Graphics card not compatible with my motherboard?

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My graphics card causes my pc to make a loud, continuous beep every time I turn it on, and runs normally when I remove the card. I noticed that it supports PCI Express 2.1 while my motherboard only has 2.0 ports, could that be the problem?

Video Card: ASUS ATI Radeon HD 5850 1 GB 256-bit GDDR5

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-880GA-UD3H AM3 AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
 
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The PSU is powerful enough. Did you plug in both 6-pin power connections?

If you did, then you could mean the video card is faulty or the PCI-e port on your mobo is faulty. Do you have a friend that can lend you a PCI-e video card for testing?
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