MSI GeForce 6600 GT issues 1

[g0ste]

Hello,
I recently bought an AMD 64 3500+, Asus A8N SLI Deluxe mothebroard, 2x512mb (1gb) Geil DDR400 RAM, and an MSI 6600 GT graphics card. When I set up all my cool new loot, nothing happens. The screen stays black, and the power light flickers, as if it is on powersave mode (not "no signal", because that disappears when you plug it into anything.). Anyone have any clues / ideas on how to solve this problem?

Also whilst I am here, can I run a SATA hard disk drive as a normal drive on its own? I have a spare system (bar HDD) with SATA ports and SATA RAID ports on it, and was thinking of setting up a secondary computer. Is this possible?

Thank you

 

[franklin97355]

faq602-2731 for the hardware problem. Second on the SATA it would depend on the motherboard BIOS.

 

[g0ste]

hey thanks,
I already tried most of those. I assume "breadboard" would be to just lay everything out, not fix it in the case?

And I guessed that on the SATA.

 

[paparazi]

g0ste
Every motherboard we have sold and that I have worked with, that has SATA, can run with a single SATA drive.
What would be the point in designing serial ATA if it could only be used in conjunction with an older designed PATA unit! No point at all!
Press F6 and load SATA drivers on initial XP install.

Your other problem is rather more complicated, I would recommend pulling off everything and leaving a bare min configuration to start the diagnosis.
Check for proper motherboard mounting (that you only have the mounting posts in the correct positions.
Martin


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[g0ste]

Hey, thanks paparazi

I will try that for the SATA drive I appreciate it.

However my gfx card problem is complicated. I have basically run motherboard, processor (hs+fan), gfx card, mouse and keyboard. but still no bios screen, or anything. I have inspected the gfx card seems to be in working order, no blown capacitors, or goo running anywhere. The motherboard is mounted correctly, and it doesnt seem to be shorting out anywhere. I will start over from scratch in the morning. Thanks for your help Any omre suggestions are welcome

 

[kmcferrin]

Check your manual. If you have an SLI board and are not running in SLI mode, you may need to cahnge some jumpers or other motherboard configs. Check your manual.

This part is just a guess, but if you have a monitor hooked up to the DVI connector on your video card, trying hooking something up to the VGA connector instead.

 

[g0ste]

arg! i have tried practically everything. Only thing is, I have a 400w power supply. Maybe it requires more. it says here,

http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket939/a8nsli-d/overview.htm#

(under power requirement on the right) that with the setup i have (2 dvd drives, 2 hdd's, 1 floppy, about a million USB toys, sound card (pci obv), and i wanna run one (for now) pci-e gfx card, and occasionally i get stuff from my digi video cam and charge my ipod via 1394).
Now that is all fine for a >=500w powersupply. But when I am just trying to power the motherboard (et al), gfxcard, and mouse & keyboard. that doesnt / shouldnt require a <500w power supply should it? thx

 

[kmcferrin]

No, it shouldn't. If you strip your system down to mainboard, video card, and memory then it shouldn't require much of a power supply at all. Does your video card have an additional power connector on it that must be connected to the PSU?

 

[g0ste]

nope. its an MSI NX6600 GT. On the Asus website,

http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket939/a8nsli-d/overview.htm#

after clicking on the VGA QVL, it says "ASUS Certified Add-in SLI VGA Cards" and in the list is the MSI NX6600 GT (TD128E). So it is certified, and it still doesnt work... I am gonna have to resort to enquiring within a computer shop they prolly wont fix it tho, and charge me a bundle :<

 

[FlammerDylis]

HI,
I have bought the same configuration, and i had more or less the same problem

my problems were ( there were 2 ) : forgot to plug the 12v connector on the motherboard, second, was that i had left a usb key in it's slot there, when in reboot, computer didn't came to bios splash screen, and went into sleep mode

for SATA, you can run with only one with no problem
For me, i've lost all my data on my sata when i change this configuration (didn't understood why)

I hope that i've helped you

 

[g0ste]

hehe, thanks FlammerDylis. I had missed the ATX12v plug (hidden behind the giant heatsink. Boots fine now!
Much appreciated i have a HUGE grin across my face now