5punk

now being a very patient man, i decided to plug the 7800 in the AGP slot myself. but when i try to turn my pc on, i get a very very loud beepy noise. it won't recognize my screen either. any advice?

Try re-seating it maybe, make sure there isn't a bundle of dust in the way or anything?

Sounds like you havn't attached the additional power cord that the card needs.

That's what that kind of beep has meant for me before

Edit: The black bit at the back needs a molex connector

http://mohamed.tantawi.net/images/DSC00639.jpg

EDIT: found the cable, but unplugged it from my HDD because it was too short, and now it completely died on me!

Mr. Johnson wrote:ah, wich one would that be?

Standard 4 pin molex

YAY IT BLOODY WORKS! fucking noisy though

Whats dead? Everything? The card? Need moar info! I'm assuming here that the molex is on a passthrough to the card from other stuff, which could mean you've drawn too much down one rail and the psu has had a shit fit, but thats normally very obvious, or there is too much on the rail, and nothing is getting enough power. Or your psu just can't cope. If your hdd is dead, then that again could bee not enough power, or the card pulling amps made the hdd have a shit fit and its dead. Or the entire rig is now a big doorstop. All the above could be wrong, just depends on whats doing what, or not as the case may be.


NM, you've sorted it out now, btw those cards are noisy.

Mr. Johnson wrote:YAY IT BLOODY WORKS! fucking noisy though

Bioshock tiem?

almost, first i have to figure out my driver thingy

Mr. Johnson wrote:almost, first i have to figure out my driver thingy

Try this one?

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_162.18.html

it's all functioning now

it's... beautiful...

and all this thanks to 5punk bobbins.

cheers guys! i owe you all pints!

mrbobbins wrote:
Try this one?

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_162.18.html

You want this one if you're playing Bioshock:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_163.67.html

Lee wrote:
You want this one if you're playing Bioshock:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_163.67.html

You want my one if you're playing Pippa Funnels Stud Farm

:above:QFT.

Don't bother with Lucinda Greens Equetrian Challenge, it's shit.