I just bought a used (or refurbished) MSI 845GE MAX MOTHERBOARD (478 pin, etc) and plugged in my Radeon 9550XL AGP 8x (4x compatible) card, (2) 512MB Sticks of Mushkin DDR2 (PC3200) RAM, Random IED HD, DVD Drive, P4 3 GHZ Intel Processor, and all the proper connections. The power works (the cpu fan lights up LED Blue and the heatsink fan spins/the cd drive light is blinking. Nothing comes up on the monitor (the orange light on the Dell CRT is orange which means it is asleep normally). I don't hear a bios beep, so I tried swapping the battery out for the one on my old motherboard (knowing that bios worked), but that didn't help. Any suggestions to make it work? (The mobo looks fine, no bulges, burns, etc)

AOpen S651M motherboard:

1) Processor Support:

Uses Intel processors that fit in a Socket 478 processor socket,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_478

The Processor has the contact pins (478 of them), and the processor socket has the socket holes. (478)

The Maximum FSB supported for the processor is 533MHz.
(Front Side Bus, 533MegaHertz)

Processors supported;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pentium_4_processors#Northwood_.28130.C2.A0nm.29

Start with the Northwood Core models shown in the link above.
The ones that have a Front Side Bus of 533MT/s, and fit in a Socket 478.

The few shown in the next chart, Prescott (90nm), may not work. The voltage requirement.



2) Ram Memory Support:

DDR Sdram that operates at 333MegaHertz, or commonly known as PC2700.

TOTAL Maximum Amount is 2GB.
There are two ram memory slots. The Maximum Amount for EACH ram memory slot is 1GB.

If you only have one ram memory module ('Stick') place it in Slot 1. (DIMM 1)
This is the ram memory slot that is closest to the Processor.

[ The Processor 'sees' ram memory Slot 1 first ]


Graphics Card Support:

The graphics expansion slot on the motherboard is an AGP slot. (Advanced Graphics Port)
It uses the AGP 4X technology.

Above the 3 white PCI slots is the brown AGP slot.
Use AGP 4X/8X graphics cards.
(These types of AGP graphics cards can be used in an AGP 4X slot, or an AGP 8X slot)

Example of a AGP 4X/8X graphics card,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814139053

Another one,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161318

,and yet another one,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161337

For additional questions, or to have me clarify anything I have stated above, please post in a Comment.

Regards,
joecoolvette

Unfortunately there is no current Xdriver for the ADI(soundmax) AD1985, especially for Windows 7. You do however, have and AGP 8X/4X slot so, you may want to consider an upgrade to a sound and/or graphics card. The Radeon HD cards can give you graphics and sound using ATI's DVI to HDMI adaptor.
http://www.txcesssurplus.com/servlet/Categories
The 6141054300G has added pins for the use of the sound chip in their cards.
Good luck,
Dave

You can use any of the ff. provided that your motherboard supports 4x and 8x agp

1. XFX HD-465X-ZPF2 Radeon HD 4650 1GB 128-bit DDR2 AGP 8X HDCP Ready Video Card

2. SAPPHIRE 100258L Radeon HD 3650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card

3. SAPPHIRE 100288L Radeon HD 4650 1GB 128-bit DDR2 AGP 8X HDCP Ready Video Card

4. EVGA 512-A8-N403-LR GeForce 6200 512MB 64-bit GDDR2 AGP 8X Video Card

You can buy this online at newegg.com

HI Lau_kua08,

First off, your motherboard is a AGP 4x slot, and the Card is a AGP 8X card. However, NVIDIA based graphic cards which support AGP 8x mode (Accelerated Graphics Port) follow the AGP 3.0 specification. The AGP 3.0 specification retains backwards compatibility with older AGP 4x technology. All NVIDIA Geforce and Quadro GPU's which support AGP 8x mode are downwards compatible with AGP 4x motherboards. When a graphics card which operates at AGP 8x mode is installed on a motherboard which only supports up to AGP 4x mode, the card will automatically switch to AGP 4x operation.

So, yes it will work.

Good Luck,

Mark

Your board only supports AGP 4x graphic cards. You should be able to use any AGP 4x card or even some AGP 8x cards. Some of the 8x cards are backwards compatible but will run at the slower 4x speed. You can try places like TigerDirect.com or Newegg.com to see what they have available. Hope this helps & please remember to rate my answer. Thanks.

The MSI KT4V motherboard is an AGP board supporting 4x/8x AGP. You cannot use a newer PCI-Express Video Card, however an Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 either PCI or AGP will run just fine in it. The NVidia FX 5500 doesn't come in PCI-E. Additionally The ATI Radeon 9550 doesn't come PCI-E so you should be safe with AGP versions of either. I should note however, that you'll get better performance out of the ATI Radeon 9550 as opposed to the NVidia FX 5500.

I hope this answers your question,
Analog Anomaly

Hi noxiney, you're MSI motherboard does have 1 opened AGP 8x4x slot. You can install & run the ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP. You can not run PCI-Express because there are no PCI-E slots on the board. There are PCI (White in color) on the board but the AGP slot is much faster than the PCI (White in color slots). The manual states the AGP card can only support 1.5volt video cards & not 3.3volt AGP cards. (Keep this in mind when looking for an AGP card).
Below is a link to a bunch of AGP 8x4x video cards. One or two include DDR2 memory. Carefull where you buy. Check the warranty. (Longer is better). The first one on the list would be compatible. Its not DDR2 but it does have 512MB of memory.
http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=AGP+ATI+Radeon+X1650+PRO&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title

This card is 1.5v compatable.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3101648&CatId=318
& this is compatable.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1642902&CatId=318
Just remember, if the card can run both 8x & 4x it should support the 1.5volt needed to function on the MB.

Enjoy!

Mike

should work good

Before removing your current card swap video outputs on the PC. If currently connected to the VGA output switch to the HDMI connector AT the video card. Use the HDMI to VGA adapter that came with the video card. Check & see if the display loads Pc starts. Taking the information directly from your motherboard manual pg. 25, your AGP video can only run at, AGP supporting 1.5 V 4X AGP cards. The 9600pro runs at 8x & it is not backwards compatible. (able to run at either 8x or 4x). You could run the Sappire ATI Radeon 256MB 9550 DDR AGP 4x/8x 1.5volt card.
Here is one site: http://www.colordrives.com/sapphire-ati-radeon-9550-256mb-ddr-agp-4x-8x-video-card---retail-box.html
When you do get the video card be sure to set your bios AGP to the correct size as listed in your manual pg. 109 subsection 4.4.7
I hope this helped.

MOTHERBOARDS Hi there, does my motherboard support video cards like ATI RADEON X1650 512MB AGP? ---YES, When you installing AGP card, please make sure the following notice is fully understood and practiced. If your AGP card has "AGP 4X/8X (1.5V) notch"(show below), please make sure your AGP card is AGP 4X/8X (1.5V). Caution: AGP 2X card is not supported by Intel® 845(GE/PE) / 845(G) / 850(E) / E7205 / 865(G/PE/P) / 875P. You might experience system unable to boot up normally. Please insert an AGP 4X/8X card. Does it support ddr2 or ddr3 memmory for the agp? ---YES, see the above notes can the agp memmory be over 512 mb? ---YES, see the above notes More more information go here >>> http://asia.giga-byte.com/FileList/Manual/motherboard_manual_8ipe1000g_e.pdf Hope This Helps =============================================== If you are having trouble with a Newly bought items then return them and demand a replacement or a refund! You may have purchased a reconditioned\repaired\factory defect product.