Cant install 8800 gtx

theres a way to force install them
go to start then to control panel
then click on system
then on hardware and then to Device Manager

there should be a big "!" excalmation in the VGA
double click on it, then to "controller" tap
then click on "update controller "( or driver depends on the OS language )
then chose the correct Nvidia .inf file, and it should force the installation )
if they dont show any "compatiblehardware"


1.- Say no to windows update ( almost 99% probability it will NOT find the driver )
2.- click on the "ADVANCED" way to update the driver (it should say something like "install from a list or a specified location" )
3.- the button "Search for most adecuated driver" ( first option)
and unselect the "search in optical drivers CD, DVD" and select the second option ("include this place" ) or similar.
then click on "EXAMINE" or "BROWSE"
search the directory where the driver of nvidia is, and click next, and then let it install.

the other way is more complex, and requires you to do the same, until you get to the advanced way to update the driver (install from a list or specified location)
but you have to chose the last option "do not search, Ill select the driver to install"

to where you have to
1.- select VGA or "video device" or similars..
2.- find your .inf file of nvidia drivers.
then it should force it to get installed ( PS, it may cause errors sometimes.. )

but that has fixed me some problems with "generic" hardware.
such as my Radeon 9800 pro now defunc ( from hercules, cause hercules did stop releasing drivers for their hardware, and catalyst sometimes didnt work properly )

EDIT
before I forget: remember that the newest drivers of nvidia seems to REQUIRE the FRAMEWORK packages, download them from windowsupdate! ( framework 3 is out, I supose its for nvidia, I only have 1 and 2 with their respective service packs )

Ok so i have order the antec 900 case, should come tuesday, hopefully the 8800 will work, but unsure becuase of that high pitched whailing sound it made (very loud). Does nayone happen to know what that sound meant?

My pc has been up and running perfectly all day, so i havnt busted anything in all th ecomotion of trying to tame the 8800 into my case.

Hiper Type-R 580 sli ready

I have waited for the cpu fan to start spinning the sound doesnt go away (it is a very high pitched contstant, not beeping, whale sound, and only thing that was causing it was when i had the gc in.

Well the first time i put the card in with BIOS F6 my pc booted up and i could go into windows fine. But i wasnt able to install the gfx card at all.

After i updated my bios everything went to hell, and then the wailing sound started.

lol...no trust me this is a SCREAMING sound..there isnt a way in hell anyone could mix this up with a normal noise.

i will try it.

thanks, it arrives tuesday.. how is the spacing for the 8800? any chance you could post a pic showing me how much room there is?

no not yet, going to give it another try, to 100% check everything is fitting properly, if not i will be rma'ing its but!

Sorry cusis,
No such luck. The only digital camera I have my old lady has. I will say the fit is kind of tight, but they will fit with no problems.

Sorry about not being able to supply a pic

One 8800 GTX will be no problem trust me.

High Regards,
Howard

Edit: misspelled cusis

That is exactly what it means! That it is not getting enough power (the VGA). Power the card using a dedicated power line from the PSU. And make sure all the plugs are pushed all the way in and secure. Good luck

You are right, i forgot about the fact that he can boot into Windows. In that case it seems the card is faulty. Try installing the card in a friends rig, see if you get the same behaviour.

ok first off some points...

1. the loud noise could still be attributed to the vid card not getting enough power, nvidia cards simply underclock themselves when they dont have enough power. (make sure both power cables are plugged in the card)

2. Could you please post the make and model of your PSU or atleast put down the amount of amps on the 12 volt rails.

3. the driver issue, are you upgrading your card from a ATI? or even a old Nvidia, its probably not showing up in control panel because you forgot to uninstall old drivers first then install new ones(try this)

4. where did the high pitched noise come from, im in a flat at the moment which doesnt exactly have clean electricity my speakers will hiss at me every so often and i have had them screech loudy at me before the fuse blew, (luckily i have a very high quality PSU in my computer so my components dont fry)

now im gonna bitch slap you(u dont have to read but you should),

what in gods name do you need a 8800GTX for? when you are running at a default res of only 1024*768, have you any idea how much money you just wasted, you will actually get worse performance at that res cause the CPU will become the bottleneck. you should of stayed with the GX2 till you could afford the large 30" monitor you need to utilise this card. infact your wasting the power of the GX2 aswell.

Its because your PSU is not supplying sufficient enough power to the 8800GTX. There is a whole forum about this on nvnews.net.

All 8800GTX's make that high pitched sound when they are not being fed enough power from the PSU. I have an 8800GTX myself so I know exactly what I am talking about.


Im sorry to say but that PSU you have is not the best in the world and dual rail psu's in general do not do well with a high end system with high power requirements.


http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=80187

Buddy!! Haven't seen you around lately, but I agree with rob, the most overlooked part of a pc is the psu. Hiper makes a nice modular psu, but teh efficiency on it isn't that great, so what the top output on it maybe is around 550w, what you're actually getting is most likely around 400 something, kinda pushing it right there, here' s a psu guaranteed to keep a 8800gtx well fed and happy
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817703005
Not the best looking, but you won't find a better psu with the efficiency and durability of that thing

Bingo!

Good find Taco

This one will also do the job really well for a bit less $$$. My friend is using this one and it powers his Opteron @3.1ghz and his 8800GTX at 630core and 2030mem.

The 12v rail stays rock stable the whole time.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817103437

I prefer ocz over enermax for less, but it's good too
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817341001
But I think pc p&c is the best no question

So do I, thats why I have one.

This is mine, I got it for $199.00 off of newegg back when they first got them in stock.

http://www.pcpower.com/products/vi [...] iew=photos


60amps on a single 12v rail 8)


Ohhh.....Looks so sexy in here! LOL!

Dude! LOL wth is that?

I gotta go to bed, so I'll leave you with my favorite comedian to keep you content for now
http://video.google.com/videoplay? [...] +now&hl=en

You still have to remove the optional 120mm fan holder (black plastic) in front of the drive cage in the Antec 900 in order for the 8800GTX to fit in the first PCI-E slot in the case. I had to remove mine. It was no big deal and straight forward but necessary.

It's an optional fan holder (a black plastic cage), not the fan. The Antec 900 already comes with 3 x 120 mm fan (2 front intakes, 1 rear exhaust) and one huge 200 mm on top. so it's kinda waste for me to put any opional fan right there. The optional 120 mm fan on the clear side window would make more sense to me.
Yes, I think you can move it down to the 2. drive cage, if you want. But what devices do you want to cool down there? May be your Sound Blaster X-Fi or TV Tuner? The optional fan on the 1. drive cage seems to be more useful to me because it would help cooling the memory and the video card (however, in case of the overlong high-end card like the 8800GTX, it actually causes more problems)

ok rob no need to get offended, i trust in your advice, i didnt see the link the first time, i will look at the link.

Ill keep you posted on my progress. When you say it isnt getting enough from my psu are you saying i have cabled it wrong, or that my psu isnt capable?

Thing is tho, is that my psu is sli ready, its a 580w, by my slim knowledge this should work. Do you know much about psu's? and if so do you know much about my psu? have people had problems with it before regarding sli/8800.