HELP! 8800GT won't display after Duorb install!

I bought this card in December, installed it and worked perfectly with the STOCK COOLER. Now that I have installed the DuOrb the computer will boot, but I can't see anything at all. My Samsung 226BW keeps going Analog->Digital->Analog->Digital until the monitor goes into power saving mode.

I have tried all 3 PCI-E slots on my motherboard, tried primary and secondary DVI ports, and even tried the adapter to VGA. Oh and I exchanged the PCIE power plug as well.

My Radeon X800 Pro will have to do I guess because that seems to work.

Please, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here are my PC specs:

Intel E6600
ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium
XFX 8800GT XT 640 MHz
Thermaltake DuOrb
Corsair 620HX PSU
Creative SB Fatality
OCZ Platinum 2GB DDR2-6400
WD Raptor 150GB
WD 500GB
LG H62N DVD combo
Antec P182

I was looking at some of the forums online and I heard that the VIA chipsets don't like the 8800GT so much. Just so happens that my motherboard has a chip like that? But I thought the graphics cards were handled by the SB?

But why would it work for a month and a half and then not work? My SB is nF4 (because the 590 chipset is basically just a revamped version).

I really don't wanna have to buy a new motherboard...cuz then I need a new OS too

You do not have a VIA chipset on that board and the problem is not with the board. The Firewire controller on that board is made by VIA and that is why you're most likely mistaking it as a VIA chipset.

It is highly possible you damaged the card when removing the stock heatsink and installed the new one or perhaps you forgot to plug something back in. Check your XFX warranty. It may or may not cover this.

My job is you broke the card. Way to waste $200+ I highly doubt a warrany covers noobish errors. You could make sure you aplied the right amount of thermal paste and plugged everything back in right.

Forget 6 pin power?

Does the Duorb plug into the card or separately....anyone think the card might not be powering up because of fan connection?

Just to check, did you use the shorter of the two types of double ended thumbscrews to attach the duorb? If you use the larger of the two types (the one the manual says use for the gtx) the heatsink won't contact the gpu.

You did ground yourself right?Any wires touching the duorb or something ,or duoorb touching a wire?My friend left the 12v fan cable off of his card and it killed his 2 hdd's and his motherboard.

You know you are quite rude. I didn't expect such negativity from people here. Just so you know there is a lifetime warranty for XFX and modder friendly. I got money to burn, so why not try? I'd rather have a CHANCE of saving money than spending another $250 for the same card. I don't know if I did anything wrong because I took all the steps I thought were necessary.

I'm sure you would try the same thing. Better spending $30 on shipping than $250, right?

I realize that I've tampered with the card so that the retailer won't take it back, but I can ship it back to XFX. I've looked into it more than you have.

Sheesh.

Thank you all for the help. Except for roadrunner.

Good luck Chuck. Try reading a little closer. Pay special attention to the red. If you buy a car and wreck it they wont fix it for free either. Just thought you should know.



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Again, I don't know if I did anything wrong. The warranty covers modding as long as you don't modify the PCB at all. They wouldn't write "modder friendly" if you couldn't place a third party cooler on it. I don't think they mean you're allowed to implement a variable resistor to change the voltage or change the layout of the PCB.

I don't care if they repair my card for $100, I'm still saving a considerable amount of money. And if they can't fix it, so be it. That's what support tickets are for so that you can find out whether it's doable.

And thank you for being more polite.

That was the only thing that could get the job done. Actually the only time I used pliers was when I was putting on the hexagonal screws on the Duorb because they just couldn't get through those extremely small holes (getting the card ready for placement, was nowhere near the card). I never used them on the 8800. I hand tightened the bolts on the card to make sure there wasn't too much pressure on the card. And the Duorb bolts are very long so that they can be twisted by hand.

Put the old HS on it and RMA it.

Geez, I'm glad I got the Arctic Cooling Accelero S2. Installation was a breeze <10minutes and it works awesome. Only thing I needed was a tiny philips head. Not only that it was only $17 ok, ok the turbo module fans were another whopping $8. But I'm assuming you might have overtightened and possibly micro-cracked the core or one of the runs on the pcb. I would say your chances of them excepting it are slim-to-none. But hey the only thing you have to lose if the card is dead is the shipping fee, and if they reject it, then the money you spent on the card too. You could always ebay it with the microprint on the bottom of the description, parts only card. LoL but that would not be nice.

Ditto

I also use DuOrb on my XFX 8800GT, I spend 10-15 minutes for the installation process. My card works just fine till now. Reduce my temp 20C cooler. I'm very happy with it. But AFAIK, the XFX won't cover your vga if they know (by whatever way) you mod the stock with aftermarket cooler. I've wrote and asked the XFX help Desk and they confirmed it.

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Good luck in RMA'ing your card.

They will probably notice that the thermal paste isn't what they use.

true, u r already in deep ****. n they will know for sure.

BUT ur bet is to act stupid, n tell them u didnt do anything. n u dont know what happened. just put the original HSF back. n RMA it. if it works. thank god. if it doenst work. thank ur head.