EVGA GTX 9800+ Help

dougthemug · 09-17-2009, 05:19 PM

Not sure if this is a problem with the board or the card so I just posted here alright so I got the GTX 9800+ and I put it in hooked every thing up and tryed to start the computer and on the debug LED thing it showed up FF and I know that means every thing runs ok but the monitor wasn't coming on so I tryed changing the dvi slot and rebooted and still nothing. so I tryed changing the card to the other pci e slot and I rebooted and all I got was BEEBBEEBEEEBEEEBEEB a whole bunch so then I switched it back and still nothing. Oh and if you need to know my board is a abit AW8D

Phædrus2401 · 09-17-2009, 05:56 PM

What is the brand, model, and wattage of your power supply? Is this a self-built, custom-built, or store-bought PC?

dougthemug · 09-17-2009, 06:25 PM

its a Sunbeam 580W ATX12V Power Supply. Its custom built

dougthemug · 09-18-2009, 01:04 PM

***bump***

dougthemug · 09-18-2009, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dougthemug

its a Sunbeam 580W ATX12V Power Supply. Its custom built

I mean self built*

Phædrus2401 · 09-18-2009, 01:20 PM

What are the rest of the specs?
Motherboard
CPU
RAM
# of hard drives

dougthemug · 09-19-2009, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phædrus2401

What are the rest of the specs?
Motherboard
CPU
RAM
# of hard drives

Abit AW8D
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40Ghz
2GB
Two hard drives one is a 175gb and the other is a 500gb

Phædrus2401 · 09-19-2009, 05:50 PM

My first guess would be the power supply. Sunbeam PSUs are poor quality and may be labeled at their peak output, rather than continuous. I would start by replacing it with a unit like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-027-_-Product

That will probably allow your computer to start up normally. If not come back because there may be deeper, harder-to-fix problems besides an insufficient power supply.

**emosun** · 09-19-2009, 11:41 PM

If it's giving one long beep followed by three short beeps it means the bios can't find a display device.

I think that board is too old to support such a new card , not w/o a bios update , that is if they made one. Not to mention on top of it that power supply isn't good enough as Phædrus said , and the pentium 4 couldn't keep up with a 9500 let alone a 9800gtx.

09-17-2009, 05:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
dougthemug Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 7 OS: Xp pro	EVGA GTX 9800+ Help Not sure if this is a problem with the board or the card so I just posted here alright so I got the GTX 9800+ and I put it in hooked every thing up and tryed to start the computer and on the debug LED thing it showed up FF and I know that means every thing runs ok but the monitor wasn't coming on so I tryed changing the dvi slot and rebooted and still nothing. so I tryed changing the card to the other pci e slot and I rebooted and all I got was BEEBBEEBEEEBEEEBEEB a whole bunch so then I switched it back and still nothing. Oh and if you need to know my board is a abit AW8D

09-17-2009, 05:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Phædrus2401 Hardware Tech Team Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Orleans Posts: 3,827 OS: Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 + Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: EVGA GTX 9800+ Help What is the brand, model, and wattage of your power supply? Is this a self-built, custom-built, or store-bought PC? __________________ Good PSU brands: Corsair, SeaSonic, CWT, PC Power and Cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower, CoolerMaster Real Power Pro On 80+ Certification - PSU Information and Selection - Power Supply Myths You don't get what you don't pay for.

09-17-2009, 06:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
dougthemug Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 7 OS: Xp pro	Re: EVGA GTX 9800+ Help its a Sunbeam 580W ATX12V Power Supply. Its custom built Last edited by dougthemug; 09-17-2009 at 06:30 PM.

09-18-2009, 01:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
dougthemug Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 7 OS: Xp pro	Re: EVGA GTX 9800+ Help *bump*

09-18-2009, 01:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
Phædrus2401 Hardware Tech Team Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Orleans Posts: 3,827 OS: Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 + Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: EVGA GTX 9800+ Help What are the rest of the specs? Motherboard CPU RAM # of hard drives __________________ Good PSU brands: Corsair, SeaSonic, CWT, PC Power and Cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower, CoolerMaster Real Power Pro On 80+ Certification - PSU Information and Selection - Power Supply Myths You don't get what you don't pay for.

09-19-2009, 05:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
Phædrus2401 Hardware Tech Team Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Orleans Posts: 3,827 OS: Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 + Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: EVGA GTX 9800+ Help My first guess would be the power supply. Sunbeam PSUs are poor quality and may be labeled at their peak output, rather than continuous. I would start by replacing it with a unit like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-027-_-Product That will probably allow your computer to start up normally. If not come back because there may be deeper, harder-to-fix problems besides an insufficient power supply. __________________ Good PSU brands: Corsair, SeaSonic, CWT, PC Power and Cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower, CoolerMaster Real Power Pro On 80+ Certification - PSU Information and Selection - Power Supply Myths You don't get what you don't pay for.

09-19-2009, 11:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,983 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: EVGA GTX 9800+ Help If it's giving one long beep followed by three short beeps it means the bios can't find a display device. I think that board is too old to support such a new card , not w/o a bios update , that is if they made one. Not to mention on top of it that power supply isn't good enough as Phædrus said , and the pentium 4 couldn't keep up with a 9500 let alone a 9800gtx. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list