NVidia GeForce 8800 GT

scrowder1214

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Hello,
I recently purchased an nVidia GeForce 8800 GT to improve the graphics of my system. When I put it onto the motherboard, it makes a very loud constant beeping/ringing noise and it doesn't work at all. (The fan on the card doesn't turn on and the graphics do not improve at all.)
Any advice as to why this may be happening?

My specs:
CPU- AMD Athlon II X3 445 Rana
Ram- 2 sticks DDR3 (4 gig total)
Motherboard- Gigabyte Tech. M68MT-D3
500 Watt PSU

Thanks for your help.
 
Solution
The 8800GT should come with 2 DVI and a S-Video port. It does not come with VGA.

You need to plug the monitor into the graphics card for it to work.

You would need an adapter for it to work with VGA.
Did you plug in the power connector on the graphics card? It should look somewhat like this:

XFX-8800GT-XXX-Alpha-6pin.jpg


The connector looks like this:

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scrowder1214

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I had already done that. Still no recognition of the card
Thanks for your help.
 

scrowder1214

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8800 GT does not show up in "display adapters". I took the card out and put it back in and I think the computer recognized it this time because the display on my monitor went away. I connect my comp. to the monitor using a VGA cable and I noticed that my old graphics card had a VGA input on the side, whereas my new card only has some input with many more pins than VGA.
Do you think this has something to do with my new problem of no display showing up at all?
Thanks for your help.
 

pezonator

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Are you sure your not plugging it into the motherboard? If your 8800GT doesn't have VGA which I find nearly impossible, you might need a DVI to VGA adapter. That's what it sounds like to me. If you can take a picture and post it here that would really help.
 

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Just got a DVI to VGA adapter from my dad and it works now!!!!!
My GTA IV benchmark just improved from 2 fps to 65 fps.
Thanks you for all of your advice.