I've got a bit of an odd problem with my computer
Yesterday I got my new Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB, and swapped it into the computer. Fired up first time, detected it. Put the the CPU speed back to default (XP1700+) and reinstalled Windows (it was due for it's 6 month reinstall ) and that all went through perfectly fine. Played a few games for a couple of hours, then realised I hadn't put the CPU/memory speeds back up, so reset to change those.
I then set the memory/FSB speeds back to what they were previously, and hit "F10" to save and exit, and the computer reset. That was where the problems started. I'm sure I forgot to put the multiplier down. So, no worries I thought, and hit Reset, and pressed/held "Insert" as it powered back on (the almost universal "Start up with BIOS defaults" key), but nothing. Power came on, fans spun up, but no display, no POST. Only "26" displayed on the LED display on the motherboard.
Reset the CMOS with the jumper, leaving it for ~10 mins. Same as before. Only fans came on, no POST. Unplugged all but gfx card, 1 stick of memory (the Samsung, as it's the oldest, and it had always worked, but i tried with just the GeIL as well), and CPU. Still the same. Took the battery out, and left it for 7 hours overnight, replaced the battery. Same.
Took the 9800 out, put in a PCI card. Booted first time. Great, I thought, the brand new Radeon is dead. Set up the BIOS to defaults and saved/exited, and let it start again. Turned it off, put Radeon back. Same as all last night. Put my old GF4 Ti4200 back in, and it fired up straight away. Great, I thought, Radeon is dead. At least it's not the AGP slot on my motherboard.
Went to my other PC (Asus P4PE, P4 2.4) and put the Radeon in. Fired up first time. My face looked something like this --> <-- for a while. OK, so the Radeon isn't dead...
I looked up the error code 26 on the web (typical that I couldn't find the manual the one time I need it! ) and found this page which says
Anyone got any ideas, as this has totally stumped me
Oh yeah, PC specs:
Epox 8RDA+ motherboard
Athlon XP 1700+ Thoroughbred
1x 512MB Samsung PC2700/1x 512MB GeIL PC3200
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
550W Q-Tec PSU (i know, "Get a good quality power supply", but it worked with the Radeon when I first put it in, it wasn't until later it started not working. Plus, I have a 350W almost generic PSU in the P4 system I've got, and that worked fine with the Radeon during my testing, so it's more than likely not the power supply)
Many thanks in advance.
Confused
Yesterday I got my new Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB, and swapped it into the computer. Fired up first time, detected it. Put the the CPU speed back to default (XP1700+) and reinstalled Windows (it was due for it's 6 month reinstall ) and that all went through perfectly fine. Played a few games for a couple of hours, then realised I hadn't put the CPU/memory speeds back up, so reset to change those.
I then set the memory/FSB speeds back to what they were previously, and hit "F10" to save and exit, and the computer reset. That was where the problems started. I'm sure I forgot to put the multiplier down. So, no worries I thought, and hit Reset, and pressed/held "Insert" as it powered back on (the almost universal "Start up with BIOS defaults" key), but nothing. Power came on, fans spun up, but no display, no POST. Only "26" displayed on the LED display on the motherboard.
Reset the CMOS with the jumper, leaving it for ~10 mins. Same as before. Only fans came on, no POST. Unplugged all but gfx card, 1 stick of memory (the Samsung, as it's the oldest, and it had always worked, but i tried with just the GeIL as well), and CPU. Still the same. Took the battery out, and left it for 7 hours overnight, replaced the battery. Same.
Took the 9800 out, put in a PCI card. Booted first time. Great, I thought, the brand new Radeon is dead. Set up the BIOS to defaults and saved/exited, and let it start again. Turned it off, put Radeon back. Same as all last night. Put my old GF4 Ti4200 back in, and it fired up straight away. Great, I thought, Radeon is dead. At least it's not the AGP slot on my motherboard.
Went to my other PC (Asus P4PE, P4 2.4) and put the Radeon in. Fired up first time. My face looked something like this --> <-- for a while. OK, so the Radeon isn't dead...
I looked up the error code 26 on the web (typical that I couldn't find the manual the one time I need it! ) and found this page which says
But I had cleared the CMOS...the battery was disconnected for ~7 hours, surely that would be long enough...!
Anyone got any ideas, as this has totally stumped me
Oh yeah, PC specs:
Epox 8RDA+ motherboard
Athlon XP 1700+ Thoroughbred
1x 512MB Samsung PC2700/1x 512MB GeIL PC3200
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
550W Q-Tec PSU (i know, "Get a good quality power supply", but it worked with the Radeon when I first put it in, it wasn't until later it started not working. Plus, I have a 350W almost generic PSU in the P4 system I've got, and that worked fine with the Radeon during my testing, so it's more than likely not the power supply)
Many thanks in advance.
Confused