ic7-g and siluro fx5800 these don't work together? help

[JoeC]

thanks for your help,
have a new ic7-g and a new fx5800 card ,i replace board and card and new cpu
2.4 533 with no results.took out a a 4x video card from a different box and it works with ic7-g? ic7-g says this motherboard provides an agp pro 50 slot with up to agp8x support. the fx5800 card is an 8x card

motherboard has a note(this motherboard does not support 3.3v agp cards. use only 1.5v or 0.8v agp cards)

i can't find infor for voltage of these cards? did i buy the wrong card? would like help with knowage on the voltages. these are both abit items i would think they would work.

just get a blank screen wouldn't finish the post test.

 

[shades2]

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thanks for your help,
have a new ic7-g and a new fx5800 card ,i replace board and card and new cpu
2.4 533 with no results.took out a a 4x video card from a different box and it works with ic7-g? ic7-g says this motherboard provides an agp pro 50 slot with up to agp8x support. the fx5800 card is an 8x card

motherboard has a note(this motherboard does not support 3.3v agp cards. use only 1.5v or 0.8v agp cards)

i can't find infor for voltage of these cards? did i buy the wrong card? would like help with knowage on the voltages. ...

Plug in your PC speaker.

I have a similar problem with an old Riva TNT2 Ultra AGP card, the speaker does one long beep followed by two short beeps which indicates it cannot initialise the video adapter. I suspect I need to fork out more money now for a NEW AGP card.

Let me also say, that an INCREDIBLE amount of force (really very scary) is required to put the DDR memory SIMMs into place, on a flat floor or table even, they also do not eject. The AGP card also did not go in without a fight.

I was very concerned at the amount of force required to get the memory into place, I've never seen anything like it, good thing the board is tough as nails.

 

[shades2]

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Plug in your PC speaker.

I have a similar problem with an old Riva TNT2 Ultra AGP card, the speaker does one long beep followed by two short beeps which indicates it cannot initialise the video adapter. I suspect I need to fork out more money now for a NEW AGP card.

Just read in the manual about the voltage. I suspect the Riva TNT2 is a 3.3Volt card.. bah...

 

[TomG]

your card is not a 3.3 volt card. there is something going on with getting the video to work on your board. do you have a decent power supply?

 

[shades2]

In article <rfjUa.22657$zd4.14494@lakeread02>, spake
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your card is not a 3.3 volt card. there is something going on with getting the video to work on your board. do you have a decent power supply?

Turns out that older AGP cards are not supported only 4X/8X. I got it going with a Radeon 9200, think I'll sell the TNT2 or use it in another machine.

More bad news, the Abit IC7-G was running along happily then shutdown... permanently... Component failure, I've RMAed the board, apparently this is proving pretty common. Symptoms are resistors burning out in some instances, maybe it's a MOSFET failure, unsure at this stage.

You guys are all obsessed with PSUs though, in the Abit forums this has been debunked, you don't NEED a massively powerful or expensive PSU in most instances to achieve results, only if you're planning on adding lots of extra drives/cd units. A decent 350W PSU should be more than adequate for driving the board, even if you overclock.

 

[TomG]

I might be obsessed with PSU's but that is only because I have 5 hard drives, 2 optical drives, 5 fans and then the P4 and such on top of that. I believe that having spare overhead in something like a power supply, one of the harder working devices in a system, can only be helpful.

as for the component failures on the IC7 series, this is the first I have heard of this and I'll keep an ear to the ground on that one...

 

[Edward Lee Ah Yen]

I will also add my 2c worth.

I have an Enermax 465 power supply with adjustable fan, and the only reasons I bought it is because of it's very stable voltage and current under load and spare capacity. Annandtech has a very good article on several power supplies tested and the Antec and Enermax came out on top for current and voltage ratings and stability.

My APC UPS says it is supplying 186 watts right now and that is running an ABIT IC7-G, Radeon 9700 Pro, Maxtor 80G, 2X OCZ, mouse and keyboard, APC UPS 1000 XS, and 4X case fans. If you take into account all the USB, firewire, hard drives, optical drives et,... that you can plug into this board you will see how easy it would be to surpass 250W.

It's like driving a V8 Vs. 4L, they both get you there, but torque is sweet when you need it

TomG wrote:

I might be obsessed with PSU's but that is only because I have 5 hard drives, 2 optical drives, 5 fans and then the P4 and such on top of that. I believe that having spare overhead in something like a power supply, one of the harder working devices in a system, can only be helpful.

as for the component failures on the IC7 series, this is the first I have heard of this and I'll keep an ear to the ground on that one...

 

[TomG]

and my UPS shows me using just over 300 watts but I admit I have my monitor plugged into the UPS as well as the PC so I know that a fair chunk of the consumption is the monitor. still, having the capacity is nice...