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I am trying to install power color R98E-SD3 Video when it is installed in to
the PCI Slot brown and the power is turned on there is a bleeping sound can
any one tell me what is the cause. running XP the info on the card AGP 8X
,256MB,DDR RAM. THANK YOU.
 
bhangra said:
I am trying to install power color R98E-SD3 Video when it is installed in to
the PCI Slot brown and the power is turned on there is a bleeping sound can
any one tell me what is the cause. running XP the info on the card AGP 8X
,256MB,DDR RAM. THANK YOU.
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Powercolor ATI Radeon 9800SE 256MB DDR, 8xAGP, DVI, TV Out OEM
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=8086

The brown slot is AGP.

The video card pictured in the Microdirect photo, has both
the 1.5V and 3.3V slots cut. The card is similar in that respect
to the ATI 9800Pro I've got. Now, what I noticed, is when the
card was plugged into a 3.3V only motherboard (P2B-S 440BX),
all I got was beeps. The card works and continues to work, in
my other motherboards which have a 1.5V only video card slot.
The card was not damaged by being connected to the 440BX,
but it didn't work either. And I had the auxiliary power connector
plugged in at the time, so that wasn't the missing ingredient.

What is your motherboard ? Is it a 3.3V only motherboard, an
old one ?

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

Based on the card keying, my 9800Pro should have worked in
a 3.3V motherboard (because the slot pattern cut in the
card would make it a "Universal AGP Card"). If the card had
only the 1.5V slot on the edge connector, that would have
made the card a "Universal 1.5V AGP 3.0 Card". The Microdirect
picture shows the card as "Universal AGP Card", because both
slots are apparent in this picture.

(Two slots cut in gold fingers on the right hand side of the photo)

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/images/normal/videocards/ati/zzvidpow9800se25.jpg

This is another picture of a 9800SE here. Notice there is a
"floppy disk power connector" on the upper edge of the card. You
must connect a power cable to the connector, so that the card
can get the power it needs. That is an auxiliary source of power.

http://www.hwupgrade.it/articoli/974/sapphire_9800se_scheda1.jpg

In this picture, you can see the adapter cable, connected to the
white connector near the top-center of the card. The adapter has
a male and female Molex connector, for connection to a disk drive
power cable. The remaining end of the cable has a floppy power
connector, and that is what connects to the video card. The retail
version of an ATI video card, will usually include an adapter
cable, but I don't know if an OEM (card only) product would include
it.

http://www.azpcsupply.com/assets/images/atir9800se128.jpg

Be careful to insert the floppy connector cable the right way.
It should be mechanically keyed, so it only fits one way.

Paul
 
bhangra said:
I am trying to install power color R98E-SD3 Video when it is installed in
to
the PCI Slot brown and the power is turned on there is a bleeping sound
can
any one tell me what is the cause. running XP the info on the card AGP 8X
,256MB,DDR RAM. THANK YOU.
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's funny, it was a *buzzing* sound when you originally posted this to
windowsxp.basics....
 
Thank you Paul, motherboard3.0 version,d.o.m 2/11/02 and the floppy disk
power connector missing .thanks for the photos. will the beeps stop when
connected to the floppy. thanks again
 
bhangra said:
Thank you Paul, motherboard3.0 version,d.o.m 2/11/02 and the floppy disk
power connector missing .thanks for the photos. will the beeps stop when
connected to the floppy. thanks again
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As I explained, when I connected a similar card, a 9800Pro, to a
3.3V only motherboard (AGP 1X), I got beeps and it didn't work.
And I had the power connector in place as well. But if your motherboard
is AGP 3.0 (8X), then chances are it should work better than my experiment
with a 440BX chipset based motherboard.

Paul
 
Paul said:
Powercolor ATI Radeon 9800SE 256MB DDR, 8xAGP, DVI, TV Out OEM
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=8086

The brown slot is AGP.

The video card pictured in the Microdirect photo, has both
the 1.5V and 3.3V slots cut. The card is similar in that respect
to the ATI 9800Pro I've got. Now, what I noticed, is when the
card was plugged into a 3.3V only motherboard (P2B-S 440BX),
all I got was beeps. The card works and continues to work, in
my other motherboards which have a 1.5V only video card slot.
The card was not damaged by being connected to the 440BX,
but it didn't work either. And I had the auxiliary power connector
plugged in at the time, so that wasn't the missing ingredient.
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If I remember correctly, when I got my 9700 Pro when it was first
released it had a warning that it only worked with 1.5 volt AGP slots.
The warning mentioned that it could fit in some boards that would damage
the video card, something I did not want to try with a $400 card. I
never tried it in my P2B-S, but it worked fine in a P4T.
 
I am trying to install power color R98E-SD3 Video when it is installed in to
the PCI Slot brown and the power is turned on there is a bleeping sound can
any one tell me what is the cause. running XP the info on the card AGP 8X
,256MB,DDR RAM. THANK YOU.
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Why ask HERE? This is a purely hardware related question that has
NOTHING to do with the OS (read the group title).

Ask elsewhere
 
Why ask HERE? This is a purely hardware related question that has
NOTHING to do with the OS (read the group title).
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In about 3 months I'm reading this newsgroup (not regularly) you've
used about the same "nyms". You apparently know that you are in my
kill-file again "good riddance" I guess the next time you show up
I'll *PLONK* you silently.....
Ask elsewhere
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