XFX 6600GT nVidia GeForce During boot, screen text corrupt..

[JC]

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System specs:

PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 350 ATX/ATX 12V
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Rev 1.04 BIOS 1004
Athlon XP 2600+ 333 MHz FSB
2 Corsair CL-2 DDR DIMM's 433MHz @ 256 Meg's ea. (dual bank) 512 total
Using the nForce Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Using the nForce Audio Processing Unit
Using the USB ports
Adaptec AHA-2930CU PCI SCSI Adapter in PCI slot 2
2 Western Digital 120 gig JB's (special Sditions(8 Meg Cache))
1 Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1401
1 Yamaha CD-RW CRW2100S
3.5" Floppy
PS2 Keyboard
PS2 Mouse

OK the old Video Card is a ATi Radeon 9700 Pro and it woks flawlessly.

After inserting the XFX 6600GT and booting, all text output to screen
is corrupt. Just a mess of square blobs of color like the characters
have been blown apart, resembling cubic splatter that dance.

I tried both DVI outputs and both DVI to Analog RGB adapters. I tried
with and without a PS molex plugged into the card. I even used a
second separate 250 Watt PS dedicated to nothing but the 6600GT. I
reseated the card and connectors 3 - 4 times.

I'm thinking "Bad Card" because were talking about a 2d text screen.
Not a full blown 3D rendered 1600x1200 screen. But then again I'm not
sure how they engineered the card so it could require "mega watts" at
idle for all I know.

I reinstalled the Radeon and it woks perfect.

Anyone with experience in DOA Video cards, (especially a similar
setup) would be greatly appreciated. I would appreciated a prompt
response due to RMA restrictions.

Thank You Much,

JC

 

[DaveL]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

Sounds like a bad card to me.

DaveL

"JC" <jocombs45@fuse.net> wrote in message
news:gkejt0h87d3ubil3m8f58r8jtj0omvj8r7@4ax.com...
> System specs:
>
> PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 350 ATX/ATX 12V
> ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Rev 1.04 BIOS 1004
> Athlon XP 2600+ 333 MHz FSB
> 2 Corsair CL-2 DDR DIMM's 433MHz @ 256 Meg's ea. (dual bank) 512 total
> Using the nForce Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
> Using the nForce Audio Processing Unit
> Using the USB ports
> Adaptec AHA-2930CU PCI SCSI Adapter in PCI slot 2
> 2 Western Digital 120 gig JB's (special Sditions(8 Meg Cache))
> 1 Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1401
> 1 Yamaha CD-RW CRW2100S
> 3.5" Floppy
> PS2 Keyboard
> PS2 Mouse
>
> OK the old Video Card is a ATi Radeon 9700 Pro and it woks flawlessly.
>
> After inserting the XFX 6600GT and booting, all text output to screen
> is corrupt. Just a mess of square blobs of color like the characters
> have been blown apart, resembling cubic splatter that dance.
>
> I tried both DVI outputs and both DVI to Analog RGB adapters. I tried
> with and without a PS molex plugged into the card. I even used a
> second separate 250 Watt PS dedicated to nothing but the 6600GT. I
> reseated the card and connectors 3 - 4 times.
>
> I'm thinking "Bad Card" because were talking about a 2d text screen.
> Not a full blown 3D rendered 1600x1200 screen. But then again I'm not
> sure how they engineered the card so it could require "mega watts" at
> idle for all I know.
>
> I reinstalled the Radeon and it woks perfect.
>
> Anyone with experience in DOA Video cards, (especially a similar
> setup) would be greatly appreciated. I would appreciated a prompt
> response due to RMA restrictions.
>
> Thank You Much,
>
> JC

 

[john]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

I agree with DaveL I think it's a bad card too. Or you motherboard
might not support it but normaly when its the case, the system bips and
don't show colored squares. Try to exchange it if it still does it tell
the groups.

 

[JC]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

Just forgot to mention a few more current gobblers:

7 Antec case fans
80x80x38 mm 80.6 CFM, 5900RPM Delta fan on the Swiftech MCX462 CPU-
Heatsink

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 23:08:48 GMT, JC <jocombs45@fuse.net> wrote:

>System specs:
>
>PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 350 ATX/ATX 12V
>ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Rev 1.04 BIOS 1004
>Athlon XP 2600+ 333 MHz FSB
>2 Corsair CL-2 DDR DIMM's 433MHz @ 256 Meg's ea. (dual bank) 512 total
>Using the nForce Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
>Using the nForce Audio Processing Unit
>Using the USB ports
>Adaptec AHA-2930CU PCI SCSI Adapter in PCI slot 2
>2 Western Digital 120 gig JB's (special Sditions(8 Meg Cache))
>1 Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1401
>1 Yamaha CD-RW CRW2100S
>3.5" Floppy
>PS2 Keyboard
>PS2 Mouse
>
>OK the old Video Card is a ATi Radeon 9700 Pro and it woks flawlessly.
>
>After inserting the XFX 6600GT and booting, all text output to screen
>is corrupt. Just a mess of square blobs of color like the characters
>have been blown apart, resembling cubic splatter that dance.
>
>I tried both DVI outputs and both DVI to Analog RGB adapters. I tried
>with and without a PS molex plugged into the card. I even used a
>second separate 250 Watt PS dedicated to nothing but the 6600GT. I
>reseated the card and connectors 3 - 4 times.
>
>I'm thinking "Bad Card" because were talking about a 2d text screen.
>Not a full blown 3D rendered 1600x1200 screen. But then again I'm not
>sure how they engineered the card so it could require "mega watts" at
>idle for all I know.
>
>I reinstalled the Radeon and it woks perfect.
>
>Anyone with experience in DOA Video cards, (especially a similar
>setup) would be greatly appreciated. I would appreciated a prompt
>response due to RMA restrictions.
>
>Thank You Much,
>
>JC

 

[JC]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

Thanks, I've requested an RMA. Also ordered a 510 watt PS. I will
post results with and without new PS, upon receiving the replacement.

Again thanks for your time.

JC

On 3 Jan 2005 18:11:45 -0800, "John" <beretta92fs_inox@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I agree with DaveL I think it's a bad card too. Or you motherboard
>might not support it but normaly when its the case, the system bips and
>don't show colored squares. Try to exchange it if it still does it tell
>the groups.