Asus 8800GT 512mb, no visuals!!

Well basically my brother has just sent me his old Asus 8800GT 512mb, and compared to my old Geforce 7500GT 256mb, i was excited. So i whacked it in, all cables connected, power supply cable connected to the card and the monitor cables connected. So i closed the chasis and switched on my pc. The result was nothing, i had no visual on my screen. Where my monitor's light normally shows green when everything is A-okay it showed orange which means its on standby or its not getting full power. Anyway i asked my bro and he told me it might be a problem with your card working with the motherboard, or maybe not enough power from your supply. So i came here to ask you people!


I have got a ASRock ALIVE-ESATA2-GLAN ATX AMD Motherboard, link: http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6813157100

recently added 4gb ram http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-20 [...] 111&sr=8-2

Windows Vista premium 32bit (even with the 4bg it runs fine but i might take one of the sticks out and put two 512s in to make it 3072mb)

600w Super silent EZcool power supply.

So can someone help me please, thanks in advance...

I don't care if they are "***". I'm not promoting my equipment you ignorant retard, i'm trying to get some help with a genuine problem. And your useless reply has just proven how useless you are.

Why say my equipment is ***? I have no interest for expensive items as i cannot afford, so i simply "Make do". I was responding to your comment which had nothing to do with my query, so if you can help, i'd appreciate it.

I'm an ignorant retard I'm unable to help you.

cool man. don't get mad.

as your brother said the said may come from your psu. your previous card work with your motherboard so your motherboard can't be the cause. either the card is dead or your psu is not up to the task.

Well its stil not working. I had a cable which distributed power. Didnt work. I tried using another monitor, didn't work either. I don't understand how it could be a power supply problem as i can see everyhing working inside. The cards fan is working fine so i have no idea now. Does a psu lose its power over time, my computer is nearly 3 years old now... Any ideas?

Hmm... Well the only other desktop in my house is a HP compact one that is old old. Its my roommates. SO i can't try it. But the thing is my brother has just bought a new one to replace this, and so he sent this to me. So it has been working fine for him. there is no damage on it from delivery to my place, and i was careful with static charge so i really am clueless. Thing is, i dont want to have to buy a psu only to find it still doesnt work... You know?

Nah not at the moment, i will do soon as they will all be travelling here to attend uni again. I guess i'll have to wait...

Yeah, it does, and it is plugged in. I just read the manual for the card and i forgot to uninstall the previous drivers. So i've given that a go. But no luck... I might of done it wrong? I went to system, device managers, display adapters and clicked uninstall and restarted. Nothing happenned when i restarted it with the new card. I even disabled it and now i will re-enable it... This is so frustrating.

It can't be a psu problem then... Because im writing this on my computer using my 7950GT. And when i put the 8800GT there is power going to the card through the power supply cable connected to the card. But maybe it is also the fact that the quality of my power supply after having nearly 3 years of use, has deterhiated, maybe not enough to power the card...?

So should i try purchasing a new power supply? Or is there anything else i can possibly try? I have a small budget btw.

Im out for tonight thanks a lot.

http://www.bfgtech.com/bfge98512gte.aspx

ALTHO these are the 9800gt specs they are the same as the 8800gt,check it out,all are the same ,if not O'Clocked..Seems that BFG is talking 26amp???..