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Old January 31st, 2008, 11:21 PM
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Problem with Sapphire 9600Pro Atlantis AGP Vid Card

Recently installed everything from my old HP into a new case with a 400w Power supply (old was 200w) and installed a Sapphire 9600Pro Atlantis AGP Vid Card although the fan on the card comes on the Monitor does not I reinstalled my old card monitor comes on immedialtly any ideas.

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Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) HP Pavilion 04 P8565A-ABA 762N 70000TG101ARGON
2.27 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-6579
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.04 05/10/2002
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81.95 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
47.75 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
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Old February 1st, 2008, 02:11 AM
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What was your old card?
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Old February 1st, 2008, 02:39 AM
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An ATI Radeon 9600 it is about 5 years old. I do Auto Sim Racing and with some of the Modern sims my frame rate was ok but not great so I bought the new card upgraded the memory and bought a new case with a better power supply the fan works on the new card but I guess not the card because the Monitor wont come on replaced the old card again and no problems. it is an AGP slot.
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Old February 1st, 2008, 04:09 AM
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Does the PC beep at all with the new card in?

Have you tried resetting the CMOS when you place the new card in?
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Old February 1st, 2008, 04:49 AM
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No Beep
Couldnt reset because the Monitor does not come on

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Old February 1st, 2008, 05:28 AM
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Resetting the CMOS you don't need the monitor. It's done by either removing the CMOS battery or moving a jumper on to other pins on the Clr cmos or Clear RTC pins. It's easier sometimes just to remove the battery for about 30 minutes, then putting it back in place. The battery looks like a large nickel.
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Old February 1st, 2008, 02:52 PM
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Do I remove the battery for 30 minutes then put the vid card in or put the vid card in while the battery is out.

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Old February 1st, 2008, 05:03 PM
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Take the old card out, put the new one in, then clear the cmos by removing the battery, replace it, then when the computer boots up you should see something on the monitor.
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Old February 1st, 2008, 06:29 PM
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No! made no difference maybe its a bad card . Could it have anything to do with the AGP slot although my older 7600 works fine. Unfortunatly I dont have any other puter to check it on

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Old February 1st, 2008, 07:04 PM
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Where did you get the Sapphire? Is it new or was it bought used? If used, it could be just a bad card. Well, actually, even new ones go bad.
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Old February 1st, 2008, 07:13 PM
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I bought it new from New Egg I have about 5 days left within my 30 day Guarentee.

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Old February 1st, 2008, 07:22 PM
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I'd send it back. Sounds like it's a bad one, and like I said, even new can be bad right out of the box.

I checked at HP to see if your AGP was 4x or 8x, though it usually doesn't matter because 8x are backward compitable with 4x, this might also be the case in point with your motherboard. It only has a 4x slot. And that card isn't 4x/8x, it's only 8x.
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Old February 1st, 2008, 10:06 PM
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I took it to a puter shop in the next town and they said it was Dead so if I get this right if my motherboard is 4x does that mean that the Vid Card I need has to be 4x/8x/ and that 8x would not work??

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Old February 1st, 2008, 10:15 PM
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No, even an 8x card should work. There has been times when they weren't backward compatible but it is a rare occurence. So the shop confirmed what I already told you.
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Old February 1st, 2008, 10:42 PM
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Ok I will go ahead and order another card many many thanks for you help

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