Friday, April 27, 2012

PCI video card won't work on my new motherboard.?

I'm building my first computer. I'm almost finished, but the last component I need is a video card. Because I am so close to being done and am getting excited I asked my A+ teacher if I could borrow one of the spare PCI video cards lying around so I could install Ubuntu. He loaned me a 128 bit ATI card and I went home and plugged in into the only standard PCI slot on my motherboard and connected the card to my monitor, but nothing displays not even the BIOS. There were no beep codes and I tested the card at school before hand and tested the monitor with another machine, both worked. The motherboard LED light is lit and the hard drive spins up and the optical drive opens and closes. The board is properly mounted and is not in contact with any metal on the case. The manual only explains using PCI-e cards. I'd hate to have to send the board back if it's functional.



Basically is it possible that my new ASUS M5 99x Evo doesn't support standard PCI video cards, but rather only PCI-E?



I have tested all power and cable connections several times so please don't comment with things like is the P1 connector plugged in?



Thanks!|||In some computers I have used, in order to get a PCI card to work you have to go into the BIOS and change the option of booting from PCI-E/AGP to PCI, you may also require to disable onboard video if you have it.|||that board does not have a stander pci slot they r pci express slot hopefully you did not short out the board pluse a pci card would not fit into a pci e slot|||The motherboard is compatible with PCI as listed here:



http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/M5A99X_EVO/#specifications



The product manual is also on the site listed above under the download section. It does show the installation of a PCI card into the appropriate slot.



I would do a few things:



1. Make sure you have it in the correct slot (Baby Blue). This may help: http://www.asus.com/websites/global/products/y6VrsVkIQucXalZe/product_overview.jpg



2. Unplug everything and clear the CMOS using the jumper on the motherboard.

Plug everything back in and see where you are.

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