please help/advise 8800gt :(

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leetskeet

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i had bought a new shiny evga 8800gt and it didnt work out of the box. i did some bios updates and after numerous tries it booted and worked fine for months. then out of nowhere my comp wouldnt boot. i tried everything...taking out ram,taking out soundcard, etc. i replaced the 8800gt with my spare 7600gs and whammo comp starts right up. i rma'd with evga and the replacement had the same problem. i used it as an excuse to get a corsair hx520 to see if maybe i had just burnt out the thermaltake psu. no duck sauce. anyone have any idea whats going on? did i just get a bad string of cards. is it possible for the pci-e slot to be broken but still manage to work with the 7600...seems unlikely to me. any insight would be great. i havent played games for a couple weeks now and i'm starting to go through withdrawal.
 
Hmm interesting. As far as I know it could be the motherboard. It sucks to troubleshoot a bad motherboard but sometimes you just don't have a choice. All the cables are plugged in correctly right?

it seems like a power/voltage issue to me. Hard to know really.
Sorry I can't help much
 
Seems like a board problem to me.... Especially since you've tried replacing the card and the PSU.

Go rub your board on some carpet, and RMA it :p.
 
have you guys had any luck doing RMA with asus? i swear i looked around their site for an hour and couldnt find any type of rma info.
 
Where did you get the MB? Check the store's warranty policy, they may accept it back and do the RMA for you. The store where I buy all of my stuff will accept most items for one year although they only do direct replacement for the first 30 days. That could be cheaper for you in the long run.
 
i tried the video card on another computer and it worked fine so i dont know...the pci-e wont let the computer boot if the video card requires external power. sound right? i ordered a gigabyte p35-ds3l and i will sell the p5n-e if i ever get an rma with asus worked out.

should i reformat when i get the new motherboard? never had to switch motherboard before.
 
i also just noticed that the "adjust video properties" in ntune do nothing to my videos and they appear very dark. i guess my mb just crapped out. i'm not sure why the 7600 works but not the 8800gt. :confused::confused:
 
Does the 7600 require the extra 6 PIN power plug? My 8600 didn't but my 8800GT does, so if it isn't the motherboard it might be a power issue.

Just a thought.
 
the 7600 doesnt have the extra power plug. i tried the 8800gt on a different comp and it worked fine. i rma'd the asus and ordered a gigabyte p35-ds3l. that asus board was so flakey the entire time i had it. i'm surprised that it maintained such a cpu overclock for so long. oh well price of the hobby.
 
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