Is this video card faulty ?
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quick question if anyone can answer it in the next hour while i got the cover off the pc..
just stuck a new PCI-E video card in and i cant get a video signal. Its powered up. BIOS idid make a rapid succession of beeps...is this the death call ?
pissed off as i have been waiting ages for this card !
just stuck a new PCI-E video card in and i cant get a video signal. Its powered up. BIOS idid make a rapid succession of beeps...is this the death call ?
pissed off as i have been waiting ages for this card !
If it's a PCI Express one, it may need an additional power adaptor plugging into the graphics board. It is also worth erasing the battery backed memory (there is usually a little onboard switch or jumper to do this) as the PC may be trying to boot whilst under the impression that it has a different video card.
Mike
Mike
cheers for the responses guys - i've put it away for tonight as i'm hacked off with it. The card has its 2nd power connector connected and the card is seated in the right slot - i cant see what i've done wrong. I'll try the resetting the BIOS/CMOS etc tomorrow evening... i hope its something silly like that 
check the card in the socket is it in strait ?
sounds like it may not be a good fit some case are not the great and the cards dont fit in that well
look at edge conector and see if its in strait some time you have pull it out on one side a touch or piss about with washers under motherboad
the beep is a fault if look up board it will tell what beeps mean
second shaw you power supply up to the job ?
ok scrap power supply as i saw what you got in games forum
then againg theres a small posability that the power supply is flakey on on voltage but working otherwise
failing that ill say that its card duf
you know any one with another pc you can drop the card in to find out.
after all its not a bas card i wouldent have got a msi myself but there ok
i got xfx g7800 gtx
>> Edited by OUTLAW-1 on Thursday 12th January 09:18
sounds like it may not be a good fit some case are not the great and the cards dont fit in that well
look at edge conector and see if its in strait some time you have pull it out on one side a touch or piss about with washers under motherboad
the beep is a fault if look up board it will tell what beeps mean
second shaw you power supply up to the job ?
ok scrap power supply as i saw what you got in games forum
then againg theres a small posability that the power supply is flakey on on voltage but working otherwise
failing that ill say that its card duf
you know any one with another pc you can drop the card in to find out.
after all its not a bas card i wouldent have got a msi myself but there ok
i got xfx g7800 gtx
>> Edited by OUTLAW-1 on Thursday 12th January 09:18
The card is definately in the socket correctly. I'll have to look at the beep code at home later I suppose there could be a very remote chance the board may be touching the case under the socket since i pushed it in.. i will have a look.
The PSU should be fine. The seasonic is one of the best out there for stability (it got rated over 90% in custom PC mag and its 600w so i'd be very surprised if the PCI-e rail is duff... i will try the other one though to be sure.
MSI, XFX etc all use the same board design as far as i'm aware so i dont think there much between them performance wise. Everything i read on the MSI flavour said they were very well built and excellent performers.... I was going to get an XFX until i was shafted on ebay on one
Will try these things later - fingers crossed Otherwise its another quiet weekend for me 
Cheers
Steve
I suppose there could be a very remote chance the board may be touching the case under the socket since i pushed it in.. i will have a look. The PSU should be fine. The seasonic is one of the best out there for stability (it got rated over 90% in custom PC mag and its 600w so i'd be very surprised if the PCI-e rail is duff... i will try the other one though to be sure.
MSI, XFX etc all use the same board design as far as i'm aware so i dont think there much between them performance wise. Everything i read on the MSI flavour said they were very well built and excellent performers.... I was going to get an XFX until i was shafted on ebay on one
Will try these things later - fingers crossed
Otherwise its another quiet weekend for me Cheers
Steve
Hi Aldi
On the motherboard (Asus A8N-SLI) there is a only a weird card item that you spin around when you want two cards running. Its currently installed to run 1 card. There are two really small slots (about and inch long) to the left of the cards that look like minatutre pci-e slots - i haven't the foggiest what they do as the sli bridge connects on the top of the cards and not via the motherboard ?
