I was wondering if someone could tell me if a PowerColor X1600 Pro 512MB AGP video card will work with Abit's VA-20 motherboard. I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post in, so please excuse me if I posted in the wrong spot.
I think so. But it is better to go through the manual or manufacture official web site. There may be a solution for your question.
Well, I emailed the video card manufactuer about the video card voltages, and it's supposed to work with my motherboard since it support 1.5v and 0.8v, but when I hook it up to my system, my system makes a long beep, and my screen never powers on... the light on my screen stays orange. If I put my old video card in the AGP port, it works perfectly. Any help would be appreciated. I have a Antec TP2.0 480W PSU (vid. card ask for at least 300). *This topic probably needs to be moved now, since It's probably in the wrong section.
Do you check your video card on another PC? Check what happened. May be the problem is on video card, think that no any issue on your power supply. Don't worry. If it is required administrator will do it.
Tested the video card in a buddies computer the other day, booted up like a charm So it's obviously not the video card being RMA.
Not sure, what would you recommend? I'm thinking about buying a new motherboard since that seems to be my only problem. The ABIT VA-20 I got is only about 1 1-2 years old, if that, but ABIT has discontinued it. I've heard I should either go with ASUS or ABIT for my AMD Athlon XP 2400+. What do you recommend?
AGP 8x is backwards compatible with AGP 4x standards. I believe that combination shouldn't be a problem given it's relatively low age.
Could it be that the video card is to fast for the motherboard? That's kind of a weird thought, but I was just wondering. I read up on the video card before I bought it and everything seemed fine until I got it, and tried putting it into my computer. All pins look like they're fitting in every slot and the power cable is connected. I tried resetting the CMOS battery to no avail, disabled on-board VGA through XP (because my motherboard BIOS doesn't have the option to turn on-board off) and it's still doing it. I'm going to save up for a new motherboard I guess, I can't think of any other problem.
