My computer wont recognize my e-GeForce 6800GT.
i just finished building my first computer, and ive been troubleshooting some problems, but gotten past them. most were just me being absent minded. but theres one problem that persists, and i thought it was a faulty motherboard.
Its a weird problem, and i havent seen anyone else with it (this is like the 4th forum im posting in). The one PCI-E slot that youre supposed to use when youre not doing SLi doesnt seem to work (the blue one). however, taking my 6800 to the other slot works. in the blue slot, there is no card recognized by the computer; in windows it says there adapter tab or any indication of an installed graphics card (right click desktop>properties>settings>advanced). when its in the black slot though, its all fine and came up and i was able to install drivers. it was listed with its own tab and all seemed well. and i would be happy, except that the black slot functoins as a PCI-E 1x when its not being used for SLi, as opposed the PCI-E 16x slot the card should be in. the fact that the card works in one slot and not the other had me convinced that the graphics card is not at fault (as i once believed)... im still getting video out from it and the fan spins and all that good stuff. so i RMA'd the board. Well it got tested and everything and they said it works fine. they showed me screen shots and everything (they even used a 6800 and an amd 64 3200+, like i have), and are sending it back. well at least it works...
I talked to the guy that worked on it, and i asked him some questions like what i might have been missing or doing wrong... even he was stumped.
I could really use some help...anyone got any ideas?
I've been without the board for like a week, and it will be a few more days, and ive been thinking. im going to update the BIOS and update windows, but other than that, i dont know what to try. i went through the bios and looked at all the options with the A8N manual in my hand.
Things ive tried/checked:
- Checked the EZ Selector to be sure its set to Single Graphics
- Supplied power to the EZ Plug for extra juice
- checked and double checked connections
- seated the card in and out of the slot carefully like 3 times
- tweaked settings in BIOS accordingly for non-SLi
- tried multiple BIOS configs/settings, including the default
maybe more, i dunno. thats all i can think of.
well...If anyone has any other ideas, lay'em on me, and ill tell ya if ive been there, done that. Also, if you need more info, let me know.
thanks in advance.