gooberking: Well I have arrived at something approximating a solution. I was able to "reclaim," an older card of mine from someone that isn't going to really miss it. It doesn't have any external power requirements and appears happy in my system for now.

So either the motherboard just hated my other card( lesser option) or there was insufficient power for that card to operate, which is what I am thinking was going on. This card only about 1/2 as fast as the other, but it will have to do for now.

So for what it's worth, file this one under "probable low power," in your PC diagnosis files.

gooberking: Recently I purchased a new motherboard, CPU, and Ram setup. It was a modest purchase but is a decent bump up from where I was. For the most part the upgrade went smoothly and the system has been running happily for several days now. The only hiccup was that my video card doesn't seem to like my new setup for some reason.

If I put it in and turn the thing on there is one loud, constant beep until I turn it back off. I can't find any useful information about what that means from the manual, the website, or the BOIS known beep codes, but am really wishing I could use my video card. Its a bit unexpected and the only thing I can think of is it just doesn't work for some compatibility reason, or maybe the system is using just enough more power invalidate my little 500w PSU, but that’s only a guess. The axillary power connector is plugged in, using the same PSU. The mobo is basically the same, the new and old CPU's are both 95watts, and I'm even sans one IDE DVD drive that the board doesn't support. Power use should be fairly similar, but if that’s not it I think I'm just SOL.

Anyone happen to know what a long screaming beep on an Award BIOS, Gigabyte board means, or have any magic spells that resolve video card issues?