Upgraded video card, now BIOS goofy
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Posted by Mike on June 29, 2007, 10:58 pm
Please log in for more thread options Biostar 6100-M9 MB AMD 64 3000+ CPU 2x 1GB RAM removed my existing video card (nvidia 7600GT), used just onboard video for a few weeks. Bought a Biostar 7900GT card off of ebay. Installed it, and it is not working right. From the first boot into BIOS, there are weird things, like: some characters in the BIOS selections are differnet colors, and some of the characters are wrong (show a 'N' instead of a 'g'. Just a few wrong letters on each screen. I think that the wrong letters stay the same with each reboot. Windows boots fine, I had removed the old driver, installed the newest from nvidia. Now, any time the screen is displayed all black, there are several pixels lit up. I can see a few dozen pixels in the Windows background that are the wrong color, or black. Tried playing a game, Halo, and it plays well, except there are weird 3D streaks running through the game. Game has had some problems crashing, too. I updated the BIOS to try to fix... no change. The 7900GT has an extra 6-pin power connection. I did not have one, so I made one (3 12+V, 3 COM). Works the same with and without this connected. It detects when it is not connected, and tells me it has slowed the card down to protect it. Fine. Any ideas? -mike | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Yes Baby on June 30, 2007, 12:28 am
Please log in for more thread options needs extra power through that 6 way and it sounds like your home made cable is not doing the job. do a google for the card, some pictures show the cable required. The ebay seller should have supplied you this cable. or does it have a fault...............one does not know with ebay. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Yes Baby on June 30, 2007, 12:46 am
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>> My existing system (about 1.5 years old):
>> >> Biostar 6100-M9 MB >> AMD 64 3000+ CPU >> 2x 1GB RAM >> >> removed my existing video card (nvidia 7600GT), used just onboard video >> for a few weeks. >> Bought a Biostar 7900GT card off of ebay. Installed it, and it is not >> working right. From the first boot into BIOS, there are weird things, >> like: some characters in the BIOS selections are differnet colors, and >> some of the characters are wrong (show a 'N' instead of a 'g'. Just a few >> wrong letters on each screen. I think that the wrong letters stay the >> same with each reboot. >> Windows boots fine, I had removed the old driver, installed the newest >> from nvidia. Now, any time the screen is displayed all black, there are >> several pixels lit up. I can see a few dozen pixels in the Windows >> background that are the wrong color, or black. >> Tried playing a game, Halo, and it plays well, except there are weird 3D >> streaks running through the game. Game has had some problems crashing, >> too. >> I updated the BIOS to try to fix... no change. >> The 7900GT has an extra 6-pin power connection. I did not have one, so I >> made one (3 12+V, 3 COM). Works the same with and without this connected. >> It detects when it is not connected, and tells me it has slowed the card >> down to protect it. Fine. >> Any ideas? >> >> -mike >
> needs extra power through that 6 way and it sounds like your home made > cable is not doing the job. > > do a google for the card, some pictures show the cable required. The ebay > seller should have supplied you this cable. > > or does it have a fault...............one does not know with ebay. > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6-Pin-Power-Cable-Connect-to-PCI-Express-Graphics-Cards_W0QQitemZ160129911770QQihZ006QQcategoryZ45342QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Mike on June 30, 2007, 2:27 pm
Please log in for more thread options Yes Baby wrote:
>> My existing system (about 1.5 years old):
>> >> Biostar 6100-M9 MB >> AMD 64 3000+ CPU >> 2x 1GB RAM >> >> removed my existing video card (nvidia 7600GT), used just onboard video >> for a few weeks. >> Bought a Biostar 7900GT card off of ebay. Installed it, and it is not >> working right. From the first boot into BIOS, there are weird things, >> like: some characters in the BIOS selections are differnet colors, and >> some of the characters are wrong (show a 'N' instead of a 'g'. Just a few >> wrong letters on each screen. I think that the wrong letters stay the same >> with each reboot. >> Windows boots fine, I had removed the old driver, installed the newest >> from nvidia. Now, any time the screen is displayed all black, there are >> several pixels lit up. I can see a few dozen pixels in the Windows >> background that are the wrong color, or black. >> Tried playing a game, Halo, and it plays well, except there are weird 3D >> streaks running through the game. Game has had some problems crashing, >> too. >> I updated the BIOS to try to fix... no change. >> The 7900GT has an extra 6-pin power connection. I did not have one, so I >> made one (3 12+V, 3 COM). Works the same with and without this connected. >> It detects when it is not connected, and tells me it has slowed the card >> down to protect it. Fine. >> Any ideas? >> >> -mike >
