is my new 5770 broke(arrived today)

[stulid]

Msi main page, at the bottom is a link for the forum, chose the english one, then bios sub forum there is a thread titled "are you a moron flasher" you will need to sign up for free to download it.

Beaten by 3 mins! Curse my slow phone skills.

 

[bigjimmyauk]

this is so stupid i'm sitting here with the hammer ready cause if this don't get fixed soon i'm gonna smash the thing up

 

[stulid]

Where abouts you live, someone might be able to test it in another pc

 

[bigjimmyauk]

Leicester

 

[bigjimmyauk]

my cousin is going to test it in his socket 775 if that don't work i'll try a more top end system if i can find someone local with one.

 

[stulid]

Leicester

That's me out then

 

[FoxEye]

Except the card only has a six pin connector. I know because I have the very same card.

And its useless Had it for three months and it hard locks in any game (on various mobo/cpu/psu combinations) and OCUK refused to RMA it. Tried a ton of fixes, various drivers etc.

My advice would be to reset bios, if it still doesn't post then RMA it and get something else.

On what grounds do they refuse to RMA it?

If you believe it's a fault with the card then getting an RMA shouldn't be too difficult. You just have to know your rights.

 

[bigjimmyauk]

On what grounds do they refuse to RMA it?

If you believe it's a fault with the card then getting an RMA shouldn't be too difficult. You just have to know your rights.

i'll return it under item not fit for purpose as it clearly dosen't state anything about not working with certain cpu/mobo/ram combo's
thats if it dosen't work on my cousing comp

 

[bigjimmyauk]

This is definately the most ridiculous thing ever
anyone else out there using nforce drivers and a 5770

 

[MadMatty]

Its most likely the mobo. Best bet is to report it to mobo manufacturer to see if they can release a fixed bios.

I supect 1Gb cards simply dont fit into the memory map of these older boards and the same reason why 4gb memory doesnt work either (even with memory holes enabled +64bit win))

 

[dave1983]

like others have said sounds like an mobo Compatability problem not your graphics card, how old is the motherboard?

 

[magicroundabout]

For a laugh I used that calculator to build a reasonable 4870 system (phenom x4, 2 hdd, dvd burner, the usual) - fully expecting the thing to recommend me a much bigger PSU than needed... and was pleasantly surprised.

It recommended 320w minimum

Course I wouldn't buy anything <400w myself, and normally I go for 500w for a gaming system. But for the average user, 450-550 is plenty.

700w should run most SLI setups and 1000w is just overkill for 95% of everyone.

ha ha ha i tried the same with my spec in my sig + the fans/fan controller i've got aswell.

recomended a 1046w PSU

i'm only on a 650w. it canne take the power captain

 

[bigjimmyauk]

like others have said sounds like an mobo Compatability problem not your graphics card, how old is the motherboard?

socket 939 mobo not sure when it was first released

 

[dave1983]

