7800GS Problem (Gainward Bliss 512 GLH) (*Resolved*)
Hoping someone might have an idea if this is a problem with the card itself or something with my rig (possibly power).
I just got my hands on one of Gainwards 7800GS AGP cards. I installed it as any other graphics card (removing existing nvidia drivers first and running a few 'cleaners' just in case). Started the machine up and the display seems fine untill it gets to where it would show the windows loading screen with the progress bar, then the display just cuts off, as if I switched the machine off or pulled out the cable (tried with 2 different monitors and both DVI connectors). Tried booting safe mode and the same thing happens, it runs through the list of dlls and sys files and then just shuts off. I'm not entirely sure but as far as I can tell, windows stops loading too as opposed to carrying on with a blank screen.
I thought power might be an issue so I disconnected everything but the minimum to boot and still no luck. The power is connected kind of oddly, the card take a PCIe power connection, but comes with an adapter for two molex connectors, so I made sure two were connected off seperate cables with nothing else on them (not sure if that makes any difference with a single rail PSU). I also put back in my 6800 (plain, not GT/Ultra), I think it's power requirements should be fairly close to the 7800's, and connected back up everything else and ran oblivion with MBM monitoring the voltages and they barely budged (+12V dropped from 12.22 to 12.16, +5V 5.16 to 5.11, +3.3V 3.42 to 3.39).
Is it possible this is a power issue (I'd have thought that'd be more likely to show when attempting to play a game ?), or is it more likely a fault with the card ? I'm going to try rigging up a spare 350W PSU just to power the card on it's own over the weekend, but I'd like to try and get some idea beforehand.
Thanks,
Steve.
OS: XP SP2
CPU: A64 3200+
MB: MSI K8N Neo Platinium
Mem: 2Gb Geil Value PC3200
PSU: Thermaltake Butterfly 480W
Hoping someone might have an idea if this is a problem with the card itself or something with my rig (possibly power).
I just got my hands on one of Gainwards 7800GS AGP cards. I installed it as any other graphics card (removing existing nvidia drivers first and running a few 'cleaners' just in case). Started the machine up and the display seems fine untill it gets to where it would show the windows loading screen with the progress bar, then the display just cuts off, as if I switched the machine off or pulled out the cable (tried with 2 different monitors and both DVI connectors). Tried booting safe mode and the same thing happens, it runs through the list of dlls and sys files and then just shuts off. I'm not entirely sure but as far as I can tell, windows stops loading too as opposed to carrying on with a blank screen.
I thought power might be an issue so I disconnected everything but the minimum to boot and still no luck. The power is connected kind of oddly, the card take a PCIe power connection, but comes with an adapter for two molex connectors, so I made sure two were connected off seperate cables with nothing else on them (not sure if that makes any difference with a single rail PSU). I also put back in my 6800 (plain, not GT/Ultra), I think it's power requirements should be fairly close to the 7800's, and connected back up everything else and ran oblivion with MBM monitoring the voltages and they barely budged (+12V dropped from 12.22 to 12.16, +5V 5.16 to 5.11, +3.3V 3.42 to 3.39).
Is it possible this is a power issue (I'd have thought that'd be more likely to show when attempting to play a game ?), or is it more likely a fault with the card ? I'm going to try rigging up a spare 350W PSU just to power the card on it's own over the weekend, but I'd like to try and get some idea beforehand.
Thanks,
Steve.
OS: XP SP2
CPU: A64 3200+
MB: MSI K8N Neo Platinium
Mem: 2Gb Geil Value PC3200
PSU: Thermaltake Butterfly 480W
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, and everything's running silky smooth.