GA-7NF-RZ + GeForce2 MX = No boot?

Argghh! Can anyone help me?

I've just built a system with a GA-7NF-RZ mainboard and I'm using a
cheap Cardex GeForce2 mx400 (64Mb SDRam/64bit) as an AGP video card,
cos I don't really play games.

The problem is - the system won't boot. With just CPU, RAM and Video
Card installed I get no beeps, no video, nothing but fans and power
lights. If I remove the Video Card I get the long-short-short POST beep
which means "video problem." From this I'm assuming the CPU and RAM are
working fine.

The Gigabyte manual says "If the card has a 4x/8x(1.5v) notch, please
ensure that the card is 4x/8x(1.5v)."

According to the vague Cardex manual, the card is AGP 2.0 compliant and
1x 2x 4x. I figured this was enough, but do I need an 8x/AGP 3.0
compliant card instead? Is it possible this card is 3.3v, despite
having the notch? It has no voltage jumpers or anything else...

Can anyone shed any light? I really don't want to spring for a new card
if I can help it (already spent all my money on current setup!)
Regards,


Angus

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Argghh! Can anyone help me?

I've just built a system with a GA-7NF-RZ mainboard and I'm using a
cheap Cardex GeForce2 mx400 (64Mb SDRam/64bit) as an AGP video card,
cos I don't really play games.

The problem is - the system won't boot. With just CPU, RAM and Video
Card installed I get no beeps, no video, nothing but fans and power
lights. If I remove the Video Card I get the long-short-short POST beep
which means "video problem." From this I'm assuming the CPU and RAM are
working fine.

The Gigabyte manual says "If the card has a 4x/8x(1.5v) notch, please
ensure that the card is 4x/8x(1.5v)."

According to the vague Cardex manual, the card is AGP 2.0 compliant and
1x 2x 4x. I figured this was enough, but do I need an 8x/AGP 3.0
compliant card instead? Is it possible this card is 3.3v, despite
having the notch? It has no voltage jumpers or anything else...

Can anyone shed any light? I really don't want to spring for a new card
if I can help it (already spent all my money on current setup!)
Regards,


Angus


From what I can tell, your 7NF-RZ is a fine MoBo using a old GF2MX440 card.
You MX and your MoBo should be fine together according to Giga-Byte spec..
My suspection is toward the card itself. It can be a defect card.
Can you test this MX440 onto another PC and just to see if it can bootup
only. No need to install on that borrow PC.

CapFusion,...

I dont have that part number of board but I do have a gigabyte board... My
manual says that the board WILL NOT BOOT if there is a 2x agp card in the
slot...I assume that means 1x or 2x or 2x/4x I have a 4x/8x card... try a
diff card that is only 4x or more

KK

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Argghh! Can anyone help me?

I've just built a system with a GA-7NF-RZ mainboard and I'm using a
cheap Cardex GeForce2 mx400 (64Mb SDRam/64bit) as an AGP video card,
cos I don't really play games.

The problem is - the system won't boot. With just CPU, RAM and Video
Card installed I get no beeps, no video, nothing but fans and power
lights. If I remove the Video Card I get the long-short-short POST beep
which means "video problem." From this I'm assuming the CPU and RAM are
working fine.

The Gigabyte manual says "If the card has a 4x/8x(1.5v) notch, please
ensure that the card is 4x/8x(1.5v)."

According to the vague Cardex manual, the card is AGP 2.0 compliant and
1x 2x 4x. I figured this was enough, but do I need an 8x/AGP 3.0
compliant card instead? Is it possible this card is 3.3v, despite
having the notch? It has no voltage jumpers or anything else...

Can anyone shed any light? I really don't want to spring for a new card
if I can help it (already spent all my money on current setup!)
Regards,


Angus