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    Black Screen after Second NIC is Installed

    Does anyone know if there's a third-party or vendor bios update for the MB? Now I have Amibios v. 08.00.14 Release: 05/05/08 I'd: 7b3p081g Checked Gateway's support site and they never released a bios update for the DX4200-UB001A model.
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    Black Screen after Second NIC is Installed

    The NICS work fine in other PCs. Here's what I did: Both PCI slots where empty. Moved the clear CMOS jumper, powered up. Fan came on, post beep, waited for a few, shut down. Moved the jumpers back and rebooted. The bios came up cleared and fresh, shutdown, unplugged. Put one NIC in a...
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    4gFC SAN to small 10Gbase-T network, possible?

    Existing network: * A Promise Vtrak SAN with 4gb FC connected to a Mac editing bay. * There are also four other editing bays connected over a 1GB network to a 100TB Synology*DS3612xs*NAS. All cables are already rated Cat 6a and the NAS has a dual 10Gbase-T card installed that is directly...
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    Black Screen after Second NIC is Installed

    OK, I installed two old PCI raid controllers I had lying around and it booted up fine. Then put the two GB nics in and got nothing. Stranger still, I put in just a single PCI nic and it's not booting at all. Not even a fan or post beep. Took out the PCI Nic and it boots back up. I then tried...
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    Black Screen after Second NIC is Installed

    Now there's an idea I haven't tried yet! Thanks, I'll let you know how it goes when I'm back at work... I can never find my own missing semi-colons either. :P
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    Black Screen after Second NIC is Installed

    They are two Rosewill pci GB cards. There is only two PCI slots on the computer. I've tried using just one card in each slot and it boots up just fine. It's when I use both PCI slots that the computer doesn't boot. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833166005 Should I move this...
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    Black Screen after Second NIC is Installed

    That's the thing, With both cards in, there's no power what's so ever, I can't get to the device manager. Each card by them selves works fine. It's when I put them both in that the computer doesn't even start. No post, no fan, no bios. Nothing.
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    Black Screen after Second NIC is Installed

    I have a Gateway DX4200-ub001a 6gb ddr2 ram ati radeon HD 3450 The onboard NIC is 10/100 base-t and I wanted to disable it in the bios and use two Gigabit PCI cards. I disabled the onboard LAN from the BIOS then installed the the two PCI GB NICs. When I boot up.... nothing. No post...