needmorstuff Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 mods please merge? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagini Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 nms can you confirm you are booting and just have no video? Or, are you having some other problem? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RokleM Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 Then I remember a post by someone (sorry I can't remember who) who was having this same/similar problem. He said that by plugging in a PCI graphics card the system would post and boot every time. Okay, but where to get a PCI graphics card. Off to the graveyard! eventually we give up and decide to use the DVI to VGA adapter and attach that to our 6800gt (it has two DVI connectors) and use a VGA cable to connect to our display (listed below). What do you know? It know POST/BOOTS EVERY TIME WITHOUT FAIL! This was more than likely me on a thread I started a week or so back. I could not get my brand new system to get past 3 LED's with SLI (2x) BFG 6800 OC GT hooked up to DVI (Dell 20" LCD 2001FP). I ended up putting in an old PCI card (no PCIe), flashing the bios, and running a few memory tests on the OCZ VX. Everything looked good. From that point on, I tried dual 6800 OC GT's without any success at all. I could never get past 3 LED's again. I then went to just 1 6800 GT OC, and haven't had a problem since. No problems with cold boot, no issues with locking up, installed Windows, no blue screens, runs like a champ. So... My only remaining issue is running SLI BFG 6800 GT OC's. Can't get past that 3 LED issue. Just thought I'd chime in on the issues I'm seeing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagini Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 RokleM, are you back to using DVI? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabby Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 I dont believe this is the problem, when I have the coldboot issue it is always my VX ram that is causing the problem. look all over this forum with cold boot issues it will be from people with VX type ram (or any of the high voltage ram) . If i get the cold boot problem which is everytime if I pull the power from the power supply and I pop in some crappy old corsair ram and it post just fine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabby Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 I wonder how many people have this issue and just dont know it... if we just could get everyone to pull the powercord of the PSU, I bet we would get this issue resolved Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagini Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 arctic and everyone else. I posted elsewhere about DVI detection probs and nVidia cards. Are any or all of you using nVidia cards and a DVI connection? Try using a DVI->VGA adapter and see what happens. and check this thread - btw we have asked mod to combine it and this together. http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10822 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
needmorstuff Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 I have tried different ram to no avail. nagini - no boot at all - just the three leds and all fans on. definately an issue with 6800's and dfi nf4 - no ram problems here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagini Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 There are clearly lots of cold boot issues. Memory is not my problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagini Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 needmorestuff, I think you are having a board problem. That is, more serious problems than I appear to be having. You really should get yourself a post card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
needmorstuff Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 nagini - I can post but i have to either power off and on about 5 times or remove the 6800gt and put my pci 2mb s3 card in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
needmorstuff Posted May 3, 2005 Posted May 3, 2005 just emaild angry as these two threads must be invisible to the mods ;-) "Angry, any chance you or rgone could cast your eye on the following two threads and merge them into one please. http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10822 http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10435 Seems that they are completely passing the support people by without any input at all. Many thanks for your help. Needmorstuff." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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