- Feb 18, 2005
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Card in question: eVGA 8800GTX
Control systems used:
System 1: eVGA x58 Classified, i7 950, 12GB 2000mhz G.skill Perfect Storm, OCZ Vertex LE 100GBx2 Raid0, 300GB Velociraptor, 1TB Barracuda, Antec Truepower Quattro 1200W. (Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Windows XP 32-bit)
System 2: eVGA 790i Ultra SLI, E8600, 4GB 2000mhz G.skill, 300GB Raptor, OCZ Silencer 750W Quad (Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit)
System 3: eVGA 680i SLI, E8500, 4GB 1066mhz OCZ Platinum, 150GB Raptorx2, Antec Earthwatts 750W (Win 7 Professional 64-bit, Windows XP 32-bit)
System 4: ASUS P5N-T Deluxe, 4GB 1066 Crucial Ballistix, 75GB Raptor, Antec Earthwatts 650W (Windows XP 32-bit)
Monitors used for control:
3 Different Samsung 25.5" LCD's
2 different Samsung 22" LCD's
2 different Samsung 19" LCD's
1 HP 17" LCD
.. you get the picture, they all work fine.
Alright. My basement floor is an absolute mess of various computer components. I'm about to throw this 8800GTX against the wall. Essentially, I shut the computer it usually resides in down (System 3) one night, and started it up the next morning to the following symptoms.
1) Post screen shows.
2) Windows (all variants listed above) shows the Windows loading screen.
3) Once past the windows loading screen, ALL monitors used go blank and begin toggling between digital/analog (note: NOT "check signal cable")
4) Symtoms exist on machines with fresh OS installs (blank image post windows setup) with NO non-OS disc included drivers.
5) Have applied ALL available drivers from nVidia.com back to the 81 pre ION releases (scrubbing completely via a 10 minute re-image after every attempt) Blank screen persists post Windows loading screen.
6) Using VGA via a DVI-VGA converter cable WORKS flawlessly. Analog signal is detected and displays proper resolutions and 3D output.
7) When using DVI-VGA, once OS is fully loaded and you plug in a DVI cable to the second DVI port, second monitor is detected and promptly displays digitally. Removing DVI-VGA allows for the second port to take over. Booting with just the second port plugged in is the same blank screen post Windows load as plugged into the first port.
So.. I have an 8800GTX that only works if I load Windows with a DVI-VGA cable in analog and then attach a DVI connector and swap once detected. Works using multiple monitors, or even using the SAME monitor. Doing this process works flawlessly, but has to be repeated on EVERY boot on this card, on EVERY system in question, on EVERY OS, with EVERY driver on nVidia's archived drivers page dating back to '08.
Oh.. and one last thing, I installed TeamViewer (a remote desktop control application that is more single-user instance remote friendly) and let the machine load with just DVI. Once the screen goes blank, the computer continues to load and I can remote into it and it's working fine, though the device manager shows Error Code: 10 (which subsequently does NOT show when I do the load with DVI-VGA then swap to DVI..).
So yeah. Card works amazingly well if I jury rig it to turn on, but otherwise faults out. I'm out of ideas, I just wasted the past three days testing this card, and the wife and girlfriend are pissed as sin that I dismantled one of their Linux boxes to keep from going crazy. Any suggestions?
Control systems used:
System 1: eVGA x58 Classified, i7 950, 12GB 2000mhz G.skill Perfect Storm, OCZ Vertex LE 100GBx2 Raid0, 300GB Velociraptor, 1TB Barracuda, Antec Truepower Quattro 1200W. (Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Windows XP 32-bit)
System 2: eVGA 790i Ultra SLI, E8600, 4GB 2000mhz G.skill, 300GB Raptor, OCZ Silencer 750W Quad (Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit)
System 3: eVGA 680i SLI, E8500, 4GB 1066mhz OCZ Platinum, 150GB Raptorx2, Antec Earthwatts 750W (Win 7 Professional 64-bit, Windows XP 32-bit)
System 4: ASUS P5N-T Deluxe, 4GB 1066 Crucial Ballistix, 75GB Raptor, Antec Earthwatts 650W (Windows XP 32-bit)
Monitors used for control:
3 Different Samsung 25.5" LCD's
2 different Samsung 22" LCD's
2 different Samsung 19" LCD's
1 HP 17" LCD
.. you get the picture, they all work fine.
Alright. My basement floor is an absolute mess of various computer components. I'm about to throw this 8800GTX against the wall. Essentially, I shut the computer it usually resides in down (System 3) one night, and started it up the next morning to the following symptoms.
1) Post screen shows.
2) Windows (all variants listed above) shows the Windows loading screen.
3) Once past the windows loading screen, ALL monitors used go blank and begin toggling between digital/analog (note: NOT "check signal cable")
4) Symtoms exist on machines with fresh OS installs (blank image post windows setup) with NO non-OS disc included drivers.
5) Have applied ALL available drivers from nVidia.com back to the 81 pre ION releases (scrubbing completely via a 10 minute re-image after every attempt) Blank screen persists post Windows loading screen.
6) Using VGA via a DVI-VGA converter cable WORKS flawlessly. Analog signal is detected and displays proper resolutions and 3D output.
7) When using DVI-VGA, once OS is fully loaded and you plug in a DVI cable to the second DVI port, second monitor is detected and promptly displays digitally. Removing DVI-VGA allows for the second port to take over. Booting with just the second port plugged in is the same blank screen post Windows load as plugged into the first port.
So.. I have an 8800GTX that only works if I load Windows with a DVI-VGA cable in analog and then attach a DVI connector and swap once detected. Works using multiple monitors, or even using the SAME monitor. Doing this process works flawlessly, but has to be repeated on EVERY boot on this card, on EVERY system in question, on EVERY OS, with EVERY driver on nVidia's archived drivers page dating back to '08.
Oh.. and one last thing, I installed TeamViewer (a remote desktop control application that is more single-user instance remote friendly) and let the machine load with just DVI. Once the screen goes blank, the computer continues to load and I can remote into it and it's working fine, though the device manager shows Error Code: 10 (which subsequently does NOT show when I do the load with DVI-VGA then swap to DVI..).
So yeah. Card works amazingly well if I jury rig it to turn on, but otherwise faults out. I'm out of ideas, I just wasted the past three days testing this card, and the wife and girlfriend are pissed as sin that I dismantled one of their Linux boxes to keep from going crazy. Any suggestions?
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