Brand New 7900GTX Help Plz

[lewbaseball07]

just bought a 7900gtx from ebay(haaa) and when i boot up its in 640x480 and 4bit color and hass all kinds of lines and equations in the picture!!!!!

when i boot into xp i cant change the res or anything...it just goes back to where it was before...

HELPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[NMDante]

Installed drivers?
Newest drivers?

or

Bad card...burnt out section in memory/GPU.

I had a card do that, and it had a part of the GPU toasted.

 

[lewbaseball07]

weird...it wouldnt load the drivers!!!!1

 

[TechnologyCoordinator]

1. Wrong Forum
2. Drivers?
3. Reseat card
4. What OS?

 

[lewbaseball07]

i tried reseating...SORRY...i just got it and this is the only ones you guys post asap on

 

[cb62fcni]

Sounds like a bad card. Is the Bios screen screwy as well, or is it only when you boot into windows that the video goes nuts? Try this:

Reset CPU + Mem to stock speeds. Make sure your PCI is set to stock as well if you've upped voltage to it.

Boot into safe mode. Remove all previous video drivers completely. Set display to VGA mode. Restart.

When windows boots, try to install new drivers.

 

[lewbaseball07]

NICEEE! never thouight of that...ill try it...thanks !

 

[lewbaseball07]

still...not loading anything!!!!...and its screwy on the bios screen

 

[Fulmar]

was it a used card or brand new retail?

If used, sounds like you got hosed tommy.

 

[cb62fcni]

If it's screwy on the BIOS screen, then it's hosed. Hopefully it came with money-back, if not, file a complaint with e-bay. It can be a challenge to find reputable dealers on e-bay at times, sorry for your bad luck.

 

[Nitro350Z]

I think your card is toast, hopefully you got it from a good seller and he/she might let you return it.

Otherwise, your out of luck, And why is this thread in the CPU section??

 

[enforcerfx]

This is the Graphics Card section Nitro.

 

[lewbaseball07]

ughhhhhhhhhhhhh i WANT A GTX SOOOOOOOOOOO BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

iam sending it back....


its screwy on the bios screen

 

[lewbaseball07]

maybe ill keep the waterblock!!! :lol:

hope he forgets :twisted:

 

[qwazzy]

ROFL, sucks that it doesn't work. Oh well, hopefully you can return it.

 

[prozac26]

How much you pay for it?

 

[lewbaseball07]

300 BUCKS...said he used it for 6 months. It looked like he used it for that amount of time. I think he cleaned it up some though. UGHHHHH..iam realllllllllly pissed. THERE ALL FOR 300 BUCKS ON EBAY THOUGH. UGHHH...

wait or get a dx10 mid range card??...my friend who smokes crack says there going to be better...

he also said that 7900gt in sli is better than a 7900gtx....

...a vf900 was better than a vf700

and...a 7900gx2 has dx10

sound like a crack head???

 

[prozac26]

7900GX2:
a) Doesn't exist.
b) Isn't "DX10".

If you can return it, return it, and buy a new card, like a X1950XT. Or try to get another 7900GTX from eBay.

 

[lewbaseball07]

oo woops...my bad..i mean 7950gx2...my bad

 

[lewbaseball07]

could it be my power supply?!?!?!

 

[lewbaseball07]

the power supply is 500w and 19amps on the +12v

 

[Valtiel]

Wow. 19A on the +12V rail, eh? No that is not going to power your system. Please post the brand and model. nVidia reccomends at least 22A on the +12V rail so 19A is just not going to cut it. I would reccomend going with a good brand PSU such as corsair, seasonic, silverstone, enermax, FSP group.

Here is a good one for your system:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194004

And here is a cheaper one that will get the job done with power to spare:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817371002

 

[lewbaseball07]

ughhhh...thats what i thought...from first instict

 

[Valtiel]

Well you gotta do your research before you buy
One reason I dont like buying from eBay - it's risky you never know what condition component you're gonna get and you might not be able to return it 8O

 

[lewbaseball07]

i need a dirt cheap one