CPU: 2x 1Ghz Intel Pentium III
RAM: 1Gig PC133
MB: Tyan Tiger 230 (S2507D)
Heatsinks & Fans: Generic Intel
OS: Windows XP SP1
PSU: SH-300ATX
Graphics: Matrox G450 (old, working), GeForce FX 5500 (not working)
Soundcard: SB Live! 5.1
Case: I'm not sure.
Hi, I just set up my old Tyan Tiger 230 with dual Pentium III 1ghz processors, with a GeForce FX 5500 128mb video card. My question is whether there is a compatibility issue with the video card and the motherboard. Before using the GeForce card, I had a Matrox G450 AGP video card and it booted up fine, its just that that card is a little slow. So I swapped it out with the GeForce to see if i could get better performance. The problem is when I boot up the computer with the new card (FX 5500), I get no response from the monitor, and I get one long beep followed by two short beeps. Whereas with the Matrox, I get one short beep and then it goes through POST etc. fine.
To the best of my knowledge, it seems that someone with the exact same motherboard and processors, successfully used a GeForce FX 5600 with their machine. So, I'm not sure what the problem could be on mine.. If anyone has any insight to this situation, it would be greatly appreciated if you could help me solve this problem.
-Thanks