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A replacement PowerColor X800XL finally arrived today from newegg.com. And the result is .................................... it worked. My PC posted with it and went all the way showing the Windows XP desktop on my Samsung SyncMaster 900IFT. And not only that, it runs Half-Life2...

I will.

Yes and no. Yes, because my PC works when it is coupled with another PCIe card, ATI Radeon X700Pro (in fact I am writing this from it). This probably means my MB is not damaged. No, because I haven't yet tried with another PowerColor X800XL. I shipped mine back today and will try again...

Update: My PC boots up and runs WinXP with the PCI video card I bought for testing. It does not boot with my Power Color X800XL, though. The cause of the problem was that the +12V 4 pin power connector was not connected to the MB. The manual says "Warning: both the main power connector and...

Wops, the link did not show up in my previous message. Here it is. Zalman TN500AF totally no noise case

Thanks hchu and impeachbuch. hchu -- I tried with a new PCI video card (VisionTek Radeon 7K) as you recommended, but unfortunately I still don't get anything on the screen. I am still trying to boot with the minimum components, as my goal is to get to the initial BIOS screen. Is it...

I just built a new PC using the MB, and it does not post. I tried everything I could think of. Here is the spec. MB: SL-K890PRO-939 CPU: Athlon 64 3500+ 90nm DIMM: MUSHKIN DUAL V2 PC3200 (2-2-2) 512MB x 2 Video Card: Power Color X800XL 256M HDD: Maxtor Diamond Max 10 SATA 300MB PSU...