http://eu.msi.com/uploads/test_report/TR1_224.pdf
VGA Card
PCI VGA Card
System Configuration
Manufacturer Model No. Spec.
Processor AMD Athlon 64 4000+ E4
Memory NANYA NT5DS64MBT-5T 512M
VGA Card As Follows
Lan Card
Sound Card
Hard Drive Seagate ST3160023AS 160G SATA150
CD-ROM TEAC CD-540E
Floppy Drive TEAC FD-235HF
Power Supply Seventeam ST-300BKV
Mouse Logitech M-S43
Keyboard HP HP-5181
Device Configuration
Monitor HP F1905
No. Model VGA Chip
VGA Memory
/ Memory Type
VGA BIOS
01 ASUS V3800 RIVA TNT2 32MB/SDRAM V2.05.13
02 MSI MS-8885 NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 420 64MB/SDRAM 4.17.00.63
03 Power Color RV6P-NB3 Radeon 7000 64MB/DDR SDRAM 008.004.008.000
No. VGA Driver
Version
Install
Driver
WinBench99 Quality
01 5.6.7.3 OK OK OK
02 5.6.7.3 OK OK OK
03 6.14.10.6462 OK OK OK
PCI Express VGA Card
System Configuration
Manufacturer Model No. Spec.
Processor AMD Athlon 64 4000+ E4
Memory NANYA NT5DS64MBT-5T 512M
VGA Card As Follows
Lan Card
Sound Card
Hard Drive Seagate ST3160023AS 160G SATA150
CD-ROM TEAC CD-540E
Floppy Drive TEAC FD-235HF
Power Supply Seventeam ST-300BKV
Mouse Logitech M-S43
Keyboard HP HP-5181
Device Configuration
Monitor HP F1905
No. Model VGA Chip VGA Memory
/ Memory Type
VGA BIOS Quality
01 ASUS EN5750 GeForce PCX5750 128MB/DDR SDRAM 4.36.20.38.00 OK
02 EAX300SE Radeon X300SE 128MB/DDR SDRAM 008.015.117.000 OK
03 ATI X800 Pro Radeon X800XT 256MB/DDR3 SGRAM 009.003.001.018 OK
04 X850XT Radeon X850XT 256MB/DDR SGRAM 009.007.001.004 OK
05 ELSA FALCOX X30 Radeon X300 128MB/DDR SDRAM 008.015.115.000 OK
06 FALCOX X60 XT Radeon X600 128MB/DDR SGRAM 008.015.115.000 OK
07 FALCOX X60 Pro Radeon X600 Pro 128MB/DDR SDRAM 008.015.120.000 OK
09 Gladiac PCX935 GeForce PCX5900 128MB/DDR SGRAM 4.35.20.45.E0 OK
10 FALCOX X85 XTP ATI Radeon X850 256MB/GDDR3 SDRAM 113-A47401-102 OK
11 Gigabyte GV-NX62TC256D Geforce 6200 Turbo Cache 256MB/DDR SDRAM 5.44.02.11.00 OK
12 Leadtek Winfast PX360 TD GeForce PCX5750 128MB/DDR SDRAM 4.36.20.38.00 OK
13 MSI MS-8961 Radeon X600XT 128MB/DDR SGRAM 008.015.117.000 OK
14 MS-8964 Radeon RX600 XT 128MB/DDR SDRAM 008.015.115.000 OK
15 MS-8964 Radeon X300LE 128MB/DDR SDRAM 008.015.120.000 OK
16 MS-8964 Radeon X600 Pro 128MB/DDR SDRAM 008.015.120.000 OK
17 MS-8969 GeForce PCX5750 128MB/DDR SDRAM 4.36.20.38.12 OK
18 MS-8974 Geforce 6800GT 256MB/DDR SDRAM 5.40.02.30.03 OK
20 MS-8981 GeForce NX6600 256MB/DDR SDRAM 5.43.02.27 OK
21 MS-8981 GeForce NX6200 128MB/DDR SGRAM 5.43.02.16.11 OK
22 MS-8983 Geforce 6600GT 128MB/DDR SDRAM 5.43.02.16.00 OK
24 Geforce NX7800GTX 256MB/DDR3 SGRAM 5.70.02.11.10 OK
25 Nvidia GeForce 6800 Series GPL GeForce 6800GT 256MB/DDR3 SGRAM 5.40.02.15.03 OK
27 Power Color R38A-TC3 X600 XT Radeon X600XT 128MB/DDR SDRAM 008.015.095.000 OK
28 R38-PC3 X600 Pro Radeon X600Pro 128MB/DDR SDRAM 008.015.119.000 OK

Old MOBO released in 2005 http://www.testfreaks.com/motherboards/msi-k8ngm2-fid-il-l/

 

[ripperOFflesh]

updateing your bios the flash utility is included in the downloaded compressed file 7207v38.zip http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=224

 

[bigjimmyauk]

sTILL AT A LOSS some people have got them working others haven't

 

[dave1983]

contact your Mobo Manufacturers, they may send you an updated bios, it's a compatability issue with the socket 939 boards

 

[pastymuncher]

Well as far as psu's go, 450w is more than enough. The rig in my siggy along with a pair of Sata ll hdd's, Sata dvdrw, 5x fans and a Zalman ZM-MFC2 multifunction controller only draws a max of 284w at the wall and even then that is only when running Fur stability test and Linx together.

Unless of course there is a fault with the psu's pci-e line. Have you tried a 2x molex to pci-e adapter like the one that came with the card?

 

[Meridiusuk]

ha ha ha i tried the same with my spec in my sig + the fans/fan controller i've got aswell.

recomended a 1046w PSU

i'm only on a 650w. it canne take the power captain

i used the above site and bought a seasonic 650w gold psu and my system for a i5 which i am busy building with a 5770 card with 2 hd and a cdrom and 10 usb devices and 5 fans came to somthing like 400w to 450w max

 

[Vir]

Ok, very simple thingy but have you tried this:

Stick the monitor cable to the other DVI port?