Help please

[vangeezer]

Hi, I have built myself a nice stable system
asrock 775 dual-vsta
core2 duo 6300
Radeon 9600 agp
I gb -512MB DDR2 PC2-4200x2

But I thought a better graphics card would be a good idea,so I got a
Sapphire Radeon x850xt 256 Pcie.
Now it won't even boot with it installed.
I get a blank monitor,no post beep and the HD light stays on,and can't access the bios.
all the fans are spinning and I have connected the power lead to both the videocard and the 12v for the
cpu.
When I remove it and put the agp card in,all's fine and it boots into XP no problem.
Has any body had a problem like this and would like to offer some advice?
Thanks in advance .

 

[Icepick]

Admittedly, I have not used that motherboard.

It supports both PCI-E and AGP so I would check the manual and find out if there's a jumper or BIOS setting that needs to be adjusted to switch from AGP to PCI-E. It's plausible that the PCI-E slot might have to be enabled in BIOS while the AGP card is still plugged in. Then shut down, switch cards and reboot.

 

[homonculus]

It's your PSU, it won't cope with the massive power demands of the X850XT. Buy a good one and all will be well.

 

[vangeezer]

Originally posted by: homonculus
It's your PSU, it won't cope with the massive power demands of the X850XT. Buy a good one and all will be well.

Hi, The psu is rated at 400watts.on the vidcard box is says 350watt min.I thought that would be ok.
Can anybody recommend a reasonble priced PSU that can be bought in the UK?
Thanks.

 

[homonculus]

Here you go: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-061-AN

Failing that try ebay, I got my PSU (see sig. below) for £25 inc. P&P and it's superb....try this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tagan-TG-480-U22-...1QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[vangeezer]

Originally posted by: homonculus
Here you go: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-061-AN

Failing that try ebay, I got my PSU (see sig. below) for £25 inc. P&P and it's superb....try this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tagan-TG-480-U22-...1QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks for the advice homonculus.
do you think this one is up to the job?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/...523&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&tabIndex=1

 

[homonculus]

Don't really rate Hiper, they look great but that all important 12v rail has been known to drop alarmingly on these...check the reviews...

 

[vangeezer]

Originally posted by: homonculus
Don't really rate Hiper, they look great but that all important 12v rail has been known to drop alarmingly on these...check the reviews...

Looks ok here,but I'm new and know very little

http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/reviews/cases/Hiper_TypeR_580W_7.html

 

[homonculus]

Ok, GFI, tell us all what you think after the install...(I have a van too, geezer )