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PCIE ATI Radeon X1900XT MAJOR PROBLEMS :(

Janusz

Janusz

Janusz

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Hi Guys,

I've just built a new PC and I'm getting no output from my PCIE ATI Radeon X1900XT Graphics Card!

I've checked all cables and everything is plugged in (DVI-D to DVID connector, and the 6 pin power plugged into the back of the card).

When I boot the card on I notice that at the top right corner of the board two on board lights come on as soon as the board powers up: T_FAULT and EXT_PWR

http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonx1900/radeonx1900xt/specs.html

Can anyone help me?

My Setup:
Gigabyte P35-DS4 Mobo
Core 2 Duo 6600
2 x GB Crucial Ballistic 8500 1022MHz
OCZ 600W ATX2 PSU
4 x Seagate .10 500GB HDD
 
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Just out of interest...try disconnecting your hard drives...They 'could' be drawing too much power. But I doubt it.

I presume by 4-pin power you actually mean the 6-pin pci-express connector plugged into the back of the card? :)

You could always just re-seat the card in it's respective slot also.

Also, just double just the 4-pin power conenctor is plugged into the motherboard as well, next to the cpu normally...Although you more than likely have plugged that in, just best to double check.
 
Hi Delvis,

Thanks for the mistakes spotted, I have made the corrections in the original post ;)

I have disconnected the other hard drives and only have 1 HDD running and it still shows two lights on the graphics card.

Also, I have two 4 Pin connectors next to my CPU...should I plug in the additional 4 pin plug as well next to the CPU? What is the purpose of this second 4 pin connector?
 
I see what you mean now, the extra 4-pins make it an 8-pin connector...That shouldn't be needed at all =/

I'll have a look at the manual.
 
Unfortunately T_FAULT and EXT_PWR lights lit almost certainly means one of two likely causes , You either have a duff PSU or top of the list a duff card :(, Double check the cards seated & the power cables are firmly attached (you've probably already checked several times but I've got to ask) , Other than that you need to test your card in another system if you can as a faulty PSU or damaged PCI-e plugs is rather unlikely, also if your PSU is modular try a different output &/or lead.

Good luck :)
 
Yeah that's the board that I have got but I honestly have 2 x 4 pin connectors next to the CPU!

My board is a revision 2.0 (not too sure if that shed any light on the matter)

In the ATX connector I am only using the 20pin socket. The other 4 pin I have left out (I'm assuming that's what you call the molex?)
 
Just about to say that...Sad but true.

As Marshy says, try and put the card in a different system if you can =/...Depends if one of your friends has a system or not.
 
Delvis said:
I see what you mean now, the extra 4-pins make it an 8-pin connector...That shouldn't be needed at all =/

I'll have a look at the manual.
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Certain CPU's require the blank to be removed & TWO 4-pin connectors to pluged in, can't remember which off the top of my head.
 
Marshy said:
Certain CPU's require the blank to be removed & TWO 4-pin connectors to pluged in, can't remember which off the top of my head.
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I've only ever required 8-pin plugs to be used in servers for Opterons and the like, just weird to see it on a desktop board :p
 
Marshy said:
Unfortunately T_FAULT and EXT_PWR lights lit almost certainly means one of two likely causes , You either have a duff PSU or top of the list a duff card :(, Double check the cards seated & the power cables are firmly attached (you've probably already checked several times but I've got to ask) , Other than that you need to test your card in another system if you can as a faulty PSU or damaged PCI-e plugs is rather unlikely, also if your PSU is modular try a different output &/or lead.

Good luck :)
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Some good info there Marshy. Will check it out in my mates PC tomorrow. At least I'm narrowing it down as to what the likely causes must be :)

By the way, I have just built this PC from scratch, I haven't even got into BIOS yet!!! I'm experiencing other problems such as the their not being the system bleep at start up, and they keyboard lights do not light up (PS2 Keyboard) when you boot the system up.

Could all these be related to the graphics card?
 
If the card's faulting with those lights...Chances are the system is physically failing to POST...

If you want to see if the system can post, just remove the card, then it should atleast give you a post beep. (That's if theres a speaker on the motherboard)

Just remember you obviously wont get any video ;)
 
Just checked my manual (I have a P35 DS4) Both 4 pin connectors are required for Extreme Edition & Quad core CPU's otherwise the system will either be very unstable or NOT boot at all . So plug it in mate:) & clear the CMOS too if you already haven't.
 
Marshy said:
Just checked my manual (I have a P35 DS4) Both 4 pin connectors are required for Extreme Edition & Quad core CPU's otherwise the system will either be very unstable or NOT boot at all . So plug it in mate:) & clear the CMOS too if you already haven't.
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He doesn't have a Quad though does he? :p

Still, won't do it any harm.
 
Delvis said:
If the card's faulting with those lights...Chances are the system is physically failing to POST...

If you want to see if the system can post, just remove the card, then it should atleast give you a post beep. (That's if theres a speaker on the motherboard)

Just remember you obviously wont get any video ;)
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Hi Delvis,

Removed the card and still no keyboard lights or system bleep (I know that it does bleep as it did used to in the past).
 
Marshy said:
Misread the 6600 part of his CPU , Now where did I put my glasses:o
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Just seen this message. lmfo. I just hope I havn't damaged my CPU in any way as I've been messing with and without both of these 4 pins for sometime now.

Will report back in a second after I have started to pray ha ha

Thanks for the excellent essential information !
 
By the way, you said this:
In the ATX connector I am only using the 20pin socket. The other 4 pin I have left out (I'm assuming that's what you call the molex?)
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Does your PSU not have a 24-pin ATX connector then? The system will still work with only the 20 connected...just if you can just the full 24, then it's better to theoretically.

Then next to that theres the 4-pin molex one, which is the kind your cd-rom would take for a power connection. :)

I doubt you would damage your system by pluggin in the 8-pin connector, just don't keep doing it :P
 
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