Urgent Help needed on my gpu

zephyrus777 · 06-10-2007, 08:29 AM

Hi my pc already served me good for almost 2 years.. Back 2 weeks ago, ive been experiencing lock ups and crashes during games (wow and such) so i took measures to recover this(wiping the fan, shift my pc to an air-cond room etc etc).. but the prob still persists until it reached the max state, unable to display a thing and whenever i power on, a long beep follows up by 2 short ones (bios beeps proven something wrong with my gpu)so i assured it must be old enough already and should be replaced.. Yesterday i picked up a brand new msi 7600gs 256mb.. To my surprise, the 3 goddam beeps sound again.. Im now so confused and dont know what should i do.. Please help, thanks

Amd 3500+ venice 939
512 kingston x 2
Sapphire x800gt (faulty ??) and msi 7600gs (faulty too..??)
msi k8n neo4
450W

_simon_ · 06-10-2007, 08:50 AM

Only thing I can think of is a power supply issue to the card/slot.

So, I'm guessing faulty motherboard or dying psu.

I might be totally wrong though, see what other people think.

elitehacker · 06-10-2007, 09:31 AM

3 beeps usually means there is something wrong with the graphics. DO you have another system? If so it should be every easy, just test each component until you get to the faulty one.

StrangleHold · 06-10-2007, 01:36 PM

One long- two short beeps is a video error. If your old card went out and the new one doesnt work you might have a bad PCIe slot. You could try resetting the bios, the voltage or PCIe bus might have got off somehow. If that doesnt work find a old PCI video card just to see if it will boot

elitehacker · 06-11-2007, 01:20 AM

Most motherboards can't change the PCI-E voltage, so I don't think you would have to worry about that.

zephyrus777 · 06-12-2007, 07:48 AM

I have 3 pcs but unfortunately the cards only supports pcie slot, other 2 are agps.. I guess its something wrong with my mobo already :// oh yea how can i reset my bios and stuffs?

elitehacker · 06-12-2007, 09:35 AM

Of course you can reset your BIOS, there should be a jumper to do that. Or you can just take the battery out for about 20 seconds without the mains power connected.

06-10-2007, 08:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
zephyrus777 New Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3	Urgent Help needed on my gpu Hi my pc already served me good for almost 2 years.. Back 2 weeks ago, ive been experiencing lock ups and crashes during games (wow and such) so i took measures to recover this(wiping the fan, shift my pc to an air-cond room etc etc).. but the prob still persists until it reached the max state, unable to display a thing and whenever i power on, a long beep follows up by 2 short ones (bios beeps proven something wrong with my gpu)so i assured it must be old enough already and should be replaced.. Yesterday i picked up a brand new msi 7600gs 256mb.. To my surprise, the 3 goddam beeps sound again.. Im now so confused and dont know what should i do.. Please help, thanks Amd 3500+ venice 939 512 kingston x 2 Sapphire x800gt (faulty ??) and msi 7600gs (faulty too..??) msi k8n neo4 450W

06-10-2007, 08:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
_simon_ Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cannock, UK Age: 28 Posts: 952	Only thing I can think of is a power supply issue to the card/slot. So, I'm guessing faulty motherboard or dying psu. I might be totally wrong though, see what other people think. __________________ Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Dual Core + Arctic Cooling Freezer-64-LP 4GB (2x 2GB) OCZ PC2 6400 Dual CH Gold Edition XTC MSI K9AGM2-L mATX / eCute mATX Cube Case /Scythe Kama-Meter / Philips DVD RW Hitachi 160GB SATA II 8MB cache Palit 8800GT 512MB Realtek® ALC888 HD Audio + Altec Lansing VS4121 Belinea 22" Widescreen Vista Home Premium 64bit My creepy crawly collection

06-10-2007, 01:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 7,084	One long- two short beeps is a video error. If your old card went out and the new one doesnt work you might have a bad PCIe slot. You could try resetting the bios, the voltage or PCIe bus might have got off somehow. If that doesnt work find a old PCI video card just to see if it will boot __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 800 4gb PNY XLR8 8800GT Spinpoint F1 500gb. Too bad stupidity isn't painful.

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06-10-2007, 09:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,403	3 beeps usually means there is something wrong with the graphics. DO you have another system? If so it should be every easy, just test each component until you get to the faulty one.

06-11-2007, 01:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,403	Most motherboards can't change the PCI-E voltage, so I don't think you would have to worry about that.

06-12-2007, 07:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
zephyrus777 New Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3	I have 3 pcs but unfortunately the cards only supports pcie slot, other 2 are agps.. I guess its something wrong with my mobo already :// oh yea how can i reset my bios and stuffs?

06-12-2007, 09:35 AM	#7 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,403	Of course you can reset your BIOS, there should be a jumper to do that. Or you can just take the battery out for about 20 seconds without the mains power connected.