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rrrr... !@#@!#
Savannan:
yes, I agree with the post above ... see if it has a connecter 6 pin power connecter on the video card. If it does then you NEED to connect that.
Lilwolf:
Already checked for motherboard settings... nope... And I've been building pc's for years, I know about the power connectors...
But just found the next !@# piece to it. I put the test video back into the original video card (the full size I tested it with)... guess what... now ITS not working... So the test video card was an ATI1900XT, gone...
I'm having a bad !@# day
bpark42:
The beeps are telling you what is wrong. Specific series of beeps mean certain problems, but the meaning varies between BIOS manufacturers. What kind of BIOS is it? If you don't know, then what is the manufacturer and/or model of the motherboard? You should be able to see that somewhere on the board itself if you don't have documentation.
And your video card is probably fine. If it is a problem with some core component of the motherboard, it probably wouldn't affect the video card. ...or did you actually put the card in a different system after putting it in the 7-beep system? (not sure if I read your last comment right) If it truly killed the card to where it won't work in another system then at a minimum that motherboard is garbage. Processor and RAM may be usable. Hard to say, but it is generally safe to test these particular components in a new, working board.
DJ_Izumi:
Looking up, 7 beeps on most motherboards is not a video failure, that would be 8 beeps.
Assuming he's counting accurately, it seems that the majority of mobos use 7 beeps for a CPU error or general failure on the motherboard. This would also explain why cards that used to work don't work now but work in other machines. Either the CPU is failured or is missseated or the mobo itself died.
I have to say, for someone who 'been building pc's for years' I'd think that researching the beep code during POST (or diagnostic LEDs if the mobo features that) would be the first thing you'd look up. Those systems are there for a reason afterall; to keep you from being utterly blind when you try diagnose the failure.
Lilwolf:
Its not really a question of what went wrong. I have the manuals.. It was the video card...
The annoying part... working pc... pull video card to test other machine... put it back... original machine doesn't come up anymore... sigh...
So it could be 100% something different happened at the same moment I opened it, but I don't think so...
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