Recent content by dr pma

Well, I just wanted to say thanks to those who took the time to help me out. It was, in fact, my motherboard. I decided to buy another board (ASUS K8N), and the card works just fine. And might I say, IT ROCKS OUT ON Far Cry! So now I have to go out and purchase HL2...... and Doom3...

When I say it doesn't post, I mean that when I press the power button, the computer powers up, fans turn on, but the HD is not accessed and there is no video signal to my monitor. I do not get to a BIOS screen. I don't get anything at all. The "handy" little voice genie (on my motherboard)...

What if I turned up the voltage through the AGP slot? Do you think that may work? Or would that be harmful to my card and/or motherboard?

Well, I tried disconnecting the power supply to my 9800pro, and, on startup, my motherboard gave me an error message telling me that my video card was improperly installed. So, at least my motherboard is recognizing that the card is without power. But when I install the x850xt (without the...

I have received my second x850xt and my computer will not post with this card either. I called ATI's tech support and was told at first that it was my card that was at fault, but when I told the guy that this was my second card in a row, he changed his opinion and felt that it may be my...

And I just discovered that the other system that I was going to try to use is unavailable at the moment, so my fate lies in the hands of the ATI customer service department.

Everything was connected as it should be and still no POST.

Thanks for everyone's input so far. I will try that and get back to post my results.

yes, I did.

Hello, this is my first post and I would like to just say that I have thoroughly enjoyed reading hardocp.com's website over the last 4 years. The site has informative reviews with interesting news posts and gives me a chance to occasionally laugh throughout my stressful day whenever a funny...