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CptHawkeye

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Well, everything in my friends new build seems to be working fine, except for video problems. The motherboard has onboard video, but I installed a 6600 pci express, and was not able to get it to post. Using the onboard slot, it posts and operates fine. The motherboard is the Asus X200 Radeon Xpress. I tried going into the bios and changing the chipset to disable the onboard video, but wound up in a situation where it still wouldnt work and I had to reset the cmos to get in again. Unfortunately, my personal build is not pci express, so I cant test this. Any ideas?
 
I definitely do not want to screw with the bios, I've heard too many horror stories for that.

How can I be sure its a faulty card, as opposed to a faulty motherboard. I managed to install windows and everything on the build seems to be running smoothly, so unless its a problem on the mobo thats just isolated on the pci-e port, would that mean a faulty card?
 
<jedi>These are not the answers you're looking for</jedi>

Update the BIOS on the mobo. If that doesn't work, call tech support for the GPU and mobo.
 
Well, everything seems to be working fine (asides from my video woes in another thread), but anyways, I'm getting a single beep upon turning the computer on now. Consulting the manual told me that one beep could mean a keyboard controller error, a refresh time error, or no master drive detected. Well, the keyboard works fine, and I have windows installed and everything, so it must have detected the hard drive. However, I have no idea what refresh time error means. Can anyone shed some light, or highlight another possible problem?
 
If it's one short happy beep, it means all is well.

Is it short or long and annoying? :p
 
It's short and happy, reminding me of the the nightime crickets on an early summers eve.

Seriously tough, nothing to worry about? Cause I have an ASUS in my personal computer, and get no beeps.
 
The speakers they sent me appear to be non-functional, as now power led comes on when plugged in, and obviously I get no audio. Using my personal speakers with onboard audio works fine however, so I assume the mobo is functioning correctly in that regard.

How likely is it that the mobo is malfunctioning, considering EVERYTHING else seems to be in working order, with the video card? Cause I would really hate to have to unhook everything and RMA the mobo when I could just RMA the card.
 
In your bios are there two vid settings that you need to adjust;

disable onboard chip then also change Primary Display to appropriate setting?

No doubt you've re-seated the card as well.
 
Tried doing that, and wound up in a situation where I had to reset the cmos, as the card still wouldnt work and I couldn't see anything to enable onboard video again.
 
CptHawkeye - I'm the guy that merged your two threads. One thread per issue is the request, please....:cool:

Thanks - B.B.S.
 
When I have the card inserted, I can not get to bios or anything, my monitor simply does not get a signal. It's also worth mentioning that I dont now get that single beep with the card inserted.
 
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