Problems getting rig to work

bushmins

bushmins

bushmins

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Just put this together.

E6300
DS3
XFX 7900GS
2 x 512 meg of xms2 corisar.
SATA HDD (no xp installed yet)

The CPU fan and graphics card fans are going. My monitor keeps flashing up 'no signal'
Also when i put the xp disk into any drive it activates but does not start to boot.
The RAM is in the orange slots.
Ive put the power into the gaphics card.
The keyboard lights are working (caps lock)

Besically i just plug everything in. Anything i could be doing wrong?
The cpu was a bit tight when pulling the securing leaver down, not sure if thats normal.
 
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Thanks for the reply.

Nope, no beeps.
I checked the graphics card cables, and even took them all out (including the card) and refitted.
Yes, the 'no signal' is always there, i can see anything on the screen at all, just blank.

The memory is fitted correctly as far as i can see. 2 x 512 sticks in the same colourd slots.

Should there be beeps when i turn the system on?
 
ok this is weird.

Just got my CRT monitor and plugged it into the graphics card via the little widject that converts it... and im getting a picture....
 
Not really. I can get it going with my CRT monitor but not my TFT. Ill run through the setup and update of windows and see what happens.
 
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The TFT monitor will only work if i use the D-SUB cable (which connects to the graphics card via a D-SUB - DVI dongle)

The TFT monitor has always worked fine, with my old graphics card (6600GT), straight through the DVI cable.

Anyone seen this happen before?
Will i lose visual performace by using the D-SUB cable?
 
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Its a neovo F-419. I did a google search for it but couldnt work out if it is what you said it might be.

BTW, thanks for your support! Its much appreaciated.
 
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After a bit of playing aorund i found this..

The LCD screen does start to work (using the DVI connector) but NOT until the windows screen comes up!
So very odd. So what this means is that i cant see all the boot up stuff when the computer starts (i.e Bios)! Crazy.
 
Is there anyway to force windows into 16-bit mode? Just to see what it does.
Not sure if i should do a RMA on the card, since the monitor worked find on the 6600GT.
 
Not a silly question :) A few people have asked me that.

When i do use the D-SUB connection the colours look pritty bad, very dull.
I also worry that i the card may not be performing as good as it should, i need to do some bench marking at stock.

Do you know of and game demos or the like that would really put it under a lot of stress?

I dont think ill RMA it any time soon. The new setup (E6300/DS3/7900GS/2 x 512 meg XMS)) is such a massive increase in speed from my P4 2.533/6600GT/intel pesv motherboard.
 
Im also finding the graphics on BF2 very jumpy. This is on the same settings as my 6600GT which didnt have this problem. Looks like ill be RMAing. :(
 
Problem seems to be solved.
Tried my setup on a samsung TFT and it was fine. Guess the monitor cant handle the 7900GS... odd concedering it could handle the 6600GT through the same DVI connection.

Thanks for all your help! Time to start looking for a decent TFT LCD under £200, any suguestions?
 
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