trouble with the old 8800 gt

[mrlelie]

hi everybody,
i have a weird problem.

i have a new mobo and cpu and a 8800 gt. the first time i put the power on, the whole thing exploded, so i got a new thingie where you put the power cable in. second time, all the fans started working before i pushed the powerbutton!! after that i didn't get a signal on my screen

my friend and i thought it was the chipset, so we took all the stuff not needed for startup out (including the geforce 8800 gt) and when i put the power back on, the fans kept their cool till i pushed the button. windows started just like normal etc. i installed the chipset and i thought all was fine, but when i put the vid card back in, the same thing happened again, the fans started working before i pushed the button and no signal on my screen. no bios or anything.

when i pulled the vid card out, everything worked properly again.

could someone tell me why my vid card is messing everything up? :P

i've got a asus p5vd2 -mx se mobo.

[mrlelie]

allright after some simsalabim, the computer suddenly remembered it has a power button and stopped screwing around. now it only starts when i push the button.

but at startup the monitor still doesn't show anything. no bios or anything.
the monitor is fine, i tested it on another computer.

[XFX Tech]

Your motherboard uses a VIA chipset. They are not compatible with PCIE 2.0 cards. Start a support ticket at http://www.xfxforce.com/web/support/supportCentral.jspa and PM me the ticket number. You can check with your motherboard manufacturer to see if they have a BIOS update that will fix the problem. If not, than we may have a work around.

The only thing that worries me is the exploded comment. I hope the card wasn't damaged from that. Can you try the card in another system with an NVIDIA, Intel, AMD, or ATI chipset?

[Miker]

What does explode mean? It could be PSU related (First thing that comes to mind with a explosion) or a Mobo problem.

[bogswan]

I have the same motherboard with the last chipset and bios updates

i bought an 8800gs and had the same problem

i took it back as faulty...oops

i have no serial to register and get help but i want to re buy the card

if a work around can be given to me or a bios update to make my motherboard pcie 2.0 compatible

please help