[The Claw]

Well, today I bought myself a new computer (or at least the parts to fit it together).
 I have, however, run into a problem.
When I power up, the moniter will not activate itself, and I get no picture.
 I have a Radeon VE 64mb graphics card in the AGP slot (but I have tried it with my old Voodoo 3 as well), and everything is plugged in as it should be.
 I have put this problem down to one of two things: First, the AGP slot on the mother board (a ABIT KR7A-RAID) is messed up. This would mean I would have to try to get a replacement board.
 Second: A friend of a friend commented that he had the same problem, and when he switched over power supplies, it worked fine. So I'm thinking that maybe even with 300W of power, it isn't enough...

 Anyways, any idea would be welcome as I am damned close to commiting genocide on any goddamned computer salesmen that come near me.

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[Ryx]

System details?

[an0n]

Is the monitor plugged in to a power source? (socket or computer?)
Is It plugged into your graphics cards port?
Is it plugged into your motherboards monitor port?
Are you sure the monitor works?

[The Claw]

KR7A-RAID mother board
AMD Athlon 1800+
Radeon VE 64mb G/C
Deskstar IBM 60GB HD
Memorex DVD Maxx CD/DVD-ROM drive
512 mb DDR memory (I think there is 256 built into the board as well (?))
Sound Blaster 5.1

I'll be getting a Geforce 3 Titanium 200 and my 19" moniter on wednesday, and would like to get it sorted by then  

 Anon: Yes to all  

[This message has been edited by The Claw (edited 01-20-2002).]

[Thorn]

Sounds like you have a dead video card...
Take it back and have it RMAed...

[The Claw]

Nope, aint that. Put the card in my old computer and it worked.

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HELLO OLLY! IT'S A DEAD OLLY!

[wEvil]

i cant be bothered to look it up, but does the radeon pull 3.3v or 1.5v because some boards will only supply 1.5volts to the AGP slot, meaning only 1.5v cards will work (Nforce chipset and any P4 chipset are two such examples of mobos being this crap)


Umm...what kind of RAM?  If you're running 4 memory cards (DIMMS) they will probably need to be REGISTERED memory.  If there are less than two you'll be OK so long as the memory isnt cheap rubbish.  Id recommend Crucial or Mushkin as the best- mushkin is technically better but crucial is easier to get hold of and based in the UK.

Tried your old card in the new mobo?
Tried clearing the CMOS before booting up?

Goddamn i hate nvidia.  The thing is most people cant see past the framerate scores.

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[This message has been edited by wEvil (edited 01-20-2002).]

[Sandwich]

Probably the MB then - or at least the AGP slot. Try to scrounge up an old PCI video card and see if that'll work.

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[Vertigo1]

Did you test the power supply to be sure its working?  Did you flip the switch on the back of the PS to make sure its actually on? (some have them, some don't.)  Take a voltmeter to each molex and berg connector (the connectors that power your hard drives, floppies, and CD-ROMS/DVD-ROMS/CD-RWs) and make sure you're getting atleast 5V from the red wire and 12V from the yellow wire. (black is ground)  If you're getting voltage there then the PS works.

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[Ryx]

 

Originally posted by The Claw:
When I power up, the moniter will not activate itself, and I get no picture.

As in 'refuses to turn on' or 'turns on, but shows no picture'?

Either way, check connections.
Also, in Soft Menu III (BIOS) you can increase I/O Voltage. Might help.

[The Claw]

I'm pretty sure it's the M/Board now, and I'm getting a replacement delivered tommorrow.
 Apparently one of my friends has handled 6, and 4 of them were faulty in some way or another.