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| Thread ID: 49764 | 2004-09-29 20:25:00 | GeForce FX5700 doesn't like Asus A7V600 | Growly (6) | Press F1 |
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| 277007 | 2004-09-29 20:25:00 | Hi there, Friend of mine has an Asus A7V600 Motherboard and a Chaintech GeForce FX5700 Graphics card. Whever he tries to play games, or run 3D intensive benchmarks, the computer freezes or restarts, with no error messages. The same motherboard with a Radeon 9200SE works fine - so we thought it may be the card. But that card in my motherboard (a different motherboard) also works fine. It was even sent back to the manufacturer and came back as OK. As far as drivers and software is concerned: The operating system was reinstalled many times, both simple reinstalls and complete wipes. The drivers used have come from many different locations and many different versions - all the same effect. At the moment we are using the 61.77 drivers from nVidia. My question is WHAT'S BROKEN? Is it the card? Is it the motherboard? Is the the processor?!?!?! Why does it work with one card and not another? I thought it may to do with voltages or something silly... |
Growly (6) | ||
| 277008 | 2004-09-29 21:13:00 | What sort of PSU has the PC got in it? The FX5700 will need more power than the 9200SE. You would want to have at least a 300-350W PSU and maybe even more depending on what else is in the PC. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 277009 | 2004-09-29 21:19:00 | >I thought it may to do with voltages or something silly... It shouldnt bee anything to do with voltages the FX5700 is 8x AGP and so is the motherboard. Does the video card have a auxilary power connector? (like on the 9800PRO and 6800's) If so is it connected? |
Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 277010 | 2004-09-29 23:24:00 | Yeah the voltages did sound unlikely, especially because the 9200SE is also 8x but still works. The computer has a 400W PSU in it, and has had the same problem with a different PSU also - and the graphics card doesn't need an extra power connector... |
Growly (6) | ||
| 277011 | 2004-09-30 00:01:00 | What about your motherboard drivers are they all up to date perhaps it is they that are causing issue, AGP bridge etc. | Odin (227) | ||
| 277012 | 2004-09-30 00:04:00 | Have you tryed flashing the mobo BIOS to the latest version? The last VIA chipset based motherboard i used was based on the KT400 so this is pretty old but they did use to have a seperate AGP driver perhaps that is worth a try? Or try emailing Asus and seeing if there is a known problem with your motherboard and video card? | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 277013 | 2004-09-30 00:25:00 | Thanks everyone - but I'm not there yet :s I'm downloading the latest drivers now, but had a play with the voltages... When set to auto for the AGP Voltage, the computer would crash before running the first test in 3DMark03... I put it up to 1.6V and managed to get through all the tests up till the second Sound test, during which it promptly restarted. I'm opening to inferences - what could this mean? |
Growly (6) | ||
| 277014 | 2004-09-30 00:29:00 | Oh, and I set it to 1.7v, during which it crashed on the second test of 3DMark03 | Growly (6) | ||
| 277015 | 2004-09-30 00:39:00 | How old is that mobo?,the first round of boards released with an 8xagp slot caused a lot of issues due to the standerd not being set in stone when they were released,I would update the motherboard bios if you havent done so already. | metla (154) | ||
| 277016 | 2004-09-30 00:39:00 | Are you overclocking the CPU? | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
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