I built a nice PC at the beginning of this year with this spec:
GA-EP31-DS3L
ATI x1950
2gb Geil DDR2 800
Intel E6250
Seasonic S12II-430 (430 watts)
I decided that an ATI 4850 would give this PC a nice boost so i brought an ASUS 1gb 4850.
However since installing this card the PC would occasionally not POST, infact freezing before any screen output was displayed (ie pre POST / pre BIOS) and no power on beep from the bios was heard. When this happenend the PC would also not respond to the power or reset buttons, infact requireing the PSU to be powered off. It would usually boot fine directly after this.
I decided that this was probably the GFX card's fault and so swapped the x1950 back in, for testing purposes. This made the problem worse, infact the PC would not POST at all, with no beep and no display ever being produced. Wierdly the PC would respond to the front buttons, meaning I could hold the button down and it would power off.
I swapped the GFX cards a few more times to see if that helped, but it didn't. Now I never get a beep or display (or any HD activity) and the PC only responds to the front buttons with the X1950 installed.
I suspect the 4850 has toasted something on my MOBO, but does anyone with a little more knowledge than me have any ideas?
Thanks for your help!!!
GA-EP31-DS3L
ATI x1950
2gb Geil DDR2 800
Intel E6250
Seasonic S12II-430 (430 watts)
I decided that an ATI 4850 would give this PC a nice boost so i brought an ASUS 1gb 4850.
However since installing this card the PC would occasionally not POST, infact freezing before any screen output was displayed (ie pre POST / pre BIOS) and no power on beep from the bios was heard. When this happenend the PC would also not respond to the power or reset buttons, infact requireing the PSU to be powered off. It would usually boot fine directly after this.
I decided that this was probably the GFX card's fault and so swapped the x1950 back in, for testing purposes. This made the problem worse, infact the PC would not POST at all, with no beep and no display ever being produced. Wierdly the PC would respond to the front buttons, meaning I could hold the button down and it would power off.
I swapped the GFX cards a few more times to see if that helped, but it didn't. Now I never get a beep or display (or any HD activity) and the PC only responds to the front buttons with the X1950 installed.
I suspect the 4850 has toasted something on my MOBO, but does anyone with a little more knowledge than me have any ideas?
Thanks for your help!!!
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