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Coolasblu
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:47 pm Post subject:
XFX 6800GT - Corrupt display |
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I am building a new PC with the above card on a Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI board
with a Jeantech 500W PSU and a Athlon X2 3800+ chip. On first boot, the
display was fine, but for some reason, there would be no display on booting
but the card would be no warning beeps saying graphics card not present.
Then, after more reboots, red streaks would appear across the screen where
any text appeared on the boot screens. Windows was barely legible. Now,
after more reboots, the back ground is green and text is unclear. I am
currently running F10s bios but this didn't affect the display but did
recognise my CPU.
The card is in the nearest PCI-E slot to the CPU and I have not adjusted any
SLI settings at all. The power cable is attached to the card (but I will
admit that I thought that this was only for use in SLI and so did not
connect it initially.)
Do I need a new card? Or which piece of hadware is faulty? |
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vellu
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:29 pm Post subject:
Re: XFX 6800GT - Corrupt display |
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Coolasblu kirjoitti:
| Quote: | I am building a new PC with the above card on a Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI board
with a Jeantech 500W PSU and a Athlon X2 3800+ chip. On first boot, the
display was fine, but for some reason, there would be no display on booting
but the card would be no warning beeps saying graphics card not present.
Then, after more reboots, red streaks would appear across the screen where
any text appeared on the boot screens. Windows was barely legible. Now,
after more reboots, the back ground is green and text is unclear. I am
currently running F10s bios but this didn't affect the display but did
recognise my CPU.
The card is in the nearest PCI-E slot to the CPU and I have not adjusted any
SLI settings at all. The power cable is attached to the card (but I will
admit that I thought that this was only for use in SLI and so did not
connect it initially.)
Do I need a new card? Or which piece of hadware is faulty?
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Sounds like a faulty card indeed. Get a new one. |
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farmuse
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:44 am Post subject:
Re: XFX 6800GT - Corrupt display |
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Coolasblu wrote:
| Quote: | I am building a new PC with the above card on a Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI board
with a Jeantech 500W PSU and a Athlon X2 3800+ chip. On first boot, the
display was fine, but for some reason, there would be no display on booting
but the card would be no warning beeps saying graphics card not present.
Then, after more reboots, red streaks would appear across the screen where
any text appeared on the boot screens. Windows was barely legible. Now,
after more reboots, the back ground is green and text is unclear. I am
currently running F10s bios but this didn't affect the display but did
recognise my CPU.
The card is in the nearest PCI-E slot to the CPU and I have not adjusted any
SLI settings at all. The power cable is attached to the card (but I will
admit that I thought that this was only for use in SLI and so did not
connect it initially.)
Do I need a new card? Or which piece of hadware is faulty?
yeah, new card for sure |
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Coolasblu
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:48 am Post subject:
Re: XFX 6800GT - Corrupt display |
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| Quote: | The card is in the nearest PCI-E slot to the CPU and I have not adjusted
any SLI settings at all. The power cable is attached to the card (but I
will admit that I thought that this was only for use in SLI and so did
not connect it initially.)
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Is the power cable necessary if just one card is installed? If so, why? |
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AndyP
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:52 pm Post subject:
Re: XFX 6800GT - Corrupt display |
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"Coolasblu" <noway@noway.com> wrote in message
news:5I5df.14292$Ua6.13327@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
| Quote: | The card is in the nearest PCI-E slot to the CPU and I have not adjusted
any SLI settings at all. The power cable is attached to the card (but I
will admit that I thought that this was only for use in SLI and so did
not connect it initially.)
Is the power cable necessary if just one card is installed? If so, why?
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Most of the last 2 generations of video cards require supplementary power;
if you don't give them the extra juice then they underclock or just do not
work. Your card sounds like the memory chips are faulty.
Andy |
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Inglo
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:13 pm Post subject:
Re: XFX 6800GT - Corrupt display |
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Coolasblu wrote:
| Quote: | The card is in the nearest PCI-E slot to the CPU and I have not adjusted
any SLI settings at all. The power cable is attached to the card (but I
will admit that I thought that this was only for use in SLI and so did
not connect it initially.)
Is the power cable necessary if just one card is installed? If so, why?
Almost all video cards for the last year or two have required the extra |
power, even before there was
pci-e or sli. Why, they need the extra juice. The first one I remember
was the Radeon 9700
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Steve -|Inglo/LymanAlpha|- |
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