Completely Flumoxed (Computer build)

[Dymetrie]

Originally Posted by Admiral Huddy

Is the card dual slot? I've had to modify a case before now to get the card flush with the retention brackets.

It's a single slot X1650 replacing a dual slot X800. It won't fit unless I hacksaw off the rear panel and have it sticking out of the case.

Originally Posted by Admiral Huddy

Going back to your mates PC, have you tried a different monitor and monitor cable? If the VGA wasn't installed correctly or not working, then you would almost certainly get a POSt error. Make sure you have the case speaker attached.

My brother's* PC... different monitor, different cable, different cards, different motherboards, different chips, different RAM, different PSU...

Got some POST error beeps when faffing around with it last night but they were sporadic and there was no solid pattern to them (they were claiming a memory fault, but didn't get the error beeps on every boot and swapped out all the RAM using both motherboards. Surely 5 different sticks can't be faulty on 2 different motherboards can they?).