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my system wont boot after replacing my vga card to gtx280

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odi120522   10-31-2008 at 10:38:39 PM

Hi all... hope you can help me with my problem...:( i have bought yestreday a xfx gtx 280 vga card to replace my 9800gtx,,,after replacing my old VGa card xfx 9800gtx it doesnt boot to bios or windows.... :( .... all i hear is long beep & 2 short short one... then bec. i am using a ASUS STRIKER II FORMULA mother board....i can see from my lcd poster a message like this... "VGA BIOS" then ther ERROR MSG.... do you have any idea on how to fix this? or is the VGA that i purchaed is not relly wokring well? i also have a corsiar 4gb dominator for my ram... my PSU is theraltake 750 watts.... pls,pls,pls tell me what to do.... thanks in advace.... :)


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ilovebarny   10-31-2008 at 11:07:18 PM
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well from the error message it would seem that the card is defect from the factory. did you plug in the power to the graphics card?

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kyeana   10-31-2008 at 11:30:48 PM
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double check that the power connector is properly connected and that the card is seated properly

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odi120522   11-01-2008 at 03:49:52 AM
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ilovebarny wrote :

well from the error message it would seem that the card is defect from the factory. did you plug in the power to the graphics card?



yes i did plug the 6pin & 8pin pcie from the vga card sir....

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odi120522   11-01-2008 at 03:52:12 AM
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kyeana wrote :

double check that the power connector is properly connected and that the card is seated properly




tnx kyeana..ill double check it again....

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