Asus 8800GT not working?

[derchris]

Hi all,

I now got a new System, Q6600 G0, Asus Maximus Formula SE, 2GB Crucial Balistix.
This was working with my old 7950GT.
Now I got the Asus 8800GT, and the system will not post.
I tried both PCI-e slots, both the same.

PSU is a Corsair HX620W.
There are now 5 HDDs and 1 DVD-RW in the System.

PSU should be enough for this setup?

Or is the 8800GT bust?

Thanks in advance,
Christian

[daza]

Try taking out all HDD's apart from the one with the C:/ on it.

[derchris]

Still no luck

[Agent]

Your PSU will power that with ease.
If you put the other card in and it works, apart from clearing the BIOS, there isn't much it can be except a dead card

[derchris]

Your PSU will power that with ease.
If you put the other card in and it works, apart from clearing the BIOS, there isn't much it can be except a dead card

I just tried it with my old board, same thing. So it looks like the card is DOA
I will give Scan a call tomorrow morning.

Thanks

[Agent]

Just make sure you have the additional power cable plugged in too.....that's about it really

[LegacyOne]

There are some BIOS updates for “Enhance PCIE card compatibility” that could make it work for the Maximus Formula SE.

[Agent]

There are some BIOS updates for “Enhance PCIE card compatibility” that could make it work for the Maximus Formula SE.

Good point.
I just assume that people have the latest BIOS when trouble shooting

[fresh]

where can you get bios updates???? i was trying to update mine today and all i could find were sites where you had to pay for it.

[LegacyOne]

where can you get bios updates???? i was trying to update mine today and all i could find were sites where you had to pay for it.

Did you try Asus?
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-

[derchris]

Tried it with the up2date BIOS, no success.
I also tried to setting the DRAM volltage to 2.2V, as this is from the Crucial website, and before it was 1.9 in BIOS.
But also no post.
But I have to check one more thing.

[derchris]

And the last check did the trick.
Normaly I have my PC connected with a DVI-DVI cable.
I have now tried the DVI-VGA adapter which was included with the card, and used a old VGA cable, and, now I have a picture on the screen.

So there seems to be a problem with the DVI cable.
But what problem?

[Winkle]

Could also be the monitor. Is their an option in the monitors menus for digital instead of analogue?

[derchris]

Could also be the monitor. Is their an option in the monitors menus for digital instead of analogue?

Yes, but that is to change the input signal.