I have an Abit KT7A mobo. I was using a Nivida 5600 video card. One
day it wouldn't boot. No video display. So I pulled out the 5600 and
put in an old TNT 2 card. It worked, so I ordered another 5600.

It came today and it doesn't work. I don't remember if the mobo is a
2x,4x or 8x, but I do know that I have never set any settings before
using the card.

The only reason I can think of why the new card (and old which had
been working fine for at least a year) won't work is because it is 8x.
I was always told that if the card fits it should work.

Suggestions

Metspitzer wrote:
> I have an Abit KT7A mobo. I was using a Nivida 5600 video card. One
> day it wouldn't boot. No video display. So I pulled out the 5600 and
> put in an old TNT 2 card. It worked, so I ordered another 5600.
>
> It came today and it doesn't work. I don't remember if the mobo is a
> 2x,4x or 8x, but I do know that I have never set any settings before
> using the card.
>
> The only reason I can think of why the new card (and old which had
> been working fine for at least a year) won't work is because it is 8x.
> I was always told that if the card fits it should work.
>
> Suggestions

You can check here. According to this, it should work.
(Universal AGP 3.0 video card, in Universal AGP Motherboard ?)

http://www.playtool.com/pages/agpcompat/agp.html

With the TNT2 card in place, check the BIOS settings for AGP.
Then try shoving that 5600 back in.

Paul

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:19:59 +0100, "Tom E" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Metspitzer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have an Abit KT7A mobo. I was using a Nivida 5600 video card. One
>> day it wouldn't boot. No video display. So I pulled out the 5600 and
>> put in an old TNT 2 card. It worked, so I ordered another 5600.
>>
>> It came today and it doesn't work. I don't remember if the mobo is a
>> 2x,4x or 8x, but I do know that I have never set any settings before
>> using the card.
>>
>> The only reason I can think of why the new card (and old which had
>> been working fine for at least a year) won't work is because it is 8x.
>> I was always told that if the card fits it should work.
>>
>> Suggestions
>>
>
>you say the new card is an old one...........bought from where/who and did
>the seller tell you it was working.
>
The card that went bad was a 5500. I bought a brand new 5500 from new
egg still in a shrink wrap box.

The TNT2 was just an extra card I had laying around. I have no reason
to think the new card is bad, except for the fact it is not working. I
suspect it has something to do with both cards being 8X AGP cards.

I don't know for sure though.

sorin16 wrote:
> Hello, I have the same problem.
>
> I had a GeForce FX5700 (AGP8x). It worked. Suddenly it stopped working.
> When I turn on the PC, there is no display and the PC shuts down after 5
> seconds.
>
> I installed another videocard, GeForce 6600 (AGP8x), and had the same
> problem.
>
> Both these videocards work on other PCs.
>
> Then, I installed a Riva TNT2 (AGP4x), and it worked like a charm.
> After that, I tested a GeForce4 MX440 (AGP4x), and it also worked.
>
> The conclusion is that AGP8x cards don't work *anymore*.
> Why is that? Any opinions? Any help?
>

If you set the AGP rate in the BIOS to 4X, and then plug in the FX5700,
does that work ?

And if you run a benchmark like 3DMark2001SE, are any of the
cards that work, able to complete the benchmark without a problem ?

http://majorgeeks.com/3Dmark_d99.html

Paul