8800GTX in a ATI MB Help

EWCJR · 03-26-2008, 11:16 AM

I am trying to replace my ATI 1950XTX crossfire setup with a single 8800GTX NVIDIA card on my ASUS A8R32 MVP Deluxe Motherboard. I uninstalled all ATI drivers using Driver Cleaner Pro in safe mode. I removed the AI cards, and then installed the 800gtx. When i boot up my computer, it boots up normally except with the usual low resolution and soforth but after about 10 or 15 seconds my screen goes either all white, or all orange and sometimes all black. I tried booting into safe mode, but that to fails. Safe mode gets stuck trying to load up default drivers, This is all on windows XP sp 2, current with all updates. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. My specs are listed below in sig, rig #1

jaketerminate · 03-26-2008, 11:28 AM

Are you connecting it via VGA or DVI? Either way Id check both of the connections because it sounds like your adapters aren't projecting the right colors to the screen.

EWCJR · 03-26-2008, 11:32 AM

I am using the DVI. I have already physically taken the card out and put back in 3 times and same results everytime.

fvbounty · 03-26-2008, 11:38 AM

Did you connect the extra 6 pin 12volt power connectors on the video card?

EWCJR · 03-26-2008, 11:40 AM

Yes, I connected both 6 pin connectors. I just reinstalled one 1950XTX card in PCI-E 2 slot and made #2 slot my first graphic option so now I have 1 ATI card and 1 Nvidia card. It allowed to me install my nvidia drivers, so I am now going to change back and remove the ATI card and see if it will allow me into windows. BRB...

EWCJR · 03-26-2008, 11:44 AM

No good, now I got a pretty blue/Green screen after seeing my desktop for 10 seconds.

Edit:
I just called BFG tech support and explained my symptoms they think I have a bad card. I guess I will finally have to find out how good Newegg return service is, never had to use it before.

EWCJR · 03-26-2008, 12:04 PM

Thanks for the replies jaketerminate and fvbounty.

fvbounty · 03-26-2008, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by EWCJR

Thanks for the replies jaketerminate and fvbounty.

Good Luck, hopefully a new card should do it!!!!!

EWCJR · 04-08-2008, 07:59 PM

Good News, bad news and good news.
First, Neweggs return service is top notch, no problems I just got my replacement yesterday.
Secondly my new card is also having the same problem as the first one, it gets to windows, I can see desktop for maybe 15 seconds and then it turns to a solid color, sometimes, green, blue, peach, white and a few others each time I reboot.
Thirdly I finally figured out the cause of this. In my bios the PEG Link mode was set to auto. I set it to disabled and now my new card works as it was intended to. Hopefully if anyone has a similar issue they will see my fix here and maybe it will help them.

