Problems Installing new video card..help!

[gUEv]

Hey everyone...

I just bought a new PNY 6800GT, obviously excited about getting it in.

I took out my old ti4600 and replaced it with the new card, only to hear a loud beep continously when I tried to boot up with the new video card.

I'm rusty...what does that mean?

I am running an Abit IC7-G w/ a P4 2.6


is the card somehow incompatible? am i screwed? or am i just overlooking something?


any help appreciated, thx

 

[Sonic587]

What is your PSU?

Also, do you have the videocard on it's own power line?

 

[gUEv]

OMG I AM AN IDIOT, I DID NOT EVEN SEE THE MOLEX CONNECTOR

OMFG
OMFG
OMFG

I will brb, ill post results...if i am posting from the new card you can slap me with a trout, sonic

 

[warcrow]

Right. Make sure you have a seperate molux connector pluged into it, with nothing else attached to it! Very important.

Also, make sure the card is seated correctly.

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: gUEv
OMG I AM AN IDIOT, I DID NOT EVEN SEE THE MOLEX CONNECTOR

OMFG
OMFG
OMFG

I will brb, ill post results...if i am posting from the new card you can slap me with a trout, sonic

Heh!

We all do it sometime!

 

[Sonic587]

Ha. I'd probably do the same thing if I got a 6800GT.

 

[gUEv]

grrr....as you might note from the time between posts, it didnt go well.

so give the card some power. I boot up, the beep continues for a moment then stops. It seems as if the beeping is coming from the card itself? but what do i know, im half deaf...


anyways......I get a normal POST beep, but I am greeted with a bunch of garbled, multicolored squares instead of my regular bios screen, i try rebooting and see some black and white, moving static.

The card is getting power..the onboard fan is running. I tried using a DVI adapter, as if that would help anything

I am pretty sure that i did not fry the card (if it is possible in seconds like a cpu) as i never left the comp running for more then 2 seconds.


Anyways...this is obviously beginning to get frustrating. If anyone feels like chiming in... =]

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

What is your PSU?

 

[jbrownos]

Try reinstalling your old card and flashing your bios to the latest revision. Several motherboard manufacturers have new bios revisions that include updates for the 6800 line of graphics cards.

 

[gUEv]

you know...my PSU escaped me at the moment...I think it is a 350 watt, is that sufficient?

i will try the bios flash, thx =]

 

[jbrownos]

Good luck with the bios flash. It fixed several problems I had with my 6800gt. I don't think it's your psu wattage, as the system wouldn't likely beep like that if that's what it was - that sounds more like a bad post. And pretty much any beep you get is going to come from the PC speaker I think. It would just randomly lose power most likely if it were insufficient wattage. If flashing your bios doesn't work, I have read that some people had luck with isolating the card on a single power supply chain by itself, which I think is theoretically supposed to give it a more stable flow of power.