Sorry. I just skimmed your original post. (




"Destroy" wrote in message
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No offense cause I know you're trying to help but did you read my post at
all? Both questions you ask I have pretty much answered in my original
post.

And if it does work?

Pseudo Namen wrote:
Ok. Just checking.

Now you need to try your x800XT on a friends computer, or your spare,
etc.. If it doesn't work there, it is time for the good ole RMA.


"Destroy" wrote in message
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Antec SL400. I've tried 2 quality power supplies, doubt that's the
problem.

Pseudo Namen wrote:


Give make and model of your power supply? Just because it says
400watts, doesn't mean that is what you are getting. I paid 78.00 for my
420watt Enermax power suppy just a month ago from Newegg.com It works
great, and keeps my system cooler too.



"Destroy" wrote in message
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This is a copy and paste of an email I sent to ATI (which has gotten no
response so far, big surprise there), NOT!!

Anyone have any ideas or suggestions? thanks
============================================= =========

Hi,
Last week or so I was having to turn the computer off then back on
again 2 times for the machine to get into bios, post and boot. Now this
morning I go to turn my computer on and it beeps a cpu error everytime
I try to to turn it on. Can't get it to post no matter what I do.
Disconnected everything but vid and memory but still my computer just
sits there fans going, harddrives going(when connected) but no video,
no post and beep msg saying there is a cpu problem.

I'm posting this with my old 9800pro which I had to stick back in and
works fine so obviously there is no cpu problem. I can swap my X800XT
and 9800pro all day and 9800pro allows my machine to post and boot
properly with no problems while my X800XT hangs my system before bios.

I'm wondering if its a power supply problem? I have a decent 400watt PS
though. And I don't have another laying around to test with, arg.

Bios reads: 1.53,3.26,4.94,11.85,12.36,2.91,5.56 for the various
voltages.
SandraSoft reads: 1.53,3.25,4.95,11.92,-12.53,-5.15,5.02,2.91 voltages.
(These are with my 9800pro however. Can't read my X800 voltages cause I
cant even get to bios.)

Well I went a bought a quality Antec power supply to try - still
doesn't work, can't post, same cpu beep code.

Put 9800pro back in and going to drop vid card off at friends house for
them to put in their system to test card.

Seems I may have a card gone bad but won't know for sure.
The odd thing is, my computer was working perfectly fine for a week
with my new X800XT. After a week my machine started acting odd: on cold
boot I would for some reason have to turn my machine on then off then
on again to get it to boot into bios and continue normally. If I didn't
do this my computer would sit there beeping the cpu error never getting
into bios.

Well just got a call from my friend who's testing out my X800XT for me
in his(2 month old) athlon64 3200+ rig and it booted and worked fine in
his computer. I'm having him do some a few cold boots before giving me
the card back. (It booted and worked fine each time.)

It's almost as though my computer slowly degraded over a week and a
half

from perfect to funky cold booting error to can't boot at all. I
changed

nothing on my system during this time besides perhaps a few demo or
program installs within winXP. I just don't get it.

Its just so odd that all works great with my 9800pro and I simply put
in the X800XT and blam, computer won't post.

Any suggestions would be helpful, thank you.
Btw, I consider myself VERY computer hardware and software savy so any
tech speak is fine.
Regards, Derek
============================================= ===========

Edit: Since this email, I've borrowed my card to another different
friend to test the video card in his system (very new Prescott system)
and it works perfectly fine for him also.

I'm guessing I have a motherboard problem. It's as though some
component on my motherboard slowly burned up with the X800XT in my
system and then degraded far enough that it prevents my system from
booting up. However, at the same time something different about the
9800pro design doesn't require as much 'draw' from this degraded MB
component and allows my system to work seemingly normally. This sound
possible?


Albatron K8T800ProII, ADATA PC4000 1 gig, athlon64 3200+, nothing
overclocked