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Gainward 7800GS AGP card.
I recently bought a brand new 7800 GS 512mb Gainward card (about 3 weeks
ago) & my system crashed & now it won't even boot. No text appears on the monitor at all & there are no beeps. The monitor LED changes from amber to green then back to amber & thats it. The graphics card works fine in another pc so than aint faulty. I'm told that my bios has gone 7 themotherboard wants changing. I tried another RAM stick which i know is ok too. Reset the bios etc but no joy. Now i wonder if i have blown the motherboard as there are two power dongle connectors on the graphics card to which appear to go to a common terminal but i only used one. Th PSU is ok too which is a 500w. Any suggestions anyone as to what could be wrong. |
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Gainward 7800GS AGP card.
Im not sure what the make & model is but i have had it tested & it is in
perfect working order. "Zadok" wrote in message ... On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:10:40 GMT, "phil" wrote: I recently bought a brand new 7800 GS 512mb Gainward card (about 3 weeks ago) & my system crashed & now it won't even boot. No text appears on the monitor at all & there are no beeps. The monitor LED changes from amber to green then back to amber & thats it. The graphics card works fine in another pc so than aint faulty. I'm told that my bios has gone 7 themotherboard wants changing. I tried another RAM stick which i know is ok too. Reset the bios etc but no joy. Now i wonder if i have blown the motherboard as there are two power dongle connectors on the graphics card to which appear to go to a common terminal but i only used one. Th PSU is ok too which is a 500w. Any suggestions anyone as to what could be wrong. What's the make & model of the PSU? Did you try the old video card back in there? -- Zadok |
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Gainward 7800GS AGP card.
"phil" wrote in message .uk... I recently bought a brand new 7800 GS 512mb Gainward card (about 3 weeks ago) & my system crashed & now it won't even boot. No text appears on the monitor at all & there are no beeps. The monitor LED changes from amber to green then back to amber & thats it. The graphics card works fine in another pc so than aint faulty. I'm told that my bios has gone 7 themotherboard wants changing. I tried another RAM stick which i know is ok too. Reset the bios etc but no joy. Now i wonder if i have blown the motherboard as there are two power dongle connectors on the graphics card to which appear to go to a common terminal but i only used one. Th PSU is ok too which is a 500w. Any suggestions anyone as to what could be wrong. Use both power dongles. It needs the juice from both! |
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Gainward 7800GS AGP card.
Also try different power cables from your psu especially if you have more
than 1 tv rail. worked for me. "HockeyTownUSA" wrote in message news "phil" wrote in message .uk... I recently bought a brand new 7800 GS 512mb Gainward card (about 3 weeks ago) & my system crashed & now it won't even boot. No text appears on the monitor at all & there are no beeps. The monitor LED changes from amber to green then back to amber & thats it. The graphics card works fine in another pc so than aint faulty. I'm told that my bios has gone 7 themotherboard wants changing. I tried another RAM stick which i know is ok too. Reset the bios etc but no joy. Now i wonder if i have blown the motherboard as there are two power dongle connectors on the graphics card to which appear to go to a common terminal but i only used one. Th PSU is ok too which is a 500w. Any suggestions anyone as to what could be wrong. Use both power dongles. It needs the juice from both! |
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Gainward 7800GS AGP card.
Well, the 7800GS does require a fair amount of power. Like the other
gentlemen above me asked, what make/model is your PSU? It's possible that your PSU was faulty/insufficient in someway or another and never showed it's flaws until some pressure was applied to it. By the way, that power dongle you mentioned is called a splitter. Most, if not all videocards nowadays require some sort of extra power, and you MUST use it. All you do is plug it in, attach a *spare* power connector, and it will split the power to another component off of the second connector. When I say spare, I actually mean it's own connector, meaning a completely, separate and unused powerline. There can be no other peripheral being shared off of that line. Also, did you try your old videocard after you experienced the problem? I suggest that you breakdown your system to the bare mininum such as: CPU, HDD, 1 stick of RAM, video card, and ofcourse your power supply. This will help you to identify what is causing the problem. By the way, I highly doubt that you "blew" anything, because if you did then your computer wouldn't turn on at all. Goodluck. P.S. By the way, if nothing still works, then it's most likely your powersupply. The powersupply is like the heart of any system, and if you purchased one that was cheap, or underpowered then you'll end up paying for it; literally. Take care. Edit: I also forgot to mention, you should seriously look into what make/model your PSU is, because the 7800GS requires atleast a 350-400 watt powersupply with about 20amps on the 12 volt line. |
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Gainward 7800GS AGP card.
I was right, it was the motherboard which had gone. I have now fitted a new
one which has also got a PCI-E slot as well as an AGP. "phil" wrote in message .uk... I recently bought a brand new 7800 GS 512mb Gainward card (about 3 weeks ago) & my system crashed & now it won't even boot. No text appears on the monitor at all & there are no beeps. The monitor LED changes from amber to green then back to amber & thats it. The graphics card works fine in another pc so than aint faulty. I'm told that my bios has gone 7 themotherboard wants changing. I tried another RAM stick which i know is ok too. Reset the bios etc but no joy. Now i wonder if i have blown the motherboard as there are two power dongle connectors on the graphics card to which appear to go to a common terminal but i only used one. Th PSU is ok too which is a 500w. Any suggestions anyone as to what could be wrong. |
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