8800GTS Problem

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samaeltt

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I've just finished putting together my first build...at first, I had improperly installed a memory stick and it was causing the computer to shut itself down after about 30 seconds. In those 30 seconds, the video card was loudly initializing and displaying the POST on my Acer LCD as it should. Since fixing the memory problem, however, the video card never stops the whirring and no display ever comes to my monitor.

I've tried reseating the video card and switching out memory modules in all sorts of combinations. What could be causing my video card not to fully power on? I have more than adequate power (750W) and it is properly connected to the video card.

What's going on?

Thanks in advance!
 
your computer in in a kind of limbo where its recieving power to turn everything on but something is preventing it from posting. the super loud fan is really not the issue you should be focusing on. some systems will tend to run fans at maximum until the bios takes over. your fans running at max means the bios is not in control.
 
What could be causing this problem? I haven't changed anything else internally since fixing the memory, and I've reset my CMOS after each RAM change.
 
I've had your problem. If you have 2 pcie x16 slots, plug the card in the other one and turn it on to see if it works. For some reason i did that and plugged it back to the original slot and that was when my computer started to boot.
 
try one memory module at a time, did you plug every power connector into you mother board that you need to? cpu 12v and the atx 24 pin. is the pcix plugged into your video card? its also possible that your improper seating of the memory has caused damage to the board or the ram itself.
 
The improper memory seating was caused by not having it in all of the way - I doubt this could have cause damage to the mobo. I have all of the power cords in (mobo, CPU fan, video card, SATA, fans).

I have gone and reconnected everything I can think of and now I'm just at a loss. It was POSTing with the memory messed up, and now it's just...not.
 
try a different video card, if no go then try a different cpu, or any other available memory. don't bother connecting drives or case fans.
 
You can try this if you want. Unplug everything from your system. Only have the CPU/HSF, RAM, GPU installed. Test to see if you successfully post. After that plugged in other devices one at a time to see the cause.
 
Have you taken everything out of the case and tested only the bare essentials on the motherboard box? Do that to test if it'll boot.
 
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