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Gotta freind with a "modern" mobo? try it and then tell him to F off.
Is the computer beeping??? I hate to say it, but if the card is defective the motherboard should be beeping. It sounds like the card isn't fitting into the slot correctly, like the contact fingers are barely making a connection in the slot. The connection is enough for the mobo to know it's there, but not enough to actually power the card up.
Make sure the slot and contact fingers are clean and make sure the weight of the card isn't putting any stress on the slot. And make sure the card is firmly inserted into the slot, you want to hear the slot lock CLICK.
^^^That's what I'm thinking as well, but if that POST code says its something bad with the GPU, then OP can use that to back up his statement that the card is bad.
^^^That's what I'm thinking as well, but if that POST code says its something bad with the GPU, then OP can use that to back up his statement that the card is bad.
Re the POST code.
My Abit does have a 2 digit LED display that shows hexadecimal codes during the boot-up sequence to help you diagnose faults.
When 1st turned on the display shows 9.9
when turned on (and the 285 installed) it shows 2 different numbers almost too fast to see what they are and stops at 9.0
Which apparently means:
Complete µGuru initial processAWARD BIOS take over booting job
I have checked and my BIOS is the latest one (July 2007)
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I guess I do need to ask.
How much power do you think the GTX-285 needs to actually boot up.
For the record, my Corsair HX520w modular power supply was powering ONLY the following items (after I disconnected all I could do:
Intel Q6700 with a fan on it
Abit AB9 Motherboard
640GB Samsung Spinpoint HDD
2 sticks of 1.8v DDR2 memory
And of course the GTX-285 itself.
I had disconnected my two CD-ROM Drives, my 2 case fans , my PCI sound card and my other 2 sticks of memory.
Is there any way a quality 520w supply could not supply enough power to bootup a system with the things I had still attached?
That card could be frying the boards.....
Can you take the HDD out, use only one stick of ram, and your old graphics card to see if it will atleast start up? If not, then chances are, that card is frying computers.