It wasn't the video card...but.....

[hambone2]

...the video card slot.

I have an older ASUS A8N (or whatever, think I'm close) SLI- Deluxe.

I have older 6800GT eVGA video card....a couple of times my system would "lock up" when I'm browsing, then when I go to reboot....I'd here the Speaker go.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep -beep-beep.

I figured it was the video, for one, the monitor wasn't going on (no POST), just the Amber flashing light (instead of turning onto Green) on the monitor.

I thought it was my video card going out.

So I tried the Video card in the 2nd SLI Slot (Dual PCI Express slots)

Looks like it worked in THAT slot. Can anyone account for what happened here?

OTHER SLI Slot bad or something else? Perhaps it's too loose a fit (I have noticed that, because that bracket ont he end that's suppose to "snap" in broke off...been that way for a while...and after some time....it became a "looser" fit?

Reason I say this...also, is because when I slipped the video card into the other (never used slot) it fit rather snuggly

ALSO, the previous video card is a friggin MONSTER (a lot of weight) and of course, since the machine sits upright, perhaps the weight of the card started to wear it down?

Personally I think some vid cards are TOO friggin bulky

I recently got a 9400 GT 1 gig card (PNY) funny, a better card, but not HUGE Fan encasement like the other

A smaller brass/copper heat sink with a smaller transparent plastic fan on top.