AgentIce Posted March 18, 2006 Posted March 18, 2006 Hey all, my first post here. I recently purchased the system with teh specs listed in my sig, booted it up the first time and everything was fine. I proceeded to install XP but whenever the system rebooted teh video went off and wouldn't come on again. It sounded liek the system was still doing its own thing, I had to power it down then on again and the video came back. Well XP installed fine, I installed the mobo drivers, a few reboots later I cannot get any video at all. I tried switching the dvi adapater to different ports, tried taking out one of the cards, tried clearing the cmos, nothing has worked so far. Anyone have any ideas? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted March 18, 2006 Posted March 18, 2006 Update your sig with the BIOS date and video card info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentIce Posted March 18, 2006 Posted March 18, 2006 Update your sig with the BIOS date and video card info. Don't know the BIOS date, this was a brand new system, will it say anywhere on the mobo or anything? I can't really check without a video signal. It'd just be whatever it came with. As far as teh XFX cards they are these ones: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16814150139 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
watsonte Posted March 18, 2006 Posted March 18, 2006 What Bios are you using and also did you install the Video drivers with the PCI express settings at 8-4-nc-8 or whatever it is...I didnt do that my first time and it resulted in something similar to what your experiencing..Check your bios settings and use only one card and see if you can get it working on one before installing the other card. Dont mind the question...if its stock bios....check the video settings in the bios if you can get video for that portion Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentIce Posted March 18, 2006 Posted March 18, 2006 What Bios are you using and also did you install the Video drivers with the PCI express settings at 8-4-nc-8 or whatever it is...I didnt do that my first time and it resulted in something similar to what your experiencing..Check your bios settings and use only one card and see if you can get it working on one before installing the other card. No I never changed any PCI settings, never got a chance to install the video drivers either before it crapped out. Speaking of which the computer locked up when I stuck my video driver CD in (Ctr-alt-del didn't work, couldn't move mouse etc) causing me to reboot, thats when the video no longer worked. Well hopefully I can somehow get it working with one card, I'll try switching the slot its in right now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
watsonte Posted March 18, 2006 Posted March 18, 2006 Also once you do...that is hoping you get video....dont use the CD they gave you...just install Nvidias latest drivers from there website that way your completly up to date....I have never used the discs they give me...granted others might say something else but I just take whats newest from Nvidia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentIce Posted March 18, 2006 Posted March 18, 2006 Ok, got it working! Couple things I did, I turned the 1/0 switch on the PS off and cleared the cmos again while I switched the video card to the other slot. So I guess one of those things did it. So I'm staring right now at the default bios setup screen, what do I do now? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
watsonte Posted March 18, 2006 Posted March 18, 2006 Sorry I can be more specific as to the location maybe Genie Bios settings...but there is a setting in which you muct select the PCI Express slots to be in SLI...You will want it to go from 1-1-2-16 or what ever to 8-4-nc-8....so change that save the settings and then you can shut off the pc and try installing the second card and then installing the latest drivers from Nvidia...just updated today..... or if you want boot in with the one card download all the drivers you will need....ethernet and all that then shut down and change bios options Install video drivers on both cards meaning install the video drivers after getting both cards installed and set up in SLI in the Bios Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentIce Posted March 18, 2006 Posted March 18, 2006 Ok I found the setting, let me just make sure I understand. If I want to install the video drivers on one card I leave teh bios setting at 2-1-1-16, if I want to go ahead and put the other card in now I need to change it to 8-4-nc-8? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
watsonte Posted March 18, 2006 Posted March 18, 2006 YES exactly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentIce Posted March 18, 2006 Posted March 18, 2006 Also should I change "Init Display First" from "PCI Slot" to "PCIEx" ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentIce Posted March 18, 2006 Posted March 18, 2006 YES exactly Thanks so much for your help! I'll get to work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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