Treebeard1337 Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 Well although I haven’t gotten this installed yet due to the fact that I don’t have the right power adapter to give the card its power, I did find out today as I was trying to install the card, that it didn’t seam to fit just right. Although it fits into the GPU slot just fine, the metal faceplate on the back doesn’t fit snug against the computer backing. Instead it seams to fall about a few centimeters short, and although it doesn’t seam much, it does prohibit me from inserting the screws that I need to keep it in place sturdily. If I forced it towards the back of the computer im afraid it could break off in the GPU slot, but if I don’t, I’m afraid it will break when I try to plug the monitor in and it doesn’t have anything to hold it in place except the GPU slot again. Anyone see a solution to this problem? PS. My other two x800 cards that im replacing fit fine in both slots. PPS. Ive got the card in the top slot, closest to the processor on the mobo, although I could move it down to the other slot maybe, I would prefer not to since I would have to move my hard drives, plus I think their both the same distance away from the back of the computer so I don’t know if it would matter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonDTM Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 Its the metal PCI Bracket at fault, my X850XT does the same thing, i just push the tab so it aligns with screw holes and go for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebeard1337 Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 so your saying just force it into place? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebeard1337 Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 Another forum wanted a picture of this, but this is the best i could do since i took the card out after trying and just put my old x800 back in. Behold my masterpiece: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/addicus/problem.jpg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rithina Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 some casing are not properly aligned to the pci slot and mb... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalus Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 If your running a single card then it has to go in the top slot, the bottom slot only runs at 1x when in single card mode. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrNick Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 I would blame the pc case. I've seen the same card be fine in some and have the same prob you describe in others. Wont harm anything to force it a little for the screws:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebeard1337 Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 im still kinda concerned at forcing this into place, is it not that big a deal that i might potentialy break something on the card? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vargis Posted February 10, 2006 Posted February 10, 2006 set one of your x800s tha fit fine in the case on top tof the x1900,where the printed circuit board plugs into the top PCIE slot,line them up on the 2 cardsand see if the screw plate is out as much as you say it is,mabey it can be adjusted with screws mounting the mounting plate to the pcb.and make sure your pluggin it in the slot i havewater cooling and my case is a bit cramed with hoses andwires galore,when i added my master card i didnt even have the slave in thedamn slot:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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