Just built a computer with these parts: Asus K8V SE Deluxe Athlon 64 3400+ 1gb Kingston PC3200 RAM 1 80gb 7200rpm WD HD 1 160gb 7200rpm ED HD Radeon 64mb Video Card It started up fine and after formatting the HD with NTFS it started checking both drives and froze. We were forced to turn it off. We then were unable to turn it back on. The motherboard light shows that there is power going to it, but nothing else works. Does anyone know what the problem could be?
The problem may come from the fact that your motherboard only supports agp8x video cards while yours is an agp4x card.
Transcend ATI RADEON 9200 Video Card, 64MB DDR, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "TS64MVDR92" -RETAIL (limit 5 per customer) - Specifications - Chipset/Core Speed: ATI RADEON 9200/250MHz Memory/Effective Speed: 64MB DDR/400MHz BUS: AGP 4x/8x Ports: VGA Out(15 Pin D-Sub)+DVI Connector+TV-Out(S-Video Out) Support 3D API: DirectX®8.1, OpenGL®1.3 Cable/Accessories: 1 Cable, VGA via DVI Adapter, Driver CD, Manual Max Resolution@32bit Color: 2048X1536@60Hz Retail Box (See pics for details) It's 4x/8x so it should be fine
The reason harrack said what he did was because the original Radeon came in 32MB and 64MB varieties, and you didn't specify that it was a Radeon 9200, which does have AGP 8x capabilities, unlike the original Radeon's limitation of 4x. Try powering the system on with the motherboard outside the case, sitting on a noncoductive surface (the motherboard box works very well for this). Additionally, have only the CPU (and heatsink), 1 stick of RAM, and the video card hooked up and see if it POSTs. If it does, start adding parts back slowly. If it doesn't, swap memory sticks around in each slot.
