New card and bios beeps

[teulk]

Just installed my new gfx card x1950gt a few days ago and ive started getting bios beeps when i boot up, 1 long, 2 short which i believe means there is a problem with the video card (well something like that). What could be the problem with the card ? If i reboot the pc a few times it sorts itself out and starts up ok

 

[ChrisD.]

Try taking out the card from the socket and re-seating it. If this doesn't solve it I'd RMA the card. If the BIOS is beeping and re-seating doesn't solve it then there's little you can do apart from returning it.

 

[teulk]

Everything runs ok once its up and running so im guessing (and hoping) it just need re-seating

 

[paradigm]

If its working after being plugged in and switched on for a few minutes, it "could" be a power issue. Perhaps your PSU is on the limit of being able to power the card, and a few mins of charging capacitors gets its stable enough to boot.

 

[teulk]

I bought a new PSU a Antec EarthWatts 430W after it was recomended in these forums that 380 PSU (same make as one i bought) would be ok for the card, as i only had a mercury 400w..........so if its a kind of a power issue on boot up will i need to buy another psu ?

 

[teulk]

Ive removed the card, re-seated it and still the same, i get the beeps but after rebooting 3times it boots up and everything is still fine after that. Should i be looking at sending the card back or getting yet another PSU ? Also ive just noticed while re-fitting the card, there is what seems like sone kind of rubber/soft pad stuck to a what looks like a chip of some kind (at the rear just next to the agp slot). Its just short of about 1"sq - whats this ?

 

[Delvis]

Hm, i've just had the same issue with my x1900 actually =/...l though my system does the same error beeps even when the card isnt present???

So im not sure...Need to try a friends card or something so i can rule it out.

 

[teulk]

Unfortunately (although i have 2 other pc's) i dont have another pc to try the card in as they dont have a suitable PSU so id be waisting my time fitting the card in them........

 

[Delvis]

Well getting the system to just post on an "underpowered" psu should give any damage, just dont let it run for long...That or disconnect everything else that isnt needed for a system to post, ie cdrom hdd's etc.