Re: Just a query!

"Dumbo" <> wrote in message
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> Look I know I'm flailing but I have assurances that my GTX was a fully
> working card and the 4870 Force3d was a problem card (I assumed it was
> heat issue and a new cooler (air or water would fix it)). Neither will
> post on a Striker Extreme motherboard I have. There are a lot of postings
> out there saying that the PCI-e 2.0 cards refuse to function with these
> cards but I have persevered. Even ASUS support forums have this type of
> statement posted there.
> I cannot get even one friend who has a PSU with the correct connectors or
> correct wattage of PSU to run it. BFG tech don't seem to be too helpful.
> My point is this. If I purchase an AM2 based motherboard, CPU and cooler
> and try my psu (Hiper-4m880w) would that negate the issue of some
> incompatibility with 680/780 chipsets.
> I haven't got an AM2 setup but one based on another chipset should take
> another if out of the equation.
>
> Robin

Assurances don't mean they work. Both of the cards in question may be bad if
you haven't seen them working. I have a Striker Extreme based system that
has had a couple of 8800GTX cards in SLI and in single card mode and they
worked perfectly. The cards are now in my i7 system and working perfectly
with an Asus P6T. I have had several 8800 based cards in the Striker Extreme
and have built 3 other systems around Asus 680i boards for family without
any issues at all, and using 8800 based cards in all of them. All the
systems are 1-2 years old and running great. I haven't had any pcie 1-2
issues and it is so rare (so few folks on the boards claim to have them)
that I would look somewhere else as the problem. PSUs are so important with
today's systems and there are a lot more problems associated with that than
with any other problem I have seen. If you have never seen either card work
in a system, and have not tried a known good card in your system (one you
have seen work) or have not tried your cards in another system it is very
difficult for anyone to do anything other than guess what your problem may
be.


Ed