Ok here's the deal, I purchased a BFG 6800oc to use in my KV8-pro with a Via K8T800 Pro.
Problem is, the system would only stay stable if I ran the computer without video card drivers installed. Once I installed the Forceware drivers, the video card would either stop sending a signal to the screen after about 5 minutes of use in windows, or it would let me get through a loop of 3dmark05 and then stop sending a signal to the screen. After a minute or so of sitting with no signal, the computer would completely lock up (num lock key stopped responding). Once this lock up happened, after the restart, Windows would show the loading screen with the horizontally moving blue bar, and then just show a blank screen.
So I tried the card in another computer and all went well, so i assumed the problem was on my end.
So, I went out and bought a new motherboard at the recommendation of BFG's tech support, an Asus K8N-e Deluxe, which has an nForce 3 250gb chipset. However, I was having EXACTLY the same problem as before; Once the video card drivers are installed, screen starts going black, and Windows won't boot.
In both cases i'm able to boot into safe mode, remove the video card drivers, and then reinstall them (which i have tried in both normal and safe mode).
So pulled the video card back out and tried it in my friend's computer again thinking maybe somehow i just didn't test it long enough. Nope, still working fine in his computer. So i pulled my psu out and tried my psu in his computer, still not the problem. So i tried my computer with only the 6800, psu, motherboard, hard drive, floppy, and cpu fan plugged in, but thats still not doing it.
So I have no clue how to fix this, but I'm out a lot of money and I really need to resolve this. If anyone can help I would really appreciate it
Problem is, the system would only stay stable if I ran the computer without video card drivers installed. Once I installed the Forceware drivers, the video card would either stop sending a signal to the screen after about 5 minutes of use in windows, or it would let me get through a loop of 3dmark05 and then stop sending a signal to the screen. After a minute or so of sitting with no signal, the computer would completely lock up (num lock key stopped responding). Once this lock up happened, after the restart, Windows would show the loading screen with the horizontally moving blue bar, and then just show a blank screen.
So I tried the card in another computer and all went well, so i assumed the problem was on my end.
So, I went out and bought a new motherboard at the recommendation of BFG's tech support, an Asus K8N-e Deluxe, which has an nForce 3 250gb chipset. However, I was having EXACTLY the same problem as before; Once the video card drivers are installed, screen starts going black, and Windows won't boot.
In both cases i'm able to boot into safe mode, remove the video card drivers, and then reinstall them (which i have tried in both normal and safe mode).
So pulled the video card back out and tried it in my friend's computer again thinking maybe somehow i just didn't test it long enough. Nope, still working fine in his computer. So i pulled my psu out and tried my psu in his computer, still not the problem. So i tried my computer with only the 6800, psu, motherboard, hard drive, floppy, and cpu fan plugged in, but thats still not doing it.
So I have no clue how to fix this, but I'm out a lot of money and I really need to resolve this. If anyone can help I would really appreciate it
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