AN7 Fatality not booting up graphics card

Hello

My m/b only 3 months old has started not to boot up correctly. Lights are on
and fans wurr but graphics card will not power up in its PDCi slot. Fan on
graphics card doesn't spin and no power LED. Takes about 5 or 6 power
on/offs to start up then need to go into BIOS before it will boot fully.

Trying to decide if its a graphic crad problem or m/b ?

Any help is much apreciated...

Regards

Harvey

Sounds more like a power supply problem, especially the 5 or 6 on/offs
to get it started.

Forrest

Motherboard Help By HAL web site:
http://home.comcast.net/~mobo.help/


On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:49:43 +0100, "Harvey Walker"
wrote:

Hello

My m/b only 3 months old has started not to boot up correctly. Lights are on
and fans wurr but graphics card will not power up in its PDCi slot. Fan on
graphics card doesn't spin and no power LED. Takes about 5 or 6 power
on/offs to start up then need to go into BIOS before it will boot fully.

Trying to decide if its a graphic crad problem or m/b ?

Any help is much apreciated...

Regards

Harvey

That was my first thought, now have a new 500 watt unit and still the same !

Harvey


"- HAL9000" wrote in message
...
Sounds more like a power supply problem, especially the 5 or 6 on/offs
to get it started.

Forrest

Motherboard Help By HAL web site:
http://home.comcast.net/~mobo.help/


On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:49:43 +0100, "Harvey Walker"
wrote:

Hello

My m/b only 3 months old has started not to boot up correctly. Lights are
on
and fans wurr but graphics card will not power up in its PDCi slot. Fan on
graphics card doesn't spin and no power LED. Takes about 5 or 6 power
on/offs to start up then need to go into BIOS before it will boot fully.

Trying to decide if its a graphic crad problem or m/b ?

Any help is much apreciated...

Regards

Harvey

Ok.

After re-reading I guess you meant that it takes 5 or 6 on/offs for
the graphics to come up. I was thinking it was 5 or 6 on/offs for
anything to happen - lights and fan.

Can you get your hands on an old graphics card, even a pci graphics
card, to eliminate it as the culprit?

Forrest

Motherboard Help By HAL web site:
http://home.comcast.net/~mobo.help/


On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:50:06 +0100, "Harvey Walker"
wrote:

That was my first thought, now have a new 500 watt unit and still the same !

Harvey


"- HAL9000" wrote in message
.. .
Sounds more like a power supply problem, especially the 5 or 6 on/offs
to get it started.

Forrest

Motherboard Help By HAL web site:
http://home.comcast.net/~mobo.help/


On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:49:43 +0100, "Harvey Walker"
wrote:

Hello

My m/b only 3 months old has started not to boot up correctly. Lights are
on
and fans wurr but graphics card will not power up in its PDCi slot. Fan on
graphics card doesn't spin and no power LED. Takes about 5 or 6 power
on/offs to start up then need to go into BIOS before it will boot fully.

Trying to decide if its a graphic crad problem or m/b ?

Any help is much apreciated...

Regards

Harvey

Yeah. i borrowed another PCI-Express graphics card, only a basic one with no
onboard power sockets but with this fitted the pc starts up every time !
Have now RMA'd the 6800GT, hope to get a shiny new one soon !

Thanks for your idea's

Harvey
"- HAL9000" wrote in message
...
Ok.

After re-reading I guess you meant that it takes 5 or 6 on/offs for
the graphics to come up. I was thinking it was 5 or 6 on/offs for
anything to happen - lights and fan.

Can you get your hands on an old graphics card, even a pci graphics
card, to eliminate it as the culprit?

Forrest

Motherboard Help By HAL web site:
http://home.comcast.net/~mobo.help/


On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:50:06 +0100, "Harvey Walker"
wrote:

That was my first thought, now have a new 500 watt unit and still the same
!

Harvey


"- HAL9000" wrote in message
. ..
Sounds more like a power supply problem, especially the 5 or 6 on/offs
to get it started.

Forrest

Motherboard Help By HAL web site:
http://home.comcast.net/~mobo.help/


On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:49:43 +0100, "Harvey Walker"
wrote:

Hello

My m/b only 3 months old has started not to boot up correctly. Lights
are
on
and fans wurr but graphics card will not power up in its PDCi slot. Fan
on
graphics card doesn't spin and no power LED. Takes about 5 or 6 power
on/offs to start up then need to go into BIOS before it will boot fully.

Trying to decide if its a graphic crad problem or m/b ?

Any help is much apreciated...

Regards

Harvey