pc wont boot with a certon gfx card in it

[Elspuddy]

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 ?

[jon bda]

Can you test the 8800GT in another PC at all?.

[Reefer86]

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

[Elspuddy]

tryed it in another pc and yes it dose work

[Elspuddy]

just an update, i did a reset bios and it's now giving me 4 bleeps

[GoNz0]

read the manual to find out what the beeps are, if you don't have the manual it can be downloaded.

[Behemoth]

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.

[Elspuddy]

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.
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

[Behemoth]

I wouldn't call the card faulty if it works fine in another system, some boards are just fussy.

[oolon]

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.

[Behemoth]

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.