What power supply are you using?  Does it have the 24 pin main power
connector?

John Sproule

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From: "Jay" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 12:52 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Tech help


>I recently purchased components for a new system from Newegg.com.
>
> AMD Athlon 64 3000 1.8 ghz socket 939
> MSI K8N Neo 4 motherboard
> Gigabyte's Radeon X700 Pro videocard
> 512 Corsair DDR PC3200 ram
> WD 80 Gig Harddrive
>
> Issues after all the hardware were pieced together.
>
> 1. There were all sorts of characters when i first booted the system.  I
> figure it's the video card.  So i took out the Radeon X700 and plugged in
> a regular PCI oldie from my cousin.  The screen cleared up.  Since i don't
> know anyone that has a motherboard whic supports PCI express 16 for the
> Radeon X700, don't know if it's 100% video card issue or motherboard.  Not
> 100% resolved.

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