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  1. 12-05-2007, 10:36 PM #1
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    Default Computer Help Please - Installed new Motherboard

    Everything is listed as compatible. Same ram requirements and same processor socket. I got a new motherboard because of the previous one was starting to get flaky and I wanted to run SLI which this new one can.

    Here is the board:
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...215&CatId=1569

    This worked and booted and was playing games on it last night.

    Swapped everything over and put it all back into the case. Hit the power button, all the DVD/CD drives light up, the LEDs and the fans all go. With the ATI X800XL card in the PCI-E x16 port there is not beep when you press the power button, if you put it in the 2nd PCI-E port the computer beeps when you turn it on. Both ways there is NO video out at all. Absolutely nothing! No bios no nothing, just "no signal" on both my LCD screens(I run dual cards).

    So what is up? What can I check? I moved the ram around in case the manual was wrong for single channel ram but nothing happened.

    Anyone local look at it and help? I can offer lunch or dinner or something! Thanks!
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  2. 12-05-2007, 10:41 PM #2
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    Check your power supply. Make sure you didn't hit that little red switch. It sounds like the card isn't getting enough power. Make sure your power supply is rated to support support enough voltage for that card, and not just a high wattage number.

    Oh yea...wrong section.
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  3. 12-05-2007, 10:57 PM #3
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    do you have an extra g-card lying around, if so put that in and see if it is the graphics card. also just to make sure when you put both cards in and press the button do you get power to the fans and drives just no visual?
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    also foxconn is known for having erratic quality issues (this might be your problem) and imo are terrible boards, go with abit, dfi, or asus
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    i took this from the comments section of the site and is what i first thought of:REVIEW BY: CustomFay Reviewed Nov 14, 2007
    At first, It started up beautifully..Unplugged power supply, since I didn't need to run it for a week. Then tonight, when I went to start it up, no video output, no POST beep. Narrowed it down to bad MB. Quality is terrible.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DinanM3atl
    Everything is listed as compatible. Same ram requirements and same processor socket. I got a new motherboard because of the previous one was starting to get flaky and I wanted to run SLI which this new one can.

    Here is the board:
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...215&CatId=1569

    This worked and booted and was playing games on it last night.

    Swapped everything over and put it all back into the case. Hit the power button, all the DVD/CD drives light up, the LEDs and the fans all go. With the ATI X800XL card in the PCI-E x16 port there is not beep when you press the power button, if you put it in the 2nd PCI-E port the computer beeps when you turn it on. Both ways there is NO video out at all. Absolutely nothing! No bios no nothing, just "no signal" on both my LCD screens(I run dual cards).

    So what is up? What can I check? I moved the ram around in case the manual was wrong for single channel ram but nothing happened.

    Anyone local look at it and help? I can offer lunch or dinner or something! Thanks!

    Just so you know. SLI IS NVIDIA GRAPHICS CARDS. If you're running dual cards in two PCI-E 16x slots that are ATI cards without a SLI span bracket then I'd assume the reason why you're getting no response is because you are using incompatible hardware. Now, I could be wrong, but try running single card and see if you have any problems. If you still have issues, you probably fried your motherboard if you were running dual ATI cards in a nVidia SLI board. Grats.

    BTW. ATI's version of SLI is a really lame system called "Crossfire" that requires a special interlink cable and a Crossfire enabled motherboard.
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  7. 12-05-2007, 11:04 PM #7
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    ^^^ damn i am slow tonight, he is 100% right

    edit: i did some reading and i found this: http://www.geek.com/nvidia-and-ati-c...in-sli-boards/
    but the link was broken. and i have found no other evidence to support this.
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  8. 12-06-2007, 02:34 AM #8
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    i am not running SLI... I am GOING to run SLI...

    The power supply is the same as it was before and ran fine... How could it now not be enough? I didn't add anymore components.

    So maybe I have a bad board?
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  9. 12-06-2007, 02:41 AM #9
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    I am running a single card. Just 1 ATI x800XL

    I know the motherboard is not "super"... Problem is right now I don't want to upgrade the CPU AND would need new ram... Don't want to put that much into it right now. Would like to get this to work.

    I will take some pictures tomorrow and post them up.

    The fan on the GPU spins up. The 4 pin "power plug" is plugged in.

    Weird thing is that if you put the ATI card into the PCI-E x16 spot(position 1) then it doesn't get the BeeP at startup

    If you put it into the 2nd slot it does beep.

    Also

    How did the RAM go bad? It worked last night, We properly removed and it immediately went back into this board. Could it not be compatible? Is that possible? They both require PC3200 and you can use single or dual channel with this board. I have 2x 512mb pc3200 single channel. The manual says to put in dimm 1 and 3 if you are running single channel and 1 and 2 if you are running dual channel. I have mine in 1 and 3. Once I got it up and running I was planning on upgrading to 2x 1gb dual channel but I need to get my vidoe back first

    Again

    All fans power up, lights blink on both DVD drives.

    Also I don't know if the WinFast piece means Single card or SLI cards. It is labeled but I don't know how to decipher which mode it is in.

    Thanks guys... If I have to I will get another board from newegg and claim this one is DOA. No worries
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  10. 12-06-2007, 02:49 AM #10
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    sounds like the board is fried

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    heh but yeah, try swapping the video card with another pcie one to narrow it down, if you still can't see post then something's up. No reason to narrow it down to what's messed up on the board, its easier to just conclude that the board is fubarred.
    Have you tried www.pricewatch.com I usually get boards/replacement parts there on the low low...


    good luck
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  11. 12-06-2007, 02:57 AM #11
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    Did you check the fatherboard?
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  12. 12-06-2007, 09:53 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by 81911SC
    Did you check the fatherboard?

    woowwwww!

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  13. 12-06-2007, 10:51 AM #13
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    I am beginning to think DOA also
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    like i said in post #3, swap the graphics card out with one you know works and that will tell you what is going on.
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  15. 12-06-2007, 03:28 PM #15
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    Don't have another PCI-E

    It worked fine 24 hours ago and worked for 2 years before that.
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