Help! BFG FX5900 not running on Abit NF7-s V2

I hope someone can help me figure this out.
IS ANYONE running the BFG FX5900 on the NF7-S V2 Board?
I can not get it to run. At post I see gray verticle lines. They go
away if in the BIOS. Then they appear at the black and graphic XP
Home screen but the lines are blue. Then the screen goes black and
there is a hang and then it reboots never loading XP.
Then I get a Windows did not load screen and to boot in safe mode
choices. This screen does not have the lines but it will not boot even
in safe mode.

I have been in contact with both Abit and BFG
Both claim it is not their product that is the probllem.

Currently I am runnig a BFG FX5600 with 256 memory and it is running
fine.
So ABIT says the AGP slot is running fine.
Abit states they tested the 5900 chipset in this model board. Not BFG
but the chipset and they said it worked fine. But I do not know how I
would know if they actually tested it. Abit argued that 8X agp is
always .8 V and no matter what card it will use the same voltage even
if one consumes more power at that voltatge.

BFG says they are sort of right. AND that the two cards require
different power. They just sent me a second card and it produced THE
SAME problem. IN that time they suggested to upgrade the PSU. I did
to an 500 W AND for some reason they are sending me a THRID card to
test.

I decided to loose any savings I had so ordered a second MB to be
certain it is not a defective part on the board. It is the only true
way.

BUT I see both sides- If I am running a card in the AGP slot, how
could it be the main board? If I am on my second video card, how can
it be the card?

So I am in need of help to find if anyone can run BFGs card on the
NF7-S V2.
If you do can you post what BIOS you are using?

here is what I have done- I have updated all the drivers, the bios to
v 21 and all the nforce chipset drivers as of 3 weeks ago. I have
upgraded my power supply and tried uplugging itemss to make sure the
power is strong.
I have changed settings in the BIOS as per BFGs list of recommended
settings.
I have tried upping the AGP voltage in the BIOS to 1.7 with no change.

I can only conclude, until the new parts come, that it is the BFG
FX5900 and ABIT NF7-S are NOT COMPATIBLE.
BUT if some ARE using them together, then I am stumped what is wrong.
Thanks for a prompt reply
Specs
Abit NF7-S V2
Bios Award V 21
AMD 2500+ Bartron (never over clocked)
1 Gig Kingston Value Ram running in dual channel mode (2x512)
Achieve 500W PSU
1 Floppy
1 TDK Velo CD writer
1 SATA Seagate 160 Gig
1 WD 30 Gig drive
1 PCI call wating modem
4 USB devices (printer, scanner, mouse, card reader)
Serial keyboard
Using Onboard sound

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:42:08 -0500, Butterfield
wrote:

On 19 Feb 2004 06:35:36 -0800, (Mark) wrote:

IS ANYONE running the BFG FX5900 on the NF7-S V2 Board?

Me. Not a glitch.

Gotta go...

Got a bladder problem ?

John Lewis

Butterfield

John,
Not sure with your joking if you are just playing are running the BFG
brand FX 5900 on the V2 board.
If so, what BIOS are you running? Did you change anything? What is
your system specs?
Thanks

I am trying to pin point the problem.
Thanks

Sorry John I confused your response with Butterfields
Which on is running this BFG card on teh NF7-S V2?
Thanks

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:36:43 -0500, Butterfield
wrote:

On 19 Feb 2004 16:36:43 -0800, (Mark) wrote:

Sorry John I confused your response with Butterfields
Which on is running this BFG card on teh NF7-S V2?
Thanks

CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 2000 MHz (7.5 x 267) 2400+
Motherboard Name Abit NF7(-S) v2.0 BIOS 19
Video Adapter nVIDIA BFG Asylum GeForce FX 5900
2x256 pc2100

nothing overclocked rock solid

Do you have any errors in the device manager? All devices recognized?
You might try pulling everything out except the boot drive, 1 mem
stick, vid card, processor and see if it boots then.

Butterfield



Mark,

Can't help you directly with any NF7-S V2 issues, but I agree entirely
with Butterfield's suggestions. When in trouble, simplify,
simplify............

I am running the BFG ASLM5900 on a IC-7 (P4) with zero
problems. Since you already tried a second card with identical
results it strongly points at some sort of motherboard-related
attribute. You did check that the auxiliary power-connector
you are using for the video appears to run one of your disks
properly ? That will validate that the right voltages are getting to
the right places. As long as your beefy power-supply has a
minimum of 15 amps on the +12V rail you should have ample
juice for the board.

John Lewis

Try this
1. reduce fSB to 100
2. in window safe mode , display property-advance-troubleshoot-graphic
accelerator move the handle all the way to left
Then reboot to normal window
the more colors the desktop the less line(artifact) you see
then try some games/demos, see the error message they produce


(John Lewis) wrote in message ...
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:36:43 -0500, Butterfield
wrote:

On 19 Feb 2004 16:36:43 -0800, (Mark) wrote:

Sorry John I confused your response with Butterfields
Which on is running this BFG card on teh NF7-S V2?
Thanks

CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 2000 MHz (7.5 x 267) 2400+
Motherboard Name Abit NF7(-S) v2.0 BIOS 19
Video Adapter nVIDIA BFG Asylum GeForce FX 5900
2x256 pc2100

nothing overclocked rock solid

Do you have any errors in the device manager? All devices recognized?
You might try pulling everything out except the boot drive, 1 mem
stick, vid card, processor and see if it boots then.

Butterfield



Mark,

Can't help you directly with any NF7-S V2 issues, but I agree entirely
with Butterfield's suggestions. When in trouble, simplify,
simplify............

I am running the BFG ASLM5900 on a IC-7 (P4) with zero
problems. Since you already tried a second card with identical
results it strongly points at some sort of motherboard-related
attribute. You did check that the auxiliary power-connector
you are using for the video appears to run one of your disks
properly ? That will validate that the right voltages are getting to
the right places. As long as your beefy power-supply has a
minimum of 15 amps on the +12V rail you should have ample
juice for the board.

John Lewis