6600GT on the way!...Again! Chaintech Saved The Day!

[Rdavido]

I too have been plagued by the Aopen 6600GT. I bought it last sunday and popped in into my system Thursday. I played Rome: TW FINE! When I went to run 3DMark03 I got to test 3 and my system blacked out and restarted. I had to clear CMOS in order to get a VGA signal again. After that, everything was garbled.

Chaintec, here I come.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Rdavido
I too have been plagued by the Aopen 6600GT. I bought it last sunday and popped in into my system Thursday. I played Rome: TW FINE! When I went to run 3DMark03 I got to test 3 and my system blacked out and restarted. I had to clear CMOS in order to get a VGA signal again. After that, everything was garbled.

Chaintec, here I come.

Check for a 4 pin male floppy connector on your mobo. (sometimes colored red). Your 6600GT may be starving for power. I know someone else who had the same problem with an ACER 6600GT.

 

[Rdavido]

What would I hook the 4 pin into?

I have the MSI i915-G Motherboard

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Rdavido
What would I hook the 4 pin into?

First of all, read your mobo manual and go by what that says first.

You would plug a floppy power connector onto it just as you would a floppy drive.

 

[Rdavido]

Plug it directly into the motherboard or the VGA Card?
If into the motherboard, I see no place to put it.
I am using a 350W PSU (20 Pin) into a 24 Pin SSI slot. It says it will allow a 20 pin as long as I align it to designated pins.

It says it recommends a 350W + for system stability.

EDIT: I found a 3 pin slot for a sysfan. Would this work?

 

[Keysplayr]

Not a fan header. Your mobo may not have this connector. You may have to buy a PCI-Express "ready" PSU. One that has 24 pins.

 

[Rdavido]

I already purchased a Chaintec 6600GT (awaiting processing) from zipflyzoom.com

 

[Jhatfie]

Good luck wth the Chiantech. I personally have had great luck with my Chaintech video cards (and motherboards). My AA6800 is an awesome overclocker.

 

[Pete]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: Rdavido
What would I hook the 4 pin into?

First of all, read your mobo manual and go by what that says first.

You would plug a floppy power connector onto it just as you would a floppy drive.

Read this thread for clues on locating a PCIe power connector, Rdavido. Not all MBs will have one, but you may want to upgrade your PSU to a 24-pin one if you have problems with the second GT.

 

[Rdavido]

Ya, unfortunately I may need to do that.

 

[Rdavido]

Chaintech works, popped it in and voila!

 

[shabby]

Lucky you, i wonder how many more months us agp folks have to wait for those sweet 6600's.

 

[Rdavido]

It runs like a charm, 8500 Base in 3dMark!

 

[OinkBoink]

^^^

and also the 6600nu can have 64-bit or 128-bit ram.its all upto the card makers.

 

[4chaos]

i'm waiting for my 3rd aopen 6600gt. i'm not optimistic. see the aopen forum: http://club.aopen.com.tw/forum...0+gt&Action=Search .
many people are having issues with this card.

-hENRY

 

[dunedainelessar]

Hi all it seems that the eVGA version of the 6600GT is exhibiting the same problems. I am on card three and it did the same exact thing as the AOpen card. Run the 3DMark tests and it dies. Reboot and you get all the artifacts. There are no additional power connectors for it and it relies on the PCI-X bus to supply it with all of the power it needs. I think I will be ordering the Chaintech today to hopefully get it before the entire weekend goes to waste.

 

[adamcwatts]

I wonder how the AGP version of the 6600GT will stack up to the PCI 6600GT. So far thew Xfx 6600GT AGP version has had great reviews same with the Chaintech 6600GT PCI express.

 

[imported_djrobx]

A buddy and I are having the same problems with XFX PCIe 6600GTs. We're both on #2 (my #2 died today). I've seen posts from other manufacturers with identical problems. It seems nvidia has a quality control problem. 3dmark can trigger it but it will happen just as easily while playing a game. Mine died while playing Far Cry. No overclocking. I ran 3dmark and it died causing even more artifacts, so it's apaprent the card "hemorrages" and damages itself under stress.

I have an eVGA card intended for my nephew's christmas gift, which so far is working but I don't trust it at all.

 

[kmmatney]

My Aopen AGP 6600GT worked for a few minutes and then caused windows to crash. I RMA's and NewEgg let me get the MSI AGP 6600GT instead. I hope I haev better luck with that one.