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my eVGA 8800 GT is not leting my system boot!!!!

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mcstagger   02-19-2008 at 04:29:17 PM

i just built a system and turned to fire it up for the first time and my 8800 GT wont let it happen.

i get a constant beep and then right before it powers down, i get a couple more long beeps (beeps = high pitch tones)

the card is sitting in the slot just fine. i tried 2 of the 3 slots on my 780i mobo and the same thing happens.


could the card be bad? time to RMA?


any other thoughts or questions?

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tgstyle   02-19-2008 at 05:19:29 PM
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Do you have another card you can try? Another system to try the card in? EVGA has released bios updates for the 780i and 8800GT, try those if you can get either to work.


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mcstagger   02-19-2008 at 05:47:40 PM
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my friend is bringing a card over tonight to test out. if his works, and i update the 780i bios and i still get alarms from my 8800 GT, would you suggest an RMA

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tgstyle   02-19-2008 at 05:55:45 PM
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You may not even be able to update if you get an alarm. If your friends card fails then it is the motherboard, if it does not fail then it is the video card. I would RMA which ever one it turns out to be.

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jtt283   02-19-2008 at 06:05:29 PM
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Do you have the PCI-E power connector plugged into the graphics card?

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dostanio   02-19-2008 at 06:08:39 PM
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like jtt283 said u prob forgat to plug the power connector on, i had that once aswell:)

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nforce256   02-19-2008 at 07:54:40 PM
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dostanio wrote :

like jtt283 said u prob forgat to plug the power connector on, i had that once aswell:)




ditto

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mcstagger   02-19-2008 at 07:58:04 PM
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i thought that was the issue but my friend kept saying you dont need to power it. only need extra power for SLI modes.

im a dumbass, he's a dumbass. thanks for the help

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Wolfshadw   02-19-2008 at 08:07:44 PM
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<--- dumbass

I did it too!

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tgstyle   02-19-2008 at 11:15:35 PM
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Just be glad it was that easy.

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