Problem with Riva TNT2 ultra and Asus A7N8X

[Majestic12]

I installed my riva tnt 2 ultra into my new asus motherboard, the Red light turns on that says hte video card is bad, but i tested the video card on a diffrent system and it works. does anyone konw how to fix this problem?

[omega31]

That motherboard you have will not take a 3.3v AGP card. It will only take 1.5v cards. While there are some TNT2's that do both 3.3v (AGP 2x) and 1.5v (AGP 4x), yours probably ain't one of them.

[omega31]

To illustrate here are 2 pictures.

This one is AGP 2x/4x capable, usable at 1.5v and 3.3v:
http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~final/homepage/data/pc/wga-ts32u.jpg
It has 2 notches on the interface.


This one is a pure 3.3v AGP card, and cannot be used with a 1.5v AGP board:
http://www.jchyun.co.kr/mm/product/GB/ultra_tnt2_card.jpg
This has only one notch on the interface.

BTW, these are both TNT2 Ultra cards.

Edited for image size.

[AllGamer]

Perfect excuse for an upgrade ;) :p

[Majestic12]

What!?!?! omg so theres no way at all i can modify it to work?
>:( <- god D******

[NDD]

Nope :(

[causticVapor]

Wow. He's lucky he has an Asus board that doesn't let itself fry with a 3.3v card. Others without that protection might have gone zzt already....