The manual says that performance 'will be lower' without the 6pin power,
> needs extra power through that 6 way and it sounds like your home made cable > is not doing the job. > > do a google for the card, some pictures show the cable required. The ebay > seller should have supplied you this cable. > > or does it have a fault...............one does not know with ebay. > > so I didn't hesitate to run without it. I can't imagine why mine would not work. But, I have ordered a few on ebay to make sure... I agree that you never are sure with ebay stuff. It is a gamble. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Timothy Drouillard on June 30, 2007, 3:03 pm
Please log in for more thread options Corrupted characters or random pixels flashing, are systems I've seen in the
past of a video board that has developed bad ram, usually do to over heating. It was quite common a few years ago. just a thought. > Yes Baby wrote:
>>> My existing system (about 1.5 years old):
>>> >>> Biostar 6100-M9 MB >>> AMD 64 3000+ CPU >>> 2x 1GB RAM >>> >>> removed my existing video card (nvidia 7600GT), used just onboard video >>> for a few weeks. >>> Bought a Biostar 7900GT card off of ebay. Installed it, and it is not >>> working right. From the first boot into BIOS, there are weird things, >>> like: some characters in the BIOS selections are differnet colors, and >>> some of the characters are wrong (show a 'N' instead of a 'g'. Just a >>> few wrong letters on each screen. I think that the wrong letters stay >>> the same with each reboot. >>> Windows boots fine, I had removed the old driver, installed the newest >>> from nvidia. Now, any time the screen is displayed all black, there are >>> several pixels lit up. I can see a few dozen pixels in the Windows >>> background that are the wrong color, or black. >>> Tried playing a game, Halo, and it plays well, except there are weird 3D >>> streaks running through the game. Game has had some problems crashing, >>> too. >>> I updated the BIOS to try to fix... no change. >>> The 7900GT has an extra 6-pin power connection. I did not have one, so I >>> made one (3 12+V, 3 COM). Works the same with and without this >>> connected. It detects when it is not connected, and tells me it has >>> slowed the card down to protect it. Fine. >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> -mike >>
>> needs extra power through that 6 way and it sounds like your home made >> cable is not doing the job. >> >> do a google for the card, some pictures show the cable required. The ebay >> seller should have supplied you this cable. >> >> or does it have a fault...............one does not know with ebay. > The manual says that performance 'will be lower' without the 6pin power,
> so I didn't hesitate to run without it. I can't imagine why mine would not > work. But, I have ordered a few on ebay to make sure... > I agree that you never are sure with ebay stuff. It is a gamble. | |||||||||||||||||||
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>
> Biostar 6100-M9 MB
> AMD 64 3000+ CPU
> 2x 1GB RAM
>
> removed my existing video card (nvidia 7600GT), used just onboard video
> for a few weeks.
> Bought a Biostar 7900GT card off of ebay. Installed it, and it is not
> working right. From the first boot into BIOS, there are weird things,
> like: some characters in the BIOS selections are differnet colors, and
> some of the characters are wrong (show a 'N' instead of a 'g'. Just a few
> wrong letters on each screen. I think that the wrong letters stay the same
> with each reboot.
> Windows boots fine, I had removed the old driver, installed the newest
> from nvidia. Now, any time the screen is displayed all black, there are
> several pixels lit up. I can see a few dozen pixels in the Windows
> background that are the wrong color, or black.
> Tried playing a game, Halo, and it plays well, except there are weird 3D
> streaks running through the game. Game has had some problems crashing,
> too.
> I updated the BIOS to try to fix... no change.
> The 7900GT has an extra 6-pin power connection. I did not have one, so I
> made one (3 12+V, 3 COM). Works the same with and without this connected.
> It detects when it is not connected, and tells me it has slowed the card
> down to protect it. Fine.
> Any ideas?
>
> -mike