8hda3+ FFh status code after inserting new video card.

[anhly317]

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I’ve been using an epox 8hda3 motherboard with an agp 4x graphics

card, and everything has been working fine.



I recently decided to get a newer agp 8x card (the geforce 6600).



I inserted the new card, hooked it up to the power supply, and my

system won’t start. I have no BIOS, no video, no nothing. the status

code on the motherboard is FF.



When I put my old video card back in, everything

works great. Is it possible that my new video card is defective? or

am I missing something? clearing the CMOS didn’t help at all.



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[lordryu13]

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Don't give up on the card. My Geforce FX5200 8x AGP card wouldn't work

in my 8KTA3 AGP slot which is rated at 4x AGP. I took the card and

plugged it into another computer with a true 8x AGP slot and it worked

great.



I'm think these newer cards don't like falling back to 4x mode in older

mobo's.

[cubebu]

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"" wrote:

> Don't give up on the card. My Geforce FX5200 8x AGP card

> wouldn't work

> in my 8KTA3 AGP slot which is rated at 4x AGP. I took the

> card and

> plugged it into another computer with a true 8x AGP slot and

> it worked

> great.

>

> I'm think these newer cards don't like falling back to 4x mode

> in older

> mobo's.



but (correct me if I’m wrong) isn’t the epox 8hda3 agp 8x compliant?

the datasheet seems to suggest that it is. Anything else that it

might be?



I won’t exactly give up on the card though... thanks for the advice!



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