Q: I recently a board member a BFG 6800GT PCIe card sold w / a Zalman cooler VNF700-Cu confirmed. I made sure to check the card before it left me and it worked fine, unfortunately when he received the card made UN bootable computer. I thought it might be a PSU related issue, but do not really know for sure. He says his system boots, when he uses his old card (6800 NU PCIe). He is also using a PCIe to Molex adapter to power the card.
Here are the specs of the system I had running in:
AMD Athlon 64 3200 + Lanparty nForce 4 Ultra
DFI
1GB OCZ VX
Thermalright XP 120
WD Raptor
Maxtor 74GB 300GB 16MB Cache HD
NEC 3500A DVD Burner
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Power ZS
PC u0026 Cooling Turbo 510 SLI Deluxe PSU
CoolerMaster centurion 5 (80mm intake, 120mm exhaust)
Here are the specs of the systems that he tries to run in:
P4 3.8E0 ES
P5AD2 Premium
2X512MB Patriot GeForce 6800GT PDPPC4200 DDR2
Nidia 256mb X-Connect 500W PCIe
Ultra PSU
2XMaxtorDM10300GB ON 16X DL DVDRW SATA HD
Lite + /-
Any thoughts or ideas? Ive never heard of a video card to make a computer completely UN-bootable before. Im dead video cards that do not show any video when I start the system, but this is just really weird. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
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Re:Try with and without the molex connector…
also the 600w OCZ is a fine solid PSU
Re:Did you need to use the PCIe to molex adaptor with the 6800: no no power plug
Re:Ultra X connect isn't the greatest PSU, but should be enough..I had a 6800GT (AGP)running on a 350w enermax, with a prescott at 3.5ghz and 2×36gig raptors..I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try another PSU though. Did you need to use the PCIe to molex adaptor with the 6800? If not, it could be related to that somehow.
Re:would you reccommend this one?
OCZ Powerstream 600W
or should I go PC Power & Cooling Route?
Re:mobo is about 2 months old, no O/C
Re:i am thinking its the PSU, thats a pretty cheap PSU that he is, doesnt matter its 500w since (from what i know) its bad quality…
does he have anything OC'ed also?
how old is his mobo?? what revisision?
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