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MacroGuru
03-11-2004, 11:03 AM
Alright,

I am not a big fan of AMD's and such, but when you get them for Free no complaints.

I just received a motherboard and processor from a buddy of mine, he says they work.

I just dropped in 512 MB DDR PC210 RAM into it, and all my components.

It boots up, posts, and such, however, no video signal, my Radeon card powers up, the fan spins and everything.

Does anyone know of issues such as this, anything that I can do, or am I hosed on this (Man, I could use this upgrade)

Thanks
gstelmack
03-11-2004, 11:06 AM
So many things could be wrong. Does the motherboard AGP slot support your video card (newer cards don't work in older motherboards)? Is your monitor cable securely attached on both ends? Is there an onboard video chip that is messing with the installed card?
MikeVic
03-11-2004, 11:08 AM
Is the monitor plugged in?
Gallifrey
03-11-2004, 11:09 AM
Good points there. Does the motherboard have onboard video? You need to disable this to allow your card to be accessed.
MacroGuru
03-11-2004, 11:17 AM
It does have onboard video which has been disabled. Cables are fine, I hooked my old machine right back up to it.

I also tried my older GeForce card with the AGP slot, thinking it wouldn't support the Radeon. And my GeForce card is as old if not older, than the motherboard.

I can't even find the motherboard at the makers site.

Motherboard is an Iwill KA266-R Ver 1.3
MacroGuru
03-11-2004, 02:39 PM
*Bump*
sabotai
03-11-2004, 03:00 PM
Did you try putting the RAM into different slots? Sometimes motherboards want the RAM put in a certain order (You may have them in slot 2 and 3 instead of 1 and 2, for instance if you are using two 256 chips). Makes sure the hard drive is connected properly.

Things like this are kind of tricky. If just one thing is off, the computer will simply not boot up correctly.
Bonegavel
03-11-2004, 04:14 PM
make sure the board supports the Radeon's AGP factor. Read the Mobo book carefully and make sure the card is right for the board.
MacroGuru
03-11-2004, 05:19 PM
Yeah, I have tried the Radeon, as well as a GeForce card. Tomorrow, I will be trying an ancient PCI card to see if the AGP slot is bad.