pci-e issues

[darkangelism]

I am having an issue when I add a PCI-e card into the 4X PCI-e slot on my lanparty UT sli-d board. The system wont post when the card is in the system, It is an lsi logic megaraid SAS 8308ELP raid card that is a 4X pci-e card, I have tried it in both the 4X slot and the 2nd 16X slot with and without sli enabled, and with both 1 and 2 video cards in the system. I get no video no post with it, and it comes up fine when i dont have the card in the system. I have tried reseating memory and processor and all the pci-e cards, disconnect fans and hard drives, I have a 550w power supply an opteron 170 which was OCed but now isnt, 2GB DDR 500 corsair memory, and i tried with just 1 stick of memory in the system. I also tried switching my proc heatsink and removed and reinstalled my motherboard from the case. LSI claims it is a motherboard issue and not a card issue, so i emailed DFI support, but i wanted to see if anybody here had any ideas.

 

[g-paw]

Are you running the latest BIOS and mobo drivers? Have you checked all your RAID BIOS settings? Some RAID drivers can be installed through XP, I've never cone it, I always install them using F6 during Windows installation.

 

[darkangelism]

i am running the lastest bios...drivers are not an issue as the system wont post with the card in the system...from what i have been able to find is that NF4 chipset sucks and has all sorts of issues with pci-e cards, so hopefully intel dropps prices on quad core soon so i can move to an intel chipset and proc

 

[g-paw]

Interesting, didn't know NF4 had problems with pci-e but then then I don't have any pci-e cards. I was thinking of checking for drivers with the card out of the machine