i been trying to get my video card to wrk. whenever i try to use it the monitor just doesn't act as if its connected at all. the video card is a Radeon X1800XT. already started one on another forum soo see for wat we've already discussed. http://forums.techguy.org/hardware/463453-video-card-problem-help.html

For one thing, the power supply that comes with that case is a piece of crap...that may be what's causing all your problems. A decent PSU cost $50+ by itself...you paid $43 for a case with PSU - that should tell you something about the quality. I certainly hope you didn't buy your motherboard from CompUSA & pay that ridiculous price? Newegg has it for $130. Make sure you have the card in the correct PCI-E slot for running a single card (non-SLi mode). And make sure the card is connected to the power supply. If the link you posted at the other forum site is correct, you bought the wrong RAM. You should be running 1GB (2 x 512MB) PC3200 CL 2.5, not PC2100. You're taking a HUGE performance hit by running that RAM.

yea had another guy say the same thing thx it was a power supply being 420 instead of 450w. ur right i didnt buy it there they rip ppl off got it for alot less jus that site gave more info. thx for help.

420W vs 450W isn't the issue...the PSU is a cheap piece of crap! You need to get something like this one, & it's not the fact that it's 500W that makes it better...check the specs: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103937 http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=26500

very nice

this gonna wrk for my motherboard havent built a computer in like 4 yrs so dont wanna screw up by getting wrong kind of ram twice. http://chinpc.net/viasis1024mb400.html

you need a mtched pair to be able to run in dual channel mode, so either go with 2 x 512MB or 2 x 1GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227039 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220037 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231047