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You have probably connected the +12 volt 4 pin, connector wrong.
The pci-e graphic connector, sometimes fit here.
When this happends the mainboard will not boot up.
Try to read the manual for the power supply.

Good luck

This motherboard supports old type graphic cards with AGP 8x slot.You could ask for "AGP 8x graphic card" at local computer component stores or simply browsing eBay.

The old Abit TH7 RAID mobo, ay?

http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/925_2.html


The Socket 478 motherboard uses an Intel 82850 Northbridge chip, and Intel 82801BA Southbridge chip, for the motherboard chipset.
(ICH2 is 82801BA)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_intel_chipsets#Pentium_4_chipsets

(Intel's term for their Northbridge chip is MCH. Memory Controller Hub,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northbridge_%28computing%29

The Northbridge chip handles the faster capabilities of the computer.
The Southbridge chip handles the slower capabilities.

The Northbridge chip handles the Processor, Ram Memory, and High-speed graphics.
AGP and PCI-Express are high-speed graphics.

{The Abit TH7 RAID mobo has an Accelerated Graphics Port expansion slot, for a graphics card. AGP)

A graphics (Video) card inserted into a PCI expansion slot, or Integrated Graphics,
is Not high-speed graphics.

(Integrated Graphics is also referred to as OnBoard Graphics.
On the motherBoard )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Motherboard_diagram.svg

As you can see in the chart on Wikipedia the FSB support for the Intel 850 chipset (Intel 82850) is 400MHz.

In conclusion, you know now that you can use an Intel Pentium 4 processor,
A) That fits in a Socket 478 processor socket,

B) Has a maximum Front Side Bus frequency rate ('Speed') of 400MegaHertz. (FSB 400MHz)

Here is a link to the Motherboard Manual (PDF file format),

http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/manuals/Abit/

Scroll about three-quarters down the page, until you come the heading in the left column -
th7.pdf

Left-click on Download to the right.

For additional questions please post in a Comment.

Regards,
joecoolvette

the best video card depends on what you want to do with it. if you only plan to watch movies, it's no use of spending lots of money on a high-end graphics adapter. if you're more of a hardcore gamer, then the only thing i could say is this: look for a graphics card with as much video memory and as high a clock speed as possible. and try to avoid the brand MSI in combo with Abit system boards, since this may cause hardware conflicts and compatibility issues...

try vsing another video card, or check in the bios if it will post and see if the onboard video is disabled. if it won't post you either have a bad or mismatched(processor to motherboard) motherboard, processor or video card.

you can try to download the manual

is this a brand new motherboard?
do you have onboard graphics or a card?
without testing i couldnt say for sure but it sounds like you are not getting power to your graphics on motherboard.
this is usally a common issue for asus motherboards. not easy to fix.
if your motherboard is new i suggest a replacement from the seller.

Lay case down with the bottom in front of you. Looking straight down at the row nearest the case bottom reading right to left there will be two rows of four pins.

Reading right to left the row closets to the case bottom the first lead is vcc1, next usb1-, next usb1+ and grnd1.

Top row reading right to left is vcc2, next usb2-, next usb2+ and grnd2.

I just replaced bad caps on my kg7 and had to remove the motherboard for the repair so I just reinstalled my front case usb ports.

Help this helps.

anon paranoid

unfortantly, looking at your specs and the space on the motherboard, no zalman cooler is going to fit. The only thing I can suggest is replacing the side panel opposite the graphics cards with one which wil allow you to put a fan to blow air onto them, a 120 or 140mm tend to be the best.

Be sure that your video card fit on you os, as you said its 64 bit. Try to work in bios, or just reformat your sytem.