Faulty Graphics?

shafter1970 · 12-11-2008, 09:03 AM

Hi, recently bought a Radeon x1800 gto PCI-E card second hand off ebay and cannot get it to boot the PC, need to find out if the card is faulty or not compatable with my system.The guy i bought it off says it was working, and as he has a very good feedback rating, ive no reason to not believe him.

System- Wolfdale 1333 dual core M/b
Intel Pentium D CPU- 3000mhz
1 gig ddr2 ram
500 W PSU.

ps- system works fine with the old PCI_E card

All i get off the post is 2 beeps-then 8 beeps and then a single beep.

I have thought about the psu- but it says itl work fine at 450 W.

I have no other system to test the card, and will take it to local PC shop for testing if need be, just wondered if you guys have any ideas before i do.

Thankyou in advance.

richs08 · 12-11-2008, 09:05 AM

unistall your old gpu drivers and run driver cleaner shutdown install the new gpu reboot install the new gpu drivers should fix your problem :D

shafter1970 · 12-11-2008, 10:41 AM

Hi, thanks, tryed that and still the same. was thinking anyway the gpu drivers wont kick in till windows starts?

updated the bios and no joy.

richs08 · 12-12-2008, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by shafter1970

Hi, thanks, tryed that and still the same. was thinking anyway the gpu drivers wont kick in till windows starts?

updated the bios and no joy.

have you got the 6pin power connector plugged into the gpu?

12-11-2008, 09:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
shafter1970 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 7 OS: winxp	Faulty Graphics? Hi, recently bought a Radeon x1800 gto PCI-E card second hand off ebay and cannot get it to boot the PC, need to find out if the card is faulty or not compatable with my system.The guy i bought it off says it was working, and as he has a very good feedback rating, ive no reason to not believe him. System- Wolfdale 1333 dual core M/b Intel Pentium D CPU- 3000mhz 1 gig ddr2 ram 500 W PSU. ps- system works fine with the old PCI_E card All i get off the post is 2 beeps-then 8 beeps and then a single beep. I have thought about the psu- but it says itl work fine at 450 W. I have no other system to test the card, and will take it to local PC shop for testing if need be, just wondered if you guys have any ideas before i do. Thankyou in advance.

12-11-2008, 09:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
richs08 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 23 OS: win xp 32bit	Re: Faulty Graphics? unistall your old gpu drivers and run driver cleaner shutdown install the new gpu reboot install the new gpu drivers should fix your problem :D

12-11-2008, 10:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
shafter1970 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 7 OS: winxp	Re: Faulty Graphics? Hi, thanks, tryed that and still the same. was thinking anyway the gpu drivers wont kick in till windows starts? updated the bios and no joy.