03-26-2008, 11:16 AM	#1
EWCJR Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Martinsburg, Wv Posts: 104	8800GTX in a ATI MB Help I am trying to replace my ATI 1950XTX crossfire setup with a single 8800GTX NVIDIA card on my ASUS A8R32 MVP Deluxe Motherboard. I uninstalled all ATI drivers using Driver Cleaner Pro in safe mode. I removed the AI cards, and then installed the 800gtx. When i boot up my computer, it boots up normally except with the usual low resolution and soforth but after about 10 or 15 seconds my screen goes either all white, or all orange and sometimes all black. I tried booting into safe mode, but that to fails. Safe mode gets stuck trying to load up default drivers, This is all on windows XP sp 2, current with all updates. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. My specs are listed below in sig, rig #1 __________________ Rig #1 A8R32-MVP Deluxe, FX-60@ 2.81GHZ, 2X1024 Patriot LL PC3200 2,3,2,5, BFG 8800GTX 169.21 Drivers, X-FI High Definition soundcard, Logitech Z-5500 Speakers, 2X Maxtor250GB Sata II Raid0, WD 500GB Sata II, Dell 2405FPW Monitor, P&C850 PS. Rig #2 P4C800 E deluxe(1023), 3.4EE, 2 gig (2 x 1024) OCZ400 Platinum(2.0,3,3,5), X850xt PE (7.1 CCC), Audigy2 Platinum, Logitech Z-5500 Speakers, 2X 250 GB WD SATA, 2x 250 GB WD PATA, Dell 2007FPW Monitor
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03-26-2008, 11:28 AM	#2
jaketerminate Maximum Post Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: CT Posts: 770	Re: 8800GTX in a ATI MB Help Are you connecting it via VGA or DVI? Either way Id check both of the connections because it sounds like your adapters aren't projecting the right colors to the screen. __________________ "Mozart" Rig #1 Case: Thermaltake Mozart TX Mobo: Asus P5N-E CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4ghz Memory: 4GB (2x 2GB) G.Skill DDR2 Hard Drive: 320 GB Western Digital 7200 RPM Video Card: EVGA Nvidia 9800GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) Power Supply: 600W OCZ StealthXStream OS: Windows XP Homee Edition and Ubuntu Linux x64 Monitor: 22" Westinghouse LCD and 2 Dell CRTs HP Pavillion tx 2000z Tablet CRACKED SCREEN CPU: AMD Turion x2 2.0Ghz Memory: 3GB Hard Drive: 250GB 5400RPM GPU: ATI Radeon 3200 64mb OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 and Ubuntu Linux x64
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03-26-2008, 11:32 AM	#3
EWCJR Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Martinsburg, Wv Posts: 104	Re: 8800GTX in a ATI MB Help I am using the DVI. I have already physically taken the card out and put back in 3 times and same results everytime. __________________ Rig #1 A8R32-MVP Deluxe, FX-60@ 2.81GHZ, 2X1024 Patriot LL PC3200 2,3,2,5, BFG 8800GTX 169.21 Drivers, X-FI High Definition soundcard, Logitech Z-5500 Speakers, 2X Maxtor250GB Sata II Raid0, WD 500GB Sata II, Dell 2405FPW Monitor, P&C850 PS. Rig #2 P4C800 E deluxe(1023), 3.4EE, 2 gig (2 x 1024) OCZ400 Platinum(2.0,3,3,5), X850xt PE (7.1 CCC), Audigy2 Platinum, Logitech Z-5500 Speakers, 2X 250 GB WD SATA, 2x 250 GB WD PATA, Dell 2007FPW Monitor
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03-26-2008, 11:38 AM	#4
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03-26-2008, 11:40 AM	#5
EWCJR Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Martinsburg, Wv Posts: 104	Re: 8800GTX in a ATI MB Help Yes, I connected both 6 pin connectors. I just reinstalled one 1950XTX card in PCI-E 2 slot and made #2 slot my first graphic option so now I have 1 ATI card and 1 Nvidia card. It allowed to me install my nvidia drivers, so I am now going to change back and remove the ATI card and see if it will allow me into windows. BRB... __________________ Rig #1 A8R32-MVP Deluxe, FX-60@ 2.81GHZ, 2X1024 Patriot LL PC3200 2,3,2,5, BFG 8800GTX 169.21 Drivers, X-FI High Definition soundcard, Logitech Z-5500 Speakers, 2X Maxtor250GB Sata II Raid0, WD 500GB Sata II, Dell 2405FPW Monitor, P&C850 PS. Rig #2 P4C800 E deluxe(1023), 3.4EE, 2 gig (2 x 1024) OCZ400 Platinum(2.0,3,3,5), X850xt PE (7.1 CCC), Audigy2 Platinum, Logitech Z-5500 Speakers, 2X 250 GB WD SATA, 2x 250 GB WD PATA, Dell 2007FPW Monitor
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03-26-2008, 11:44 AM	#6
EWCJR Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Martinsburg, Wv Posts: 104	Re: 8800GTX in a ATI MB Help No good, now I got a pretty blue/Green screen after seeing my desktop for 10 seconds. Edit: I just called BFG tech support and explained my symptoms they think I have a bad card. I guess I will finally have to find out how good Newegg return service is, never had to use it before. __________________ Rig #1 A8R32-MVP Deluxe, FX-60@ 2.81GHZ, 2X1024 Patriot LL PC3200 2,3,2,5, BFG 8800GTX 169.21 Drivers, X-FI High Definition soundcard, Logitech Z-5500 Speakers, 2X Maxtor250GB Sata II Raid0, WD 500GB Sata II, Dell 2405FPW Monitor, P&C850 PS. Rig #2 P4C800 E deluxe(1023), 3.4EE, 2 gig (2 x 1024) OCZ400 Platinum(2.0,3,3,5), X850xt PE (7.1 CCC), Audigy2 Platinum, Logitech Z-5500 Speakers, 2X 250 GB WD SATA, 2x 250 GB WD PATA, Dell 2007FPW Monitor Last edited by EWCJR : 03-26-2008 at 11:51 AM.
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03-26-2008, 12:04 PM	#7
EWCJR Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Martinsburg, Wv Posts: 104	Re: 8800GTX in a ATI MB Help Thanks for the replies jaketerminate and fvbounty. __________________ Rig #1 A8R32-MVP Deluxe, FX-60@ 2.81GHZ, 2X1024 Patriot LL PC3200 2,3,2,5, BFG 8800GTX 169.21 Drivers, X-FI High Definition soundcard, Logitech Z-5500 Speakers, 2X Maxtor250GB Sata II Raid0, WD 500GB Sata II, Dell 2405FPW Monitor, P&C850 PS. Rig #2 P4C800 E deluxe(1023), 3.4EE, 2 gig (2 x 1024) OCZ400 Platinum(2.0,3,3,5), X850xt PE (7.1 CCC), Audigy2 Platinum, Logitech Z-5500 Speakers, 2X 250 GB WD SATA, 2x 250 GB WD PATA, Dell 2007FPW Monitor
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04-08-2008, 07:59 PM	#9
EWCJR Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Martinsburg, Wv Posts: 104	Re: 8800GTX in a ATI MB Help Good News, bad news and good news. First, Neweggs return service is top notch, no problems I just got my replacement yesterday. Secondly my new card is also having the same problem as the first one, it gets to windows, I can see desktop for maybe 15 seconds and then it turns to a solid color, sometimes, green, blue, peach, white and a few others each time I reboot. Thirdly I finally figured out the cause of this. In my bios the PEG Link mode was set to auto. I set it to disabled and now my new card works as it was intended to. Hopefully if anyone has a similar issue they will see my fix here and maybe it will help them. __________________ Rig #1 A8R32-MVP Deluxe, FX-60@ 2.81GHZ, 2X1024 Patriot LL PC3200 2,3,2,5, BFG 8800GTX 169.21 Drivers, X-FI High Definition soundcard, Logitech Z-5500 Speakers, 2X Maxtor250GB Sata II Raid0, WD 500GB Sata II, Dell 2405FPW Monitor, P&C850 PS. Rig #2 P4C800 E deluxe(1023), 3.4EE, 2 gig (2 x 1024) OCZ400 Platinum(2.0,3,3,5), X850xt PE (7.1 CCC), Audigy2 Platinum, Logitech Z-5500 Speakers, 2X 250 GB WD SATA, 2x 250 GB WD PATA, Dell 2007FPW Monitor
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