Help! new Geforce3 won't post on Iwill

[3Suns]

I just bought a brand-new Gainward Geforce3 PowerPack (Golden Sample) in retail box and tried installing it. My computer will not post with the card in.

My system prior to video-card upgrade:
IWill KK266 (Via KT133A chipset) (non-raid)
Athlon T-Bird 900
512 MB (2x 256 Dimms) Micron CAS-3 RAM
Antec 400W athlon-approved power supply
3DFX Voodoo3 3000 PCI
SB Live X-gamer
3Com 905 NIC
30 GB Seagate hard drive
Creative CDROM
Iomega Zip 250 internal

The entire system was built by me.
I have never used the AGP port on the mobo before.
The system still won't post with all PCI cards removed and all drives unplugged. Everything works perfectly with my old Voodoo3 PCI in.
I would try flashing the bios except Iwill's support site is down.
With the GF3 installed, the computer does not post. It powers up, power goes to the GF3 (cooling fan turns on), and the LED on the mobo turns on.
Yet the system never beeps or responds, the monitor waits in idle mode (orange instead of green light), and nothing happens.

Can anyone help me out here? I though I knew what I was doing...

Thanks,

-3Suns

 

[3Suns]

Oh, and I have a Dell M770 multisync monitor.

 

[Thijssss]

Well maybe your AGP slot is fubar.. or it's something with the AGP voltages not being enough or unstable.
Try the card in some other PC first I would say.. than look at your own system.

G'Luck

 

[sash1]

<< Yet the system never beeps or responds, the monitor waits in idle mode (orange instead of green light), and nothing happens. >>

HEY! Very cool, as I had that SAME problem. Except mine was caused by a messed up BIOS flash. But when I tried to fix it for the first time I got that same thing. Everything is running fine (in the case) but the monitor is just idle. Note that, this is not a monitor problem, for me, at least, it wasn't. I just un-installed my video card (completely), booted up, and re-installed it, and it worked fine (I had to change the CAS Latency because the BIOS flash messed that up, but that's besides the point...)

Try that, if you haven't already. Worked for me, and I had the same problem (from a different cause), but still, the same thing happened to me.

 

[3Suns]

When you had this problem, did the card /ever/ work? I just got the card, and it hasn't worked yet. In fact, I've never had an AGP card working in the slot.
I can't exactly uninstall the video card, seeing as it was never installed in the first place.

 

[sash1]

<< When you had this problem, did the card /ever/ work? I just got the card, and it hasn't worked yet. In fact, I've never had an AGP card working in the slot.
I can't exactly uninstall the video card, seeing as it was never installed in the first place. >>

Yes, mine did work when I first got it. It just kinda stopped functioning with my BIOS flash.

"I just got the card, and it hasn't worked yet. In fact, I've never had an AGP card working in the slot."

Well then, that creates a problem, doesn't it?

I'd guess your AGP slot is messed up...

 

[m2super]

A quick test if a friend of yours has a working agp slot pop your card in and see if it works!
Sounds like the agp slot is toast though!

 

[Boobers]

The KK266 has a "Clear CMOS" jumper. Power off the system and move the jumper to "Clear CMOS" for a few minutes. Wait, then put the jumper back, boot to the BIOS, load BIOS defaults, save, exit, restart, boot to BIOS, load enhanced settings, save, exit, restart, boot to BIOS and set it up the way you want it. This should clear out any old settings. Set the video device to AGP in the BIOS, as well as 4x speed. Disable "Video BIOS shadowing".

If this does not work, try your AGP card in another system, or simply try another AGP card in your system.