct draw, no problems. Direct 3D tested 7 & 8 fine but 9 looked like the screen had been split into 4 panels, each with the same test and horizontal lines through it?

10-11-2005, 01:01 AM	#7 (permalink)
devil lady Tech, Design Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tasmania, Australia Posts: 962 OS: XP SP2 My System	No, unfortunately. The machine went in under warranty for ram failure and came back like this, missing drivers, no dial up option, display tabs missing, no audio output. She had such a battle with the repairer she gave up after the warranty expired. The comp sat in the corner for the last 3 months, hardly being used. I've managed to fix everything but video. I think the only other option would be to get a decent video card and disable onboard?

10-11-2005, 02:46 AM	#9 (permalink)
devil lady Tech, Design Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tasmania, Australia Posts: 962 OS: XP SP2 My System	Thanks dai, will see if i can hunt one up. I have 3 working comps here but dont want to pull cards out of them.