External PCI Express Video Card

1) Believe the continuous beeping you hear is a BIOS Beep Code, stating you have a graphics problem. Computer, not video card, is beeping.

2) Do you have the external 6-pin PCI-Express power cable plugged into the graphics card, from the Power Supply?

3) IF, your Power Supply does not have a 6-pin PCI-Express power cable, are you using TWO 4-pin Peripheral power cables, connected to a 6-pin PCI-Express adapter power cable?

To wit;

6-pin PCI-Express power cable example, and also showing a 6-pin PCI-Express adapter power cable on the right,

http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html#pciexpress

Example of a 4-pin Peripheral power cable,
(Misnomered by many as a 'Molex' power cable. Molex was the first company to make that type of connector. The name stuck, kind of like calling an adjustable open-end wrench a Crescent wrench),

http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html#peripheral

Note the color code of the wires used in a 4-pin Peripheral power cable, and a 6-pin PCI-Express power cable.

Red = 5 Volt wire
Yellow = 12 Volt wire
(All are DC Voltage)
Black = Ground wire. (ALL Black wires are Ground wires)

The 4-pin Peripheral power cable has ONE Yellow 12 Volt wire.
The 6-pin PCI-Express power cable has TWO Yellow 12 Volt wires.

The most power that a PCI-Express x16 expansion slot can deliver, is 75 Watts.

http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html#pciexpress

"This cable is used to provide extra 12 volt power to PCI Express expansion cards. PCI Express motherboard slots can provide a maximum of 75 watts."

http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html#pciexpress8

"The older 6 pin version officially provides a maximum of 75 watts (although unofficially it can usually provide much more)"


The ATI FirePro V7800 graphics card requires 150 Watts by itself.

The PCI-Express x16 expansion slot CANNOT deliver the recommended power (Wattage) needed, therefore an external power cable capable of delivering 75 Watts is needed.

What happens if you just use ONE 4-pin Peripheral power cable, in a 6-pin PCI-Express adapter power cable?

The PCI-Express x16 expansion slot contact pins -> BURN

The gold plated contact pins on the bottom of the graphics card -
BURN

The connection on the graphics card for the 6-pin PCI-Express power cable - BURNS

The contact pins in the 6-pin PCI-Express adapter power cable -
BURN

If it is too bad, and cannot be remedied by cleaning, the motherboard is TOAST, and so is the graphics card.

For additional questions please post in a Comment.
Regards,
joecoolvette

The monitor may be faulty and not the video card, try a different monitor first to determine if the video card is faulty.
If the video card is faulty then install a video card in the PCI express expansion slot. You may have to turn off the on-board video card in the BIOS.

How did you get your drivers and graphics? Did you install the whole package? What is the Asus model #? How much Ram do you have? I'm going to do a little research but let me know what you have.
Dave

Have you uninstalled the previous video driver? Do that before installing a new card. Have you disabled it in the BIOS? Do that immediately after you have installed the new one, before entering Windows,

depends upon the motherboard .. do you have two pci-e 16x slots on the motherboard

if so yes.. be sure you have enough power to drive the twin video card system also

It should be compatible. It is a PCI express 16x video card that you are asking about and your system should have came with a nVidia G-Force 6100 installed in the PCI express 16x slot. After you swap out the video cards, you will want to download the latest Catalyst software from ATI/AMD. Once this is done and you have restarted your PC by requirement of installing the video software, you will want to uninstall the nVidia software via add/remove programs, just to avoid possible conflict.

it may that ur pci express slot not working. u contact ur graphics card retailer or go with the cpu to his shop.

you have a PCI express slot, the topmost slot, made for a internal 16X PCI-E video card built into the motherboard. Installing it will require you to remove the case or side of the computer (usually two phillips head screws) and inserting the card into the PCI-E slot, adding any extra power connector if needed , then installing the software drivers that come with the video card..------
look at this for the breakdown of your motherboard-- http://www.grabpc.com/component.php?pid=300067
Regards....

that might be pci express new style wont work with what u have ok

is video card pluged in tell bios pci express video snaped down good