Any savy computer techies able to explain this?

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#1 dom2000
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Im at a loss to explain this! Just brought a new gtx 460(oh yea!), massive upgrade from my 8800 gts 640mb, and put it the pci-express x16 slot were my old card used to be,plug it all in and it beeps at me, indicating possible video card failure! Just sat there and looked at it for awhile...was pretty sure i had a faulty card but was like **** it ill just try the other pci express 16x slot for the craic and somehow it worked?? Wat is the difference? I know that slot works I had the other card in it before, and the card defintely was in right...i just dont understand it!

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#2 -GeordiLaForge-
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Are they both PCI-E x16 slots? What kind of PSU you have? Also, try resetting the advanced PCI-E configuration data via the bios...
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#3 ionusX
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im thinking your 8800gts broke the origional slot and now only it will respond to the 8800gts..

sometime parts can wear down their sockets especially in the case of gpu's and very often this can result in the sicket only being able to detect what was origionally there if anything at all.

im thinking your other socket is busted yo

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#4 osan0
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well the main thing here is to be thankful it works...chalk it up to "one of those things" and move on :P. if your ever curious...and have a spare GPU that you know works...and dont mind the possibility that it could all go horribly wrong and knock out a perfectly good card....try putting a grahics card back into that first slot and see what happens. i mention it simply because when you first put it in the GPU may not have been fully inserted. also please forgive me for asking a stupid question...but the first time you put the card in did you remember to plug in the extra power? cards make a hell of a fuss if you forget. it is also entirely possible that, as mentioned above, its a dead socket...knackered after years of service. going by your post TC it probably is a dead socket and i wouldnt bother checking. it works....enjoy it and have fun.
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#5 danjammer69
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Not a stupid question. It is exactly what I was thinking. Especially since it was beeping.

Forgetting to plug in the power to a GPU is probably the most common mistake made.

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#6 AdamPA1006
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Ya make sure your power supply can handle the power needed by that card
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#7 -GeordiLaForge-
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Not a stupid question. It is exactly what I was thinking. Especially since it was beeping.

Forgetting to plug in the power to a GPU is probably the most common mistake made.

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Yeah, that's why I asked if they were both PCI-E x16 slots. I thought that maybe only one was PCI-E x16, and that it had more capacitors and VRM's.. Did you figure it out TC?
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#8 TheFarseer2
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I've had this happen with my Asus P5N-D with my original card which I removed to clean out. It's weird I think it's due to the card bending the slot or something in a way. I got it to boot by actually bending the card a bit while trying to boot the computer. Put the card in the slot and bend it down a little or up and hold it to see if it boots. Neither of my Nvidia cards would boot when I know they work fine unless I bent them a little and my friends ATI card worked just fine. The weird thing is the problem went away after a while.
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#9 -GeordiLaForge-
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I've had this happen with my Asus P5N-D with my original card which I removed to clean out. It's weird I think it's due to the card bending the slot or something in a way. I got it to boot by actually bending the card a bit while trying to boot the computer. Put the card in the slot and bend it down a little or up and hold it to see if it boots. Neither of my Nvidia cards would boot when I know they work fine unless I bent them a little and my friends ATI card worked just fine. The weird thing is the problem went away after a while.TheFarseer2
That's either a broken solder point or bent contacts in the slot. I'm guessing that the contacts just took a while "bounce" back, since the problem fixed itself. It could still be a broken connection just barely touching though, so be careful...
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#10 SPBoss
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MAybe your power suppl isn't up to scratch? which one do you have. you need at least 30+amps on the 12v
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#11 danjammer69
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[QUOTE="TheFarseer2"]I've had this happen with my Asus P5N-D with my original card which I removed to clean out. It's weird I think it's due to the card bending the slot or something in a way. I got it to boot by actually bending the card a bit while trying to boot the computer. Put the card in the slot and bend it down a little or up and hold it to see if it boots. Neither of my Nvidia cards would boot when I know they work fine unless I bent them a little and my friends ATI card worked just fine. The weird thing is the problem went away after a while.-GeordiLaForge-
That's either a broken solder point or bent contacts in the slot. I'm guessing that the contacts just took a while "bounce" back, since the problem fixed itself. It could still be a broken connection just barely touching though, so be careful...

Exactly what i would look for. Bad contact points in the slot.
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