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ALLINEN   12-08-2008 at 05:34:50 PM

hello,

my 9800gx2' light indicator glows yellow.I feel this isnot good, because my vga is slow compared to others.

I just want to have a proof , that yellow light means failure , to show with my warranty request.


thanks

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invisik   12-08-2008 at 06:18:29 PM
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I believe the yellow light means its not getting enough power, which would make sense why it doesn't perform like its suppose to.

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gamerk316   12-08-2008 at 06:24:34 PM
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Whats your PSU? Sounds like lack of power.

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ALLINEN   12-08-2008 at 06:39:46 PM
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system :e8200 ,4gb ram ,p35 motherboard

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gamerk316   12-08-2008 at 06:59:56 PM
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Whats the brand of PSU? This might be a case of a low quality PSU bringing down the system.

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ALLINEN   12-08-2008 at 07:08:44 PM
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here is the photo and information http://www.chieftec.com/tubro-power.htm

mine is CFT 700

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cjl   12-08-2008 at 07:10:05 PM
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That should have enough power then. You do have both power connectors on the card hooked up, right?

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ALLINEN   12-08-2008 at 07:11:12 PM
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sorry i cant edit my message.BAD LINK.Here is good http://www.chieftec.com/tubro-power.html

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ALLINEN   12-08-2008 at 07:14:04 PM
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"That should have enough power then. You do have both power connectors on the card hooked up, right?"

you talk about those connections in right side of the card? http://images.techtree.com/ttimage [...] g_1016.JPG

They both glow green to me.

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cjl   12-08-2008 at 07:14:43 PM
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Yep - both of the connections on top of the card there.

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ALLINEN   12-08-2008 at 07:19:13 PM
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but they glow green to me , i dont think that there is any problem

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cjl   12-08-2008 at 07:33:01 PM
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Out of curiosity, what do you mean by "slow compared to others"? What kind of score do you get in 3dmark06?

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ALLINEN   12-08-2008 at 08:36:26 PM
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i think i get just a bit over 12k in 3dmark06

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ALLINEN   12-08-2008 at 09:38:56 PM
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so can anyone tell me what that "yellow light" means?

BTW: there are two indicators , one is blue and other is yellow.It is strange that i cant plug my monitor through what yellow glowing tool, monitor just does not show any view then.

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Lord Gornak   12-08-2008 at 11:09:35 PM
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I'm at work so I can't look at my GX2 at the moment, but I distinctly remember seeing a yellowish/blue glow behind my computer projecting from my video card on to the wall. If I remember correctly, each DVI port has a light next to it, and blue means a monitor is connected to that port via DVI cable, and yellow/green means no monitor is connected to that port. I belive that to be able to use the secondary DVI port, you must have a monitor connected to the primary DVI port as well.

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Lord Gornak   12-08-2008 at 11:14:47 PM
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Just found some pics on hardocp, here is their review of the 9800 GX2 with plenty of pictures of the pretty lights: http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/arti [...] zaWFzdA==]

Here is the picture of the yellow/green light I believe you're speaking of: http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/imag [...] sLmpwZw==]

When the GX2 has any kind of an issue, you'll see red lights, green/yellow and blue are perfectly normal.



Edit: URL formatting.


Message edited by Lord Gornak on 12-08-2008 at 11:16:59 PM
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