Asus A8N-SLI Videocard Compatability

tring358

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I have an ASUS A8N-SLI mobo that's been sitting on my shelf or a few years. I've built several machines since buying it and had just about forgotten I had it. I bought an AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 processor and 4 1gb sticks of DDR-400. The board doesn't have on-board video o I installed an ASUS EN8400GS 512 DDR2 PCIe 2.0 16x video card. When I powered it up for the 1st time, I got no graphics, just a beep code. 1 long beep & 2 short beeps. I looked up the codes & the only thing it indicated was an issue with the video. I was told by a tech in a local shop that a 2.0 card wouldn't work in a 1.0 slot. All of the cards I've been able to find so far are low profile 1.0 x16. Tiger Direct had one but it was sold out. Does anyone know where I can get a high profile PCIe 1.0 x16 card that will work on this board.
 

tecmo34

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Your Tech Shop was wrong.. PCIe 2.0 is backwards compatable with PCIe 1.0., so it isn't an issue with the slot difference :)

1) Have you looked to replace the CMOS battery since the board has been sitting for a long while & could've went dead.

2) Have you tested the GPU in another system to make sure it works.

3) Here is a good guide for troubleshooting... http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-read-posting-boot-problems
 

tring358

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I know they're schiesters, theirs was the last of 4 small shops I visited. They tried to get me to buy a generic card for $20 with no promise it would work & no return if it didn't. I should have known PCIe is backwards compatable, but I was outnumbered 3-1.

Anyway, this isn't my 1st build, but it is my 1st in a while without on-board video. So not being able to see the monitor light up right away is new to me.

The 1st thing I replaced was the cmos battery, the voltage was under 1v.
The CPU had 2 bent pins when it arrived so I broke out my loop & tweezers.

I just checked the card in another machine and it works fine.

I checked the link and no issues there. Still stuck.... Maybe it's the CPU???

Any other thoughts?
Thanks