lxcpikiman
imbad @ bf2
+70|6637|Toronto-Canada
i just bought agp N7600gs and I wanted to installed but it just couldn't start up when i pushed the button to turn the PC on it just kept beeping and didn't start up.
i have a power supply of 350W and my friend told that this could be the problem but he wasn't sure
anyone could help me.
thanks in advance
MECtallica
Member
+73|6546|jalalabad
yea probably better pSU, or your card is dead
jsnipy
...
+3,276|6564|...

5 or six beeps? sounds like bios doesn't see card
lxcpikiman
imbad @ bf2
+70|6637|Toronto-Canada
it's just beep and keeps on going it's annoying
Buckles
Cheeky Keen
+329|6598|Kent, UK
take a mallet to it
Cybargs
Moderated
+2,285|6758
did you plug the molex cable into it?
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SGT_Squirtle
Member
+13|6758
N7600? is that a Geforce 7600? because 7600s only come in PCI express. the 6000 series cards are the last to support AGP.

You probably need at least 450W PSU and it potentially may need a power cable of it's own. check the installation guide to be sure.
Cybargs
Moderated
+2,285|6758
350 watt psu should be fine though.
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DoctorFruitloop
Level 13 Wrongdoer
+515|6588|Doncaster, UK

SGT_Squirtle wrote:

N7600? is that a Geforce 7600? because 7600s only come in PCI express. the 6000 series cards are the last to support AGP.

You probably need at least 450W PSU and it potentially may need a power cable of it's own. check the installation guide to be sure.
That would be why I have an AGP 7800GS+ which is actually a 7900 GPU. But the rest of what you said is correct. Look for a power input if you haven't already done so, they need their own supply, and if that don't work it may be that you need a bigger PSU. Try unplugging any CD or DVD drives that you have to free up some power and see what happens.

Last edited by DoctorFruitloop (2006-09-06 09:01:53)

lxcpikiman
imbad @ bf2
+70|6637|Toronto-Canada
the card didn't come with a calep to plug in the motherboard (basides the cable for the tv-out) it just came with the card manual and the cd driver
DoctorFruitloop
Level 13 Wrongdoer
+515|6588|Doncaster, UK
Does it have a power socket on it? Like the ones that power your HDD?
Psycho
Member since 2005
+44|6818|Kansas, USA

SGT_Squirtle wrote:

N7600? is that a GeForce 7600? because 7600s only come in PCI express. the 6000 series cards are the last to support AGP.
Here are 9 different 7000 series nVidia GeForce series cards in the AGP format. That was true when the 7000 series first launched, but the AGP versions have been available for many, many months now.

NewEgg
lxcpikiman
imbad @ bf2
+70|6637|Toronto-Canada

DoctorFruitloop wrote:

Does it have a power socket on it? Like the ones that power your HDD?
no it didn't came with one of those i thought myself that was weird so i think i have buy one of those cables?
Cybargs
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+2,285|6758

lxcpikiman wrote:

DoctorFruitloop wrote:

Does it have a power socket on it? Like the ones that power your HDD?
no it didn't came with one of those i thought myself that was weird so i think i have buy one of those cables?
its your regular molex cable, they are large 4 pin ones, mainly on ide hard drives
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Scorpion0x17
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+691|6808|Cambridge (UK)

lxcpikiman wrote:

DoctorFruitloop wrote:

Does it have a power socket on it? Like the ones that power your HDD?
no it didn't came with one of those i thought myself that was weird so i think i have buy one of those cables?
If it's got one of those 4-pin molex power connectors on it, yes you need to plug a spare power cable into it - if you don't have a spare, you can buy cables that give you an extra connector - if you can find one...

Last edited by Scorpion0x17 (2006-09-06 09:47:43)

lxcpikiman
imbad @ bf2
+70|6637|Toronto-Canada
yeah my video card 4-pin molex to connect a cable but i dunno which cable i have to connect
lxcpikiman
imbad @ bf2
+70|6637|Toronto-Canada
thanks to everyone who helped me i finnaly made it to work and yes it was the molex calbe that wasn't connected.
now i installed the driver from the cd so i don't have to install the driver from nvidia website right?
LilDemon81
Member
+4|6530
Might as well grab the newest drivers from NVidia, they update fairly often and may be newer.
Scorpion0x17
can detect anyone's visible post count...
+691|6808|Cambridge (UK)
Yes, definitely download the latest drivers.

DON'T install them straight away though!

The ones on the CD are never the latest - they'll work, but you might not get the best performance or stability out of them.

Though at the same time you might find them more stable than the latest.

Download the latest drivers, but don't install them.

Install the drivers on the CD first.
Then, just run it like that for a while - get a good half a dozen or so sessions of BF2 on that setup and see how stable it is - if it's running fine then you at least know that those drivers are stable.

Now, either way, whether it's stable or not, you might want to consider updating to the latest drivers - as I said they're likely to give you better performance, but their is a risk the system will be less stable.

If your system isn't stable then install the latest driver anyway - they may cure all your problems. Or they may make it worse - it's one of those 'you could gain a lot, but there is a risk you'll lose some' type situations.

Sorry, for being so 'sit-on-the-fence' but if you've been playing BF2 for a while you'll know that sometimes you get a 1.2, but sometimes you get a 1.3...

Also, I run ATI, so I don't know how stable the latest drivers are - I'm sure one of the nVidia peeps that hangs around could comment on that - and post a link to the latest drivers for you...

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