Damn college... (post of many things.. kinda) + problem
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:27 pm
As a result of buying my laptop a year 'early', I'm now stuck with a Pentium M 1.6GHz, 2GB RAM laptop while most other people got dual core stuff :[ I can't bring my primary (one in sig) because.. well.. I just don't want to, its overdoing it? :]
So I just figured.. hey I still have that X2 3800+ and the ECS motherboard bundled with it, a PCI video card, 256MB of RAM, spare hard drives, and a Enermax 350W PSU. hell why not make something?
So I did and apparently the X2 3800+ ISNT damaged and the system works. 25 hour dual prime stable. I'll be utilizing this system's CPU power in college yay!
The problem I have is, that PCI video card is the only (modern) PCI video card I have and I want to keep it as just a spare for troubleshooting purposes and the like. I got a 6200LE PCI-Express on sale for $20 but it just won't work. I get the beep error indicating a video fault but otherwise no indications of any problems. It won't POST. I try the 6200LE in the 7800GT's place in my primary PC and it works fine.
Now heres something that made me laugh a bit :]
I try the 7800GT in the spare system with the 350W PSU, the PSU got pwned before any fan could spin a full circle. I figure that if I use another power supply just to power the video card through its PCI-Express connector, itll work out fine. So I get a 420W PSU and use it JUST to power the 7800GT. The 420W got pwned. My 7800GT single-handedly took out a 420W PSU (12V rail 18A). I'm so proud.
Anyway, HELP! I want to be able to use the 6200LE in that X2 3800+ system but it won't POST! specs are:
Enermax 350W
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ w/ Opteron stock cooler
ECS nForce4-A939
Generic 256MB DDR PC2100
Hitachi 80GB IDE 7200RPM
Diamond ATI Radeon 7000 32MB PCI (WILL POST)
OR
3D Fuzion nVidia Geforce 6200LE 128MB PCI-Express (WON'T POST)
So I just figured.. hey I still have that X2 3800+ and the ECS motherboard bundled with it, a PCI video card, 256MB of RAM, spare hard drives, and a Enermax 350W PSU. hell why not make something?
So I did and apparently the X2 3800+ ISNT damaged and the system works. 25 hour dual prime stable. I'll be utilizing this system's CPU power in college yay!The problem I have is, that PCI video card is the only (modern) PCI video card I have and I want to keep it as just a spare for troubleshooting purposes and the like. I got a 6200LE PCI-Express on sale for $20 but it just won't work. I get the beep error indicating a video fault but otherwise no indications of any problems. It won't POST. I try the 6200LE in the 7800GT's place in my primary PC and it works fine.
Now heres something that made me laugh a bit :]
I try the 7800GT in the spare system with the 350W PSU, the PSU got pwned before any fan could spin a full circle. I figure that if I use another power supply just to power the video card through its PCI-Express connector, itll work out fine. So I get a 420W PSU and use it JUST to power the 7800GT. The 420W got pwned. My 7800GT single-handedly took out a 420W PSU (12V rail 18A). I'm so proud.
Anyway, HELP! I want to be able to use the 6200LE in that X2 3800+ system but it won't POST! specs are:
Enermax 350W
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ w/ Opteron stock cooler
ECS nForce4-A939
Generic 256MB DDR PC2100
Hitachi 80GB IDE 7200RPM
Diamond ATI Radeon 7000 32MB PCI (WILL POST)
OR
3D Fuzion nVidia Geforce 6200LE 128MB PCI-Express (WON'T POST)