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    Question Please help me to choose PCI-E graphic card

    Dear Scan,
    I bough a Mix bundle sometime ago as below but after install and turn power on , mobo have a green light , but the screen still black and no beep . I not sure what 's the reason . I would like to buy a new graphic card for this bundle below:

    -Asus M2N68, NF630a, S AM2+, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 1066/533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX
    -AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ AM2 Dual Core 2.7GHz, 512KB x 2 Cache, Retail
    -2GB Micron, DDR2 PC2-5300 (667), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-15

    I need help to choose a graphic card under £30 from scan shop. Please help me to choose one compatible to set up the computer . Many thanks in advance .

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    Re: Please help me to choose PCI-E graphic card

    Hi, buying a new graphics card may not solve your problem.
    I can't find your motherboard exactly, but the ASUS website shows these similar ones:
    http://uk.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=642

    Whether it's this one or this one though, they seem to both have VGA ports for the onboard graphics, so you could hook up your monitor to that and try it.

    Or is that the problem...do you not have a current extra graphics card, and the on-board VGA isnt working? If so, make sure your monitor a) has a VGA (or D-SUB) input and b) it's set to display from that, rather than DVI.

    Failing all that however this basic ATI 2350 is a ridiculously good purchase for under a tenner and would probably do what you want.
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    Re: Please help me to choose PCI-E graphic card

    They do an ATi 2600 pro for about that, its a nice card but comes without DVi-A to VGA converter, if you need VGA connection budget for the adapter too.

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    Re: Please help me to choose PCI-E graphic card

    Quote Originally Posted by MSIC View Post
    Hi, buying a new graphics card may not solve your problem.
    I can't find your motherboard exactly, but the ASUS website shows these similar ones:
    http://uk.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=642

    Whether it's this one or this one though, they seem to both have VGA ports for the onboard graphics, so you could hook up your monitor to that and try it.

    Or is that the problem...do you not have a current extra graphics card, and the on-board VGA isnt working? If so, make sure your monitor a) has a VGA (or D-SUB) input and b) it's set to display from that, rather than DVI.

    Failing all that however this basic ATI 2350 is a ridiculously good purchase for under a tenner and would probably do what you want.
    thanks for your reply , the picture of motherboard similar like this pic below and not have onboard graphic . I tried plug everything in except graphic card and have no bip, then take out to put one by one to test still no luck. When power on , HD running , CPU fan running , So only 1 item I not sure is graphic card not know if it running as no beep and blank monitor , so I may need to buy new graphic card to test . If not work then the motherboard must be faulty . I bough on Jan Mix Bundle offer but still lie in the box because I not very well in the past to do, so only have time this week to install it but without success.

    I tried few of my old graphic card but seem not compatible that made the mobo have no bip ? the slot is blue colour in my mobo , not brown colour : 1 x PCI-E x16

    This motherboard supports AMD® Socket AM2+ multi-core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features dual-channel DDR2 1066 memory support and accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0 based system bus.
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    Re: Please help me to choose PCI-E x16 graphic card

    please delete this one as i posted above .
    Last edited by omai; 23-03-2009 at 10:47 AM. Reason: same post

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    Re: Please help me to choose PCI-E graphic card

    Hi, i'm guessing that English isn't your first language? Anyway i think i understand enough from what you wrote.

    So what i dont understand is... how is the computer currently connected to the monitor?
    You obviously do not have on-board graphics, which is fine, but you surely must have a current PCI-E graphics card? What sort is it?
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    Re: Please help me to choose PCI-E graphic card

    Hi MSIC,
    I am sorry my English is my 2nd language . Please forgive me I was not explain clearly .
    I tested my old video card is Sapphire Radeon 9200 Atlantis ,128MB DDR memory .



    I guess this one not compatible with the motherboard I bought .
    Please advise me which card I need to buy . Thanks again .

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    Re: Please help me to choose PCI-E graphic card

    Quote Originally Posted by omai View Post
    Hi MSIC,
    I am sorry my English is my 2nd language . Please forgive me I was not explain clearly .
    I tested my old video card is Sapphire Radeon 9200 Atlantis ,128MB DDR memory .



    I guess this one not compatible with the motherboard I bought .
    Please advise me which card I need to buy . Thanks again .
    that card is either an AGP or a PCI. It must be a PCI if you've got it plugged in... oh how I HOPE and PRAY it's not an AGP that somehow you've jammed in

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    Re: Please help me to choose PCI-E graphic card

    For referance, AGP looks like this:

    (not compatable with your motherboard, and will not fit. Forcing will cause damage)

    PCI looks like this:

    (this works with the lower 4 white ports on your motherboard)

    PCI-e *16 looks like this:

    (the top (black) slot on your motherboard)

    PCI-e *1 looks like this:

    (the two white slots, between the PCI-e*16, and PCI slots on your motherboard)

    Edited pic of your mobo:


    The graphics card you tried looks like it is PCI, which is good, and would not have done any damage. From searching the internet it should look like this, or this (both PCI, and *should* work with your moutherboard):
    (link, as picture is large)
    or


    (sorry about sizes of the images)
    Last edited by Will404; 23-03-2009 at 08:42 PM.

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    Re: Please help me to choose PCI-E graphic card

    As the others quite rightly said, what matters is the interface.
    Will404 did a really nice job there.

    You can buy any graphics card with a PCI-Express interface and it will work, but some (more powerful and more expensive) also require extra power.
    The one i linked to at first, for £9 from Scan, will do the job you want.
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    Re: Please help me to choose PCI-E graphic card

    I agreed , you all very good and helpful . I must say thank you all of you helping me to understand and learn more on this subject .
    As MSIC recomending the one linked to at first, from Scan . I may going to order that one.

    Once again , thank you all of you .

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