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sk8tboar   01-30-2008 at 11:33:17 PM

My 8600gt from evga isnt working with my asus m2v motherboard the fan works but i get no image on my monitor.
I have 2 gigs of ram
one 80gig hd and one 200gig one
430 power supply.

video card says it only need 350 watts. I have another video card in right now and it work.


(Also i know this 8600 works.. put it in another computer

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raven_87   01-31-2008 at 01:43:21 AM
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What is the "other" card you are using to make it work?

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sk8tboar   01-31-2008 at 02:31:58 AM
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Some dimand one one...from office depot

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raven_87   01-31-2008 at 02:57:33 AM
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Well thats really not helping;

Is the line coming from the PSU to the GPU clean?

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sepayne21   01-31-2008 at 03:48:47 AM
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raven_87 wrote :

Well thats really not helping;

Is the line coming from the PSU to the GPU clean?



if it's like most 8600gt cards, it doesn't require power anywhere but the pci-e slot itself.

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raven_87   01-31-2008 at 07:29:31 PM
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apologies, I'm thinking of the GTS...

that said; what is the other motherboard you tried the 8600 in?

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sk8tboar   02-02-2008 at 07:05:36 PM
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My brother couldnt tell me the exact name of the board... hes kinda far away and not much of a computer nerd. Its some Nforce sli enabled board i believe is what he told me.


When i put the 8600 in my computer the fan runs on the card.. but when i start up i get 3 beeps and no video input.

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mactronix   02-03-2008 at 12:56:02 AM
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These beeps are the computers way of telling you what is wrong AMI Bios beeps.
3 short beeps is the bios code for bad memory try taking the ram out and reseating it.
Mactronix

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sk8tboar   02-05-2008 at 02:29:28 PM
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The memory should be fine. I kept it in for the diamond graphics card. Its only when i switch the 8600 in when i get the beeps

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roadrunner197069   02-05-2008 at 02:59:18 PM
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You need to delete old drivers then shut down computer reset cmos add new card then fire it back up. It will work if the card is good. Your cmos is just looking for the wrong info until you reset it.

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evongugg   02-05-2008 at 03:38:13 PM
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You motherboard has integrated video. That may switch itself on when you change the graphics card. You may need to disable it a second time.
Also if you are switching cards from ATI to Nvidia, you should run Driver Cleaner.

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