On the motherboard (Asus A8N-SLI) there is a only a weird card item that you spin around when you want two cards running. Its currently installed to run 1 card. There are two really small slots (about and inch long) to the left of the cards that look like minatutre pci-e slots - i haven't the foggiest what they do as the sli bridge connects on the top of the cards and not via the motherboard ?
iv got same mother board there no jumpers re sli set up
the spinaround card for sli set up is fine it fited for a singel gfx gard as default
re them small thing i belive there for cards such ad fast lan cards but nevr seen any avalible.
theres a molonex power conector on the main board designed to keep board power levels stable if your running a sli set up
you could try powering it if there is a power its probley not that but woth a try
what ever it is a hardwear problem as the boius is not posting
its not in manual as far as i could find ie the beep codes i just looked in mine
re the card not in strait glade you know to check was wort a look seen a lot my pc wont woke and beeps looked to find a a card not in strait
this mite help a bit for beeps
re power supply m8 you be suprised yes is a great supply but if seen meany a flakey supply
first thing you best do is get the carded tested in another system and then go from there
www.techadvice.com/tech/B/BeepCode.htm
>> Edited by OUTLAW-1 on Thursday 12th January 14:43
the spinaround card for sli set up is fine it fited for a singel gfx gard as default
re them small thing i belive there for cards such ad fast lan cards but nevr seen any avalible.
theres a molonex power conector on the main board designed to keep board power levels stable if your running a sli set up
you could try powering it if there is a power its probley not that but woth a try
what ever it is a hardwear problem as the boius is not posting
its not in manual as far as i could find ie the beep codes i just looked in mine
re the card not in strait glade you know to check was wort a look seen a lot my pc wont woke and beeps looked to find a a card not in strait
this mite help a bit for beeps
re power supply m8 you be suprised yes is a great supply but if seen meany a flakey supply
first thing you best do is get the carded tested in another system and then go from there
www.techadvice.com/tech/B/BeepCode.htm
>> Edited by OUTLAW-1 on Thursday 12th January 14:43
possible its the mb but unlikely get the grafix card tested on another machine if you can m8
save going nuts when it may be as simple as a duff card.
its easy for me here as i got a few spare pcs ushall to swap bits around or test rig something
one thing if have check igonre it but iv done it now and then
you aint knoced another card out line while in there if done myself a few times epecily cheap lan cards oe modem that dont fit well.
>> Edited by OUTLAW-1 on Thursday 12th January 14:52
save going nuts when it may be as simple as a duff card.
its easy for me here as i got a few spare pcs ushall to swap bits around or test rig something
one thing if have check igonre it but iv done it now and then
you aint knoced another card out line while in there if done myself a few times epecily cheap lan cards oe modem that dont fit well.
>> Edited by OUTLAW-1 on Thursday 12th January 14:52
There is a specific tech support thread for the Asus A8N-SLi running here : www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/38623/?o=0
There are stacks of pages there, maybe you will find something relevant..
There are stacks of pages there, maybe you will find something relevant..
Cheers for that - that looks quite useful. I've found something that may be useful - looks like other people have had similar problems and it could be down to the BIOS :
www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/52215/
www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/52215/
Those little sockets between the 2 big PCI Express sockets are also PCI Express sockets, but only capable of running 1 channel (the small one) or 4 (the slightly bigger one) - supposedly for things like network cards, audio cards etc. It might be worth putting the video card in the other big socket and giving that a go. Chances are the beep means "I can't find a display adaptor".
Mike
Mike
Yeah those beeps are definately bad video card - i didnt bother trying the other slot as its only x1 speed when a single card is installed. I've got a replacement coming monday and i'm going to try it in a work pc before i take it home. That way i can rule out the card. It may even be a back motherboard... we'll see
Update coming monday
Update coming monday
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