HELP! Radeon 9800 Pro "Not Plugged In" Boot Error.

[navster]

HELP! Ok, I keep getting this error whenever I boot up. Sometimes it'll boot up fine but others, I get the stupid beeping "Make sure the Radeon 9800 Pro is plugged in" error. At first I thought my card was dying, bought another one and I was still getting the same error. Thought it was a PSU problem. I had a Enermax Whisper 330W. So I got a new one. Antec Truepower430. STILL get the error. I thought maybe I'm not giving the AGP slot enough juice. Went into bios and it booted up fine. Then I reboot and get it back once again. I'm going crazy trying to figure this out.

My system is:
AXP 1400+ @ 2.15 ghz, Abit NF7-S, 2x 256mb Mushkin HiPerf, Sony DVD-rom, Lite-on DVD+/-R, 2x WD 80GB SEs w/ SATA adapters @ Raid 0. Radeon 9800 Pro @ 400/350. A few fans and a dual CCFL. Lemme know if more info is needed.

Any help would be appreciated. 🙁

 

[vietofmars]

try the card in a different machine, see if you get the same error

 

[navster]

I don't think it's the card since I picked up an entirely new one and it booted up with the same issue. =\

 

[MTDEW]

Had the same problem on my 9800 Pro before.

S0 i removed the power/splitter cable that came with the card,
Then plugged one of the molex connectors/power leads directly from my PSU into the card.

Problem solved, for me at least. 😉

 

[navster]

Yep... turns out... the molex adapter that came with the Radeon is at fault. 🙁 Thing had me stressed and afraid to reboot my computer. 😱 I thought it was an expensive replacement but turns out... a little $1 part.

 

[huesmann]

Doesn't the error message pretty much tell you that it's the power connector that isn't working?