Saphhire hd 3850 agp

[stanicle]

Hi all, I hope you can help.

I've bought a (used) Sapphire HD 3850 AGP card, but when I put it in, the PC does not boot up into the bios.

I've upgraded my bios to the latest version and that didn't help either.

I think it might have something to do with the 8 - Pin PCI-E power connector on the card, my PSU only has 2 6-Pin PCI-E power connectors. My PSU is a good one (Akasa 80+) and the 6-pins fit into the 8pin slot nicely, when I power up the fans on the card start spinning normally but no signal is received on the monitor.

Is this a dud card, or am I doing something wrong?

Many Thanks

Simon

 

[leonvski]

Hi Dude,

Did you check the compatibilities?
What's the motherboard model?

Leonardo

 

[stanicle]

Hi Leonardo,

Motherboard is Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA, I've updated bios to version 3.10

PSU is Akasa AK-P040FG8-BKUK 400W Green Power 80+ Power Supply

Any help you can give me would be much appreciated

Thanks
Simon

 

[leonvski]

Are you using a Phenom X4 CPU? If yes, see it:

http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=462916

This Dude has a problem like you.

Leonardo

 

[stanicle]

I'm using a AMD Athlon X2 3800+ 2ghz dual core, a very old one.