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bradford
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 Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject: 8hda3+ FFh status code after inserting new video card. |
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I’ve been using an epox 8hda3+ motherboard with an agp 4x graphics
card, and everything has been working fine.
I recently decided to get a newer agp 8x card (the geforce 6600).
I inserted the new card, hooked it up to the power supply, and my
system won’t start. I have no BIOS, no video, no nothing. the status
code on the motherboard is FF.
When I put my old video card back in, everything
works great. Is it possible that my new video card is defective? or
am I missing something? clearing the CMOS didn’t help at all.
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Joe
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:33 pm Post subject: Re: 8hda3+ FFh status code after inserting new video card. |
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Don't give up on the card. My Geforce FX5200 8x AGP card wouldn't work
in my 8KTA3+ AGP slot which is rated at 4x AGP. I took the card and
plugged it into another computer with a true 8x AGP slot and it worked
great.
I'm think these newer cards don't like falling back to 4x mode in older
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bradford
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:43 am Post subject: Re: Re: 8hda3+ FFh status code after inserting new video car |
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"" wrote:
| Quote: | Don't give up on the card. My Geforce FX5200 8x AGP card
wouldn't work
in my 8KTA3+ AGP slot which is rated at 4x AGP. I took the
card and
plugged it into another computer with a true 8x AGP slot and
it worked
great.
I'm think these newer cards don't like falling back to 4x mode
in older
mobo's.
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but (correct me if I’m wrong) isn’t the epox 8hda3+ agp 8x compliant?
the datasheet seems to suggest that it is. Anything else that it
might be?
I won’t exactly give up on the card though... thanks for the advice!
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waldoooo
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:32 am Post subject: Re: Re: 8hda3+ FFh status code after inserting new video car |
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"bradford" wrote:
| Quote: | but (correct me if I'm wrong) isn't the epox 8hda3+ agp 8x
compliant? the datasheet seems to suggest that it is.
Anything else that it might be?
I won't exactly give up on the card though... thanks for the
advice!
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oh and yes the mb is compliant with AGP3.0 4 or 8x 1.5v |
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waldoooo
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:32 am Post subject: Re: Re: 8hda3+ FFh status code after inserting new video car |
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"bradford" wrote:
| Quote: | but (correct me if I'm wrong) isn't the epox 8hda3+ agp 8x
compliant? the datasheet seems to suggest that it is.
Anything else that it might be?
I won't exactly give up on the card though... thanks for the
advice!
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I have a 8hda3+ with the exact same problem, I built the computer a
little while ago and didnt have money for the graphics card I wanted
at the time. I finally bought a radeon 850xt and it will not boot with
this card. When I put my old 9700pro back in it boots every time.
I have pretty much tried everything, clearing cmos, taking battery out
for a couple minutes. I even took the mb completely out of the case
and made sure when the card was seated that it wasn’t hanging up on
any hard to see parts. I actually can get it to boot to the cmos once
in a while if I barely raise the corner of the card closest to the
lever that holds it into the slot.(I know thats asking for trouble so
I quit trying that method)
The new 850 card works just fine in other systems and the 8hda3+
computer works just fine with my old 9700 vid card. It really pisses
me off because the epox board has much better features than the ecs
and I would like to have my best parts inside of it.
the FFh code the motherboard displays can mean an add on card is not
inserted properly but this definitely isn’t the case. Well maybe it
is since I have had it post with the 850 card by raising one side ever
so slightly. But when I bench tested everything out of a case it
definitely was in straight and it got the FF. Pop the 9700 back in and
it works.
I measured the thickness, the depth of the contacts and just about
everything I could compare between the two video cards and they are
just about identical, one difference is the 9700 has two cut outs on
the contact area (I am guessing about an inch apart) while the 850
only has one about two inches from the edge.
I am hoping maybe updating the motherboard bios might fix the problem
but so far I haven’t had much luck locating anything newer than what I
already have.
Anyway sorry for the rambling but as you already know its a really
frustrating problem. By the time someone answers mine will either be
working or resting comfortably at the bottom of my swimming pool but
hopefully this thread will help the next person pulling their hair out
that finds it using google. |
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DaveL
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:32 pm Post subject: Re: Re: 8hda3+ FFh status code after inserting new video car |
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The 850XT requires a lot more power than a 9700pro. Could be your PSU is
not up to the task?
DaveL
"waldoooo" <DoNotEmail@HardwareForumz.com> wrote in message
news:7_303306_4d64d8d1bdc7181023de0cecfcb6b468@hardwareforumz.com...
| Quote: | "bradford" wrote:
but (correct me if I'm wrong) isn't the epox 8hda3+ agp 8x
compliant? the datasheet seems to suggest that it is.
Anything else that it might be?
I won't exactly give up on the card though... thanks for the
advice!
I have a 8hda3+ with the exact same problem, I built the computer a
little while ago and didnt have money for the graphics card I wanted
at the time. I finally bought a radeon 850xt and it will not boot with
this card. When I put my old 9700pro back in it boots every time.
I have pretty much tried everything, clearing cmos, taking battery out
for a couple minutes. I even took the mb completely out of the case
and made sure when the card was seated that it wasn’t hanging up on
any hard to see parts. I actually can get it to boot to the cmos once
in a while if I barely raise the corner of the card closest to the
lever that holds it into the slot.(I know thats asking for trouble so
I quit trying that method)
The new 850 card works just fine in other systems and the 8hda3+
computer works just fine with my old 9700 vid card. It really pisses
me off because the epox board has much better features than the ecs
and I would like to have my best parts inside of it.
the FFh code the motherboard displays can mean an add on card is not
inserted properly but this definitely isn’t the case. Well maybe it
is since I have had it post with the 850 card by raising one side ever
so slightly. But when I bench tested everything out of a case it
definitely was in straight and it got the FF. Pop the 9700 back in and
it works.
I measured the thickness, the depth of the contacts and just about
everything I could compare between the two video cards and they are
just about identical, one difference is the 9700 has two cut outs on
the contact area (I am guessing about an inch apart) while the 850
only has one about two inches from the edge.
I am hoping maybe updating the motherboard bios might fix the problem
but so far I haven’t had much luck locating anything newer than what I
already have.
Anyway sorry for the rambling but as you already know its a really
frustrating problem. By the time someone answers mine will either be
working or resting comfortably at the bottom of my swimming pool but
hopefully this thread will help the next person pulling their hair out
that finds it using google. |
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