my system wont boot after replacing my vga card to gtx280

[odi120522]

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....

 

[ilovebarny]

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?

 

[kyeana]

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

 

[odi120522]

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....

 

[odi120522]

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

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