Hi all,
I think my Sapphire AIW 9800 Pro 128MB (The Beast) has died a death as it will not display graphics properly even in the Boot screens regardless of when at the desktop? the boot screen has garbled colours and text with lines and blocks of all manner of corrupt images, it's as if the Bios of the card has been corrupted?
The problem started yesterday when after the umpteenth time of swapping over the card from one computer to the other because of a problem i had trying to get my new X800 Pro to work properly (explained elsewhere in these forums)
after swapping from one card to another trying to ascertain what the problem was with the X800, i unfortunately forgot to connect the power connector to the 9800 and upon reboot i was greeted with the continuous beeps informing me that i had not connected the cable to it. so after re-connecting the cable and rebooting i now have graphics corruption? Have i killed the card by trying to boot it without sufficient power? i feel this is highly unlikely as not enough power is not likely to "blow" it the way too much power would? I have checked every connection over and over again and the connecting strips on the card and the AGP slot, monitor pins etc etc. It will not work on the other computer either, that too has garbled graphics on the boot screens?
Is it possible that the shortage of power has damaged the cards bios settings and is only repairable by flashing an original bios onto it or is it an RMA back to the supplier?
Incidentally, since i have had this card for almost 12 months, has the warranty expired on it? I've emailed the retailer where i bought it and am still awaiting reply from them. I am getting worried now as i payed over £370 for this "Beast" and i think 12 months lifespan is very short for such an expensive product, given the fact that it has run flawlessly and i have been very satisfied with it's performance both in games and multimedia, i would feel very dissapointed if i had to "toss it in the bin" as it was out of warranty...
I have not overclocked it nor modded it in anyway whatsoever, it has remained as std since the day i installed it in my Gaming machine...
Does anyone know if an original bios flash will restore it's bios settings if it's that that's corrupted? that is, if i can locate a bios for it anywhere? there are hundreds of bioses out there but i can't find one that matches this cards original?
I hope someone can help me out here as i will feel a little bit cheated if i have to bin it because of outdated warranty/support or whatever?
Both of my systems that i have tried it on are :-
Gaming Machine:
ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe Bios 1016 (latest i875P chipset drivers)
P4C 2.8@3.4ghz (1.575v)
2x512MB OCZ PC4000 DDR (7.4.4.4 cl2.5)
Asetek Waterchill cooling (CPU/Chipset/GPU)
Thermaltake Butterfly 480W PSU
2x80GB Western Digital 8meg cache SATA150 HDD's- Raid 0
160 Maxtor 8meg cache ATA133 IDE HDD
Powercolor X800 Pro VIVO 256MB (Cat 4.9)
Sounblaster Audigy 2 ZS 5.1
Pioneer 106 4xDVD/RW
Thermaltake Xaser 3 case
Hyundai Q995 19" CRT Monitor
Windows XP Pro SP2
Slave Computer:
ASUS A7N8X-Deluxe Ver 1.4 (latest Bios/NForce 2 chipset drivers)
AMD Athlon T/Bred B 2100+@2105mhz (1.65V)
2x256 Corsair TwinMX PC3200LL (2.2.2.5 cl2)
1x512 Corsair PC3200LL Pro (3.3.3.6 cl2)
Thermaltake Volcano 9
Enermax 350 PSU
160GB Maxtor 8meg cache ATA133 IDE HDD
2x160GB Maxtor 8meg cache SATA HDD's-Raid 0
ATI 7500 AIW (Cat 4.9)
Onboard Soundstorm Audio
Plextor 40x12x40 CDRW
Sony 16xDVD Rom
Samcheer PC-88 USB Black Aluminium case (8fans)
AOC 17" L720a TFT Monitor
Windows XP Pro SP2
Anyone have any ideas?
I think my Sapphire AIW 9800 Pro 128MB (The Beast) has died a death as it will not display graphics properly even in the Boot screens regardless of when at the desktop? the boot screen has garbled colours and text with lines and blocks of all manner of corrupt images, it's as if the Bios of the card has been corrupted?
The problem started yesterday when after the umpteenth time of swapping over the card from one computer to the other because of a problem i had trying to get my new X800 Pro to work properly (explained elsewhere in these forums)
after swapping from one card to another trying to ascertain what the problem was with the X800, i unfortunately forgot to connect the power connector to the 9800 and upon reboot i was greeted with the continuous beeps informing me that i had not connected the cable to it. so after re-connecting the cable and rebooting i now have graphics corruption? Have i killed the card by trying to boot it without sufficient power? i feel this is highly unlikely as not enough power is not likely to "blow" it the way too much power would? I have checked every connection over and over again and the connecting strips on the card and the AGP slot, monitor pins etc etc. It will not work on the other computer either, that too has garbled graphics on the boot screens?
Is it possible that the shortage of power has damaged the cards bios settings and is only repairable by flashing an original bios onto it or is it an RMA back to the supplier?
Incidentally, since i have had this card for almost 12 months, has the warranty expired on it? I've emailed the retailer where i bought it and am still awaiting reply from them. I am getting worried now as i payed over £370 for this "Beast" and i think 12 months lifespan is very short for such an expensive product, given the fact that it has run flawlessly and i have been very satisfied with it's performance both in games and multimedia, i would feel very dissapointed if i had to "toss it in the bin" as it was out of warranty...
I have not overclocked it nor modded it in anyway whatsoever, it has remained as std since the day i installed it in my Gaming machine...
Does anyone know if an original bios flash will restore it's bios settings if it's that that's corrupted? that is, if i can locate a bios for it anywhere? there are hundreds of bioses out there but i can't find one that matches this cards original?
I hope someone can help me out here as i will feel a little bit cheated if i have to bin it because of outdated warranty/support or whatever?
Both of my systems that i have tried it on are :-
Gaming Machine:
ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe Bios 1016 (latest i875P chipset drivers)
P4C 2.8@3.4ghz (1.575v)
2x512MB OCZ PC4000 DDR (7.4.4.4 cl2.5)
Asetek Waterchill cooling (CPU/Chipset/GPU)
Thermaltake Butterfly 480W PSU
2x80GB Western Digital 8meg cache SATA150 HDD's- Raid 0
160 Maxtor 8meg cache ATA133 IDE HDD
Powercolor X800 Pro VIVO 256MB (Cat 4.9)
Sounblaster Audigy 2 ZS 5.1
Pioneer 106 4xDVD/RW
Thermaltake Xaser 3 case
Hyundai Q995 19" CRT Monitor
Windows XP Pro SP2
Slave Computer:
ASUS A7N8X-Deluxe Ver 1.4 (latest Bios/NForce 2 chipset drivers)
AMD Athlon T/Bred B 2100+@2105mhz (1.65V)
2x256 Corsair TwinMX PC3200LL (2.2.2.5 cl2)
1x512 Corsair PC3200LL Pro (3.3.3.6 cl2)
Thermaltake Volcano 9
Enermax 350 PSU
160GB Maxtor 8meg cache ATA133 IDE HDD
2x160GB Maxtor 8meg cache SATA HDD's-Raid 0
ATI 7500 AIW (Cat 4.9)
Onboard Soundstorm Audio
Plextor 40x12x40 CDRW
Sony 16xDVD Rom
Samcheer PC-88 USB Black Aluminium case (8fans)
AOC 17" L720a TFT Monitor
Windows XP Pro SP2
Anyone have any ideas?
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