WeEatDeadPeople Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 So, Im using the enermax whisper II PSU listed in the recommended psu's thread. My EVGA card was glicthing and the first thing the support guys told me is to run speedfan and check the voltages. Here they are... What does the low -12V mean? Could one of my aux connectors not be working right or not connected on the motherboard? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cook1 Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 Try Smartguardian and double check those rails. Here's a link Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeEatDeadPeople Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 Okay. Did smartguardian. enclosed screenshot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dynamic Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 Can you explain the problem in more details please? Which drivers are you running for your motherboard and video card? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeEatDeadPeople Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 Im running 6.70s, 81.98 or whatever eVGA recommends on the site video drivers. When I get into games its beautiful for about a minute, then i experience severe artifacting. This artifacting continues even after I exit the game, and if I tried to run the game for a while after it started, it will appear on teh bios screen etc. Lots of people on the evga forums reporting the exact same issue with the exact same card. Should the -12V bother me? What could that be? All of the +v readings are good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeEatDeadPeople Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 also, the evga techs wanted me to check my 12v voltage under load. it stays rock solid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cook1 Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 It's not your PSU, it's solid. Do you have access to another video card? Cause that's what I'd suspect. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slammin Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 Your vid card sounds like it is overheating. To test, you could try having a big fan blow on it with your case open. If it doesn't artifact, or last longer before artifacting, then your vid card is getting too hot. I would RMA the card. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeEatDeadPeople Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 I underclocked the card to 427/1000 and it still did this (albeit later). If I move the card away from directly over into the northbridge fan, it will run at 8x PCIe right? In the lower slot think that might help? its like smack dab right ontop of it, pretty long card Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cook1 Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 If the card is defective underclocking and changing slots won't help it I'm afraid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeEatDeadPeople Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 Yeah = I kinda spent my bankroll on the machine so Im gonna have to wait a few weeks for the RMA process i guess. and alot of people are getting 2nd defective cards on eVGA, seems like quite a large batch all is experiencing the same problems. One guy with a SLI-DR expert said he got his to work fine changing the pcie settings(basically running 8x), but I dont ahve those in my bios Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cook1 Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 If you need to borrow a card I might have an extra PCI-E card to lend ya. Nothing special, I think it's the 6200 128MB, but at least you'll be up and runnin. PM me if ya need to borrow it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.