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Most M/Bs will give a distinct beep code if they detect a problem with the video. This is typically 1 or 2 long beeps followed by a series of 4 or 5 quick short beeps. If this is the case, then try moving your video card to a different slot (if you have a different slot) and/or try a different card. You might even want to try a different monitor just to rule this out.

Answer number 1 is cool, but a faster resolution might just be checking to see if the card is seated correctly. I have had a lot of experience where the end of the card was not pushed in all of the way.

Not sure if this is relevant but we had a newish Compaq machine with similar problems. Answer number 2 was what we were told to do, followed by answer number 1. As you can guess, both of these failed. However, when the engineer finally turned up he brought a CD with him that flashed the BIOS. There had been a bug in the released BIOS from Compaq but they thought they had caught most of them before they were shipped.

It may not be relevant to you but it just rang a bell in my head.

Good luck

Stu

This could be happenning for several reasons. First, as previously mentioned, check the # of beeps against the bios beep codes found in your manual. If you are still unable to determine the cause, remove all cards and peripherals from your PC and boot with only the video card. You didn't say whether it is an AGP or PCI, but if it's PCI, try a different slot. Keep in mind that the video card should always be as close as possible to slot 1. Does your motherboard have integrated graphics that needto be enabled/disabled? jumper settings are another possibility.

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