HELP!!! - no power to agp????

[dshepsman]

hiya guys, slight problem...

brand new out of the box DFI 865PE infiity m/b with P4 intel 2.8ghz CPU...

installed into rig, hook up zalman reserator water block (reason for getting said MOBO - old one didnt have holes )

turn reserator on - no leaks and everything ok.

turn on PC - no display (light flashing on TFT monitor, check cable when unplugged) after hours of trying and fiddling with EVERYTHING i notice that when i turn the pc on the fan on GFX card does half a spin then stops.

btw, GFX card: Aopen 5700LE personal cinema, only a few weeks old.
have also tried with old MSI GF4 TI4200 - same thing but havent verified the fan thing - has zalman passive heatpipe cooler

i now the m/b only supports agp of 1.5v, but i dont get it.. any thoughts??

[Clstrphbc_donut]

Does that graphics card require a molex connector? If so, check its in/in securely

[dshepsman]

done that sooooooo many times.
anyway, the MSI ti4200 doesnt need one...
have unplugged everything else apart from primary hdd as well

[Clstrphbc_donut]

Do both cards work fine in another machine? You'd need to narrow it down to the mobo tbh and thats the best way to do it.

[dshepsman]

well, 5700LE worked 30 secs before i turned my PC off before i upgraded it..
and so did the old ti4200 before i upgraded it to the 5700

[dshepsman]

ps.. i have a Tt purepower 420w power supply... so i dont think its that either

[dshepsman]

have now looked at back of mobo... looks like there is a scratch over 2 tracks...
could this be the problem???


scratch on mobo??

[VashUK]

Are you sure you have plugged the 4 pin +12v connector correctly to the motherboard, that can cause that sort of problem I think.

[dshepsman]

it can only go in one way, cant it? but yes, have checked it multiple times

[VashUK]

Could it be that the graphics cards are 3.3v AGP cards. this is taken from the DFI website

"Supports 1.5V AGP 8x (2.13GB/sec.) and AGP 4x(1066MB/sec.) for 3D graphics applications (AGP 2x and 3.3V AGP card are not supported)"

[dshepsman]

looked at that.
the 5700LE supports 0.8v, 1.5v and 3.3v - there is no way on gfx card to change it (jumper wise) so assuming it does it automatically

[DaKid]

I had major headaches building my current system until I worked out that my new mobo needed two power cables plugging into it

[Rave]

Your picture of the scratch isn't very sharp but that could easily be the problem I'm afraid. Does it look like the traces underneath are broken?

Rich :¬)

[dshepsman]

yeah... there are 2 line: one going to the nearest track, the other going over that track and onto the next one.

ive requested and RMI from DFI... waiting to get a response

(ps, the photo was taken with my phone.. and it was the best photo i could get)