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i got an 500w psu (was a 400w) abit ib9 mainbord a evga 8800gt and a ati 3400 4 gig ram (2x1gig , 1x2gig@667) , if i plug in the 8800gt it wont post (no bleeps fans always on) but if i put the ati card in it runs fine (powers up then down then up again then bleeps as normal), any idears ?
Can you test the 8800GT in another PC at all?.
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that would be your best bet to try the card in another pc to figure out if the card is defective, sounds like it to me
tryed it in another pc and yes it dose work
just an update, i did a reset bios and it's now giving me 4 bleeps
read the manual to find out what the beeps are, if you don't have the manual it can be downloaded.
Sounds like to me that the GFX card is taking exception to your motherboard. Is the slot a x16 PCIE slot at all ? I'm sure this really won't make any difference but just something worth checking all the same.
I had this issue with a GeForce 6800 GT a while ago, it would take 10 attempts to get the PC to power on with it in but was fine on any other motherboard I tried it with.
acording to the abit web site it is a x16 pcie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Behemoth
also iv tryed a biso flash as well beacues after a bit of googleing iv see some other guy with the same config and he was having no problems.
thanks
for the help i'm just going to put this down to a faulty gfc card :(
I wouldn't call the card faulty if it works fine in another system, some boards are just fussy.
I have an ATI Vapor 4890 in my P6T6 and 50% of the time it beeps 1 long 3 short when I start it up which means from the bleep codes. vga failure. I had a normal 4890 before this and it never had a problem start. After a few restarts the machine gets going. Is your card and overclocked model? I am going to replace the card with a DX11 model at some time soon so I am living with it.
The only other thing I can think of is that the power supply isn't supplying enough of the amps/volts the card needs initially at system startup.