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Geforce FX and Motherboard

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First post, by skii837

Posted on Yesterday, 04:36

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Hope everyone is doing well,

I am trying to post.

Motherboard: Asus P2B-S
CPU: Pentium III 800 MHz (SL3XR)
Ram: 2 x Samsung SD Ram PC133
GPU: Nvidia GeForce FX (EVGA)
PSU: OCZ700MXSP (700 Watt modern PSU)

When I boot the system I get one long beep followed by three short ones.

According to the manual that is a GPU error.
The GPU has 2 notches and I thought means that it is universal being able to run at 3.3 Volts.
However, it seems that the graphic is not able to accept this voltage.

Is there anything else I can do? Or should I look for another GPU?

Thanks in advance.

Reply 1 of 9, by Jasin Natael

Posted on Yesterday, 17:17

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Do you have another GPU to test with?
If not, do you have another working system that you can test your current GPU with?

Barring any of that, try stripping the rig down to minimal components, motherboard/CPU, PSU, GPU, single stick of ram.
Nothing else.
See if you still have the problem.

Reply 2 of 9, by Matth79

Posted on Yesterday, 17:53

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It's possible the card is incorrectly keyed, some lists put the FX as being 3.3V capable, but it may be implementation dependent.
You can also find "theoretically works", but doesn't like the chipset.

Reply 3 of 9, by Repo Man11

Posted on Yesterday, 19:58

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There's an excellent chance that GPU draws too much power for the AGP slot in that board (unless the card has an external power connector). Try a low power AGP or PCI video card. I briefly had one of these boards and I ran into this when testing it.

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Reply 4 of 9, by skii837

Posted on Today, 01:24

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Thank you for all the quick responses.

Unfortunately, I don't have another card or rig to test.

Are there any jumper settings to could help in this case?
If I get another GPU that's not a guarantee this would work either.

I was thinking to get a GeForce 2 MX 400 or a GeForce 4 4200.
But am open to any further suggestions, if I am going that route of purchasing a new card all together.

Reply 5 of 9, by Jasin Natael

Posted on Today, 13:20

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Geforce 4 MX440 is a great card and would be all right, but would require a newer driver that might eat some CPU cycles.
I would consider a Geforce 2 series card with that setup, it would allow you to use an earlier driver and should give a nice performance boost.
You could go Geforce 3 as well but they can be power hogs and sounds like that is already potentially a problem for you.

Geforce 2 GTS/Ti or even Geforce 2MX is worth considering.