Problems with 6800gt

The Free Man

Ok, heres the deal.


today i bought the following:

abit av8 socket 939 motherboard
athlon 64 3200+
maxtor 80gb hard drive

i set them up, using other components from my old computer, including a gigabyte 6800gt i bought a few weeks ago.

when i turn power on, everything boots up except the graphics card, it flashes on for a second when the power is turned off.
the graphics card worked fine on my old p4 2.6, and i just tried using my old radeon 9600 in the new motherboard.......no joy!
if somebody could please at least tell me whats wrong here it would be greatly apprecieated, as this is fuking killing me.

thx in advance!

Ruu_Old

did u try an old pci graphics card, if u can locate one handy? If not id reckon theres something dodgy about ur agp slot...

Zith

When you say everything boots up expect the card do you means you actually get windows running? Do you see the BIOS POST messages?

Something to check is whether you plugged in the extra power connector to the video card (one of those that fit the hard drives). A lot of the new cards need power there also.

Also what is the make and wattage of your power supply? Depending on your system the video card may not be getting enough power. Of course first try the suggestions of making sure the card is correctly seated and maybe try another card if you can.

/Zith

Matt Simis

Make sure you have:

1) CPU Fan connected to the Fan header labelled "CPU Fan" on the motherboard. Many new boards will not boot it there is no fan connected (to the correct header).

2) Connected a known good power cable to the GFX card's power input.



Matt

The Free Man

ok cheers for the help lads, got it sorted.
turns out i had the ram in the same parallel slots, which is weird coz i have 2 x pci 2700 512mb, so they should work together..... oh well

aaaaahhhhhhhhh, fresh new p.c.'s rock