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GeForce 9600GSO Problem

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russianbandit

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I just built a new rig with Asus GeForce 9600GSO graphics card purchased at newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814121320

My problem is that when the card is plugged and I power on the computer the motherboard makes a constant loud high pitched noise (beep-like). I'm trying to figure out why the graphics card is causing this. Everything works fine without the card plugged in. I noticed there is auxiliary power socket on the card, but I'm not sure if I need to plug something in or not. I'm plugging the card into the GPU slot, NOT the PCI-E.

Any help would be highly appreciated!
 
GPU slot, not the PCI-e? The card is pci-e 16.

Did you hook up the 6-pin power? (with the adapter if your PSU doesn't have one)
 
The loud piercing screech is a warning that the card isn't receiving sufficient power. You dont have the 6 pin PCI-e connected? The card comes with a molex to 6 pin PCI-e adapter. I just got this very same card a few days ago. Double check your power connections and inspect each end of each connector to make sure the metal connectors are in place and in good shape. Use that adapter that came with the card if your power supply does not have this type of connector. There is a manual that came with your card. I'd advise reading it.
 
Is there any way to test this card, to find out if it indeed has 96 shaders? Because it also has the 512MB memory configuration. Which seems impossible if one of the quads is locked-out.

My suspicion is that they are now shipping G92 chips with all four quads active, so that the memory-controllers all work, but then they are disabling shaders in the BIOS.

So these cards may well be unlockable to an 8800GT/9800GT.
 
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Is there any way to test this card, to find out if it indeed has 96 shaders? Because it also has the 512MB memory configuration. Which seems impossible if one of the quads is locked-out.

My suspicion is that they are now shipping G92 chips with all four quads active, so that the memory-controllers all work, but then they are disabling shaders in the BIOS.

So these cards may well be unlockable to an 8800GT/9800GT.
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If that's the case then they could be faster than the 9600GT, depending on the memory bandwidth of the card; can't tell if it's 128-bit or 256-bit.
 
It''s a 9600gso (8800gt version) with a 128bit bus. I would bet the crippled 9600gt version is faster.

 
Originally posted by: Keysplayr
The loud piercing screech is a warning that the card isn't receiving sufficient power. You dont have the 6 pin PCI-e connected? The card comes with a molex to 6 pin PCI-e adapter. I just got this very same card a few days ago. Double check your power connections and inspect each end of each connector to make sure the metal connectors are in place and in good shape. Use that adapter that came with the card if your power supply does not have this type of connector. There is a manual that came with your card. I'd advise reading it.
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Thanks, I didn't realize it came with the adapter and that it needed to be plugged in. I skimmed over the manual and missed this point. After plugging in the auxiliary power using the adapter (my psu didn't have the plug) the screeching sound stopped. Thanks again for your time!
 
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