New PC: won't boot

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cugine

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EVGA NF68 A1 MB
EVGA 8800 GTX
2x2 G. Skill RAM
Q6600 G0 w/thermalright ultra 120 extreme

I'm getting one long beep followed by two short beeps. I've tried reseating the graphics card and ram already. I've also disconnected everything but the CPU, RAM and video card. Any idea?

Thanks,
cugine
 
That beep code is graphics card error.
Have you plugged power into it correctly?

What PSU are you using?
 
defiantly your graphics card, make sure the AuX power cables are plugged in and make sure u have at least a 750watt psu.
 
I'm running my build with a 520W perfectly fine. See below for my build (I'm actually running for HDs now). There is no way that you NEED 750W to run your build.

Also make sure that you plug in both 4-pin mol connectors into the 6-pin split (it came with your card) that plugs into your video card (if you are using that).
 
I have a 1,000 Watt X3 PSU. My video card has two power slots. I have connected both using a pci-express power cable directly to my PSU. My board has auxiliary power for graphics and I am NOT using that.
 
cugine said:
I have a 1,000 Watt X3 PSU. My video card has two power slots. I have connected both using a pci-express power cable directly to my PSU. My board has auxiliary power for graphics and I am NOT using that.
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The 8800gtx says it requires at least 28A on the 12V+ rails. According to this your power supply give 70A on the 12v+ rails, so you should be good. I'm assuming that you are running the card off 2 separate PCIe power cables from the PSU, not through a splitter?

**Make sure that you have your card plugged into the top Black PCIe x16 slot NOT the Blue slot.** The Blue slot on your board won't run your card.

Otherwise, you may be looking at a bad vidcard.
 
It's a brand new card from newegg. Is it likely it could be bad? I have my video card in the top slot (black). I have two separate power connectors going to it. I'm not using a splitter. The LCD on the MB is reporting 7F which is failing POST.
 
BTW, I am not running SLI. I have only one GTX. I sent an email to evga and they told me to try the other PCIe Slot (BLUE). I have tried it and it WORKS. So, does this mean my motherboard is bad since the black slot is giving me problems?
 
It could be a bad manufacture. Try another video card and see if it will POST.

It could also be a bad slot on the MOBO. Try plugging the card into the other PCIe x16 slot and see if it will post there (I'm not sure if you can do that though... I've never tried).
 
Finally working... I had to reseat the video card about 6 times for it to finally work. Thanks guys for the help.
 
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