Video Card blowing up motherboard? 2

[upnatom]

I have recently purchased an ASUS A7N8X-X MB, which has an 8x AGP slot, however I am trying to use my existing GeForce2 MX400 (AGP4x) video card. When I built the system, there was no video at all - I suspected the MB and returned it to the supplier, who tested it and found it to be faulty. The supplier replaced the MB with a new one (tested it first), however when I got home and tried it, the same thing happened.
The video card should (as far as I know) be able to work at 1.5v, which is required by the motherboard - however the video card came from another system that had blown up (AGP 2x motherboard). I would have thought that the video card was either working correctly or not working at all (almost every other component from the old system was dead) but now I wonder if the video card is somehow killing the new motherboard because it cannot operate at 1.5v? Is this possible? Or is it the case that a GeForce2 MX400 card cannot be used in the new motherboard?

thanks

 

[ski]

The pictures for that video card show that it's universally keyed, meaning that it will work with either a 1.5 volt or a 3.3 volt AGP slot.

However, if all of the other components in the blown system had been damaged, then it's very possible that the video card is also damaged.
Borrow a video card, and install it. If there's a display, then the MX 400 is toast.

 

[dakota81]

Be aware that many older nVidia cards were built out of specification and even though are keyed to be universal, really aren't and work at 3.3V only. I don't know if your particular card is one of these or not, I would be suspicious though given the situation.