Old PCI Card

Fahye · 22-November-05, 06:57 PM

I have this card its a Diamond. Im trying to put it on my computer, because my 6800GT is broken and I need to get my password for paypal off of the computer, to buy my 2 7800GTs from this guy. I put the card in and it does a long beep because it cant detect the card. The card has no software can some one help me please.

RBIEZE · 22-November-05, 07:16 PM

Try it in another pci slot.

ÃœBER<>POOP · 22-November-05, 07:49 PM

Try the very first slot underneath the agp/pci-express slot.

Or, bum an agp off a friend. (If you get desperate, swing by walmart for a mx440, usually around 20bux)

Fahye · 22-November-05, 07:51 PM

I tried the slots
and its a pci-express slot and all of my friends are agp
I went to best buy but they have a 15% restocking fee don't know why they would have that if I m the one wasting my gas to go buy and return.
Would reseting my cmos or bios or somehting help?

HigHTecHReDNecK · 22-November-05, 08:33 PM

Not to try an make ya feel dumb or anything but are ya sure that card works, do you maybe have another pci card. I had the same problem **older board** with it beeping when i powered up,and no video. and i put in another card , both Diamond BTW, and the second one worked fine.

Also , ya might check in BIOS and see if there's a setting for what slot to get a video signal from, sorry i dont know the tech jargon for it but i know in some bios , there is a choice for APG or PCI etc etc

Dex · 22-November-05, 10:18 PM

Your BIOS might still be trying to boot from the PCI-E slot, so when it can't find a graphics adapter in your slot, it just gives up and craps out.

I know when I buggered my X800 I had to set the BIOS to look in the first PCI slot to get it to boot from the old Matrox card I was using...

Fahye · 22-November-05, 11:42 PM

I ll go to my class and ask if he can give me a pci card to see if the one I have is dead. thanks

22-November-05, 06:57 PM		#1 (permalink)
Fahye Apex Master Tech	Old PCI Card I have this card its a Diamond. Im trying to put it on my computer, because my 6800GT is broken and I need to get my password for paypal off of the computer, to buy my 2 7800GTs from this guy. I put the card in and it does a long beep because it cant detect the card. The card has no software can some one help me please.

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22-November-05, 07:16 PM		#2 (permalink)
RBIEZE Apex Tech Demi-God	Try it in another pci slot.

22-November-05, 07:49 PM		#3 (permalink)
ÃœBER<>POOP Apex Tech Fanatic	Try the very first slot underneath the agp/pci-express slot. Or, bum an agp off a friend. (If you get desperate, swing by walmart for a mx440, usually around 20bux)

22-November-05, 07:51 PM		#4 (permalink)
Fahye Apex Master Tech	I tried the slots and its a pci-express slot and all of my friends are agp I went to best buy but they have a 15% restocking fee don't know why they would have that if I m the one wasting my gas to go buy and return. Would reseting my cmos or bios or somehting help?

22-November-05, 08:33 PM		#5 (permalink)
HigHTecHReDNecK Sophist'Hoe"cated ReDNecK Reviewer	Not to try an make ya feel dumb or anything but are ya sure that card works, do you maybe have another pci card. I had the same problem older board with it beeping when i powered up,and no video. and i put in another card , both Diamond BTW, and the second one worked fine. Also , ya might check in BIOS and see if there's a setting for what slot to get a video signal from, sorry i dont know the tech jargon for it but i know in some bios , there is a choice for APG or PCI etc etc

22-November-05, 10:18 PM		#6 (permalink)
Dex Retr-hoe Reviewer	Your BIOS might still be trying to boot from the PCI-E slot, so when it can't find a graphics adapter in your slot, it just gives up and craps out. I know when I buggered my X800 I had to set the BIOS to look in the first PCI slot to get it to boot from the old Matrox card I was using...

22-November-05, 11:42 PM		#7 (permalink)
Fahye Apex Master Tech	I ll go to my class and ask if he can give me a pci card to see if the one I have is dead. thanks