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2009-01-15 14:05:06

#51

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6941|Devon, England

Holy fuck. I love BFG even more.

How can I break my 7600GT in a way they won't know I did it on purpose and hopefully get a better card back?

2009-01-15 14:11:52

#52

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6447|Winland

FFLink13 wrote:
Holy fuck. I love BFG even more.

How can I break my 7600GT in a way they won't know I did it on purpose and hopefully get a better card back?

Remove some minimal surface-mounted resistor.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-01-15 14:22:50

#53

Microwave: _; +515|6905|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

.Sup wrote:
Disconnect all power cables and reconnect them. Be 100% sure everything is wired properly

Tried It all is.

FFLink13 wrote:
Holy fuck. I love BFG even more.

How can I break my 7600GT in a way they won't know I did it on purpose and hopefully get a better card back?

Haha I know, when I opened the box I was like AWESOME!

2009-01-15 14:24:25

#54

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6899

What PSU is it? I'm leaning towards the mobo right now.

2009-01-15 14:26:34

#55

Microwave: _; +515|6905|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

ghettoperson wrote:
What PSU is it? I'm leaning towards the mobo right now.

Thermaltake Toughpower 750W

2009-01-15 14:28:24

#56

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6899

I'm sure that like me you don't, but would you happen to have a spare PSU lying around? Or have one in another computer that you can steal?

EDIT: What mobo is it? In fact better yet, post your full specs.

Last edited by ghettoperson (2009-01-15 14:28:52)

2009-01-15 14:32:25

#57

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7016|Cambridge (UK)

ghettoperson wrote:
I'm leaning towards the mobo right now.

Me too.

But it's a weird one - a bad mobo, psu or cpu shouldn't cause the described symptoms - said symptoms point to it being video-card, monitor cable, or monitor related - but if they've been swapped out or shown to work on other systems it can't be them...

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2009-01-15 14:35:16

#58

Microwave: _; +515|6905|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

ghettoperson wrote:
I'm sure that like me you don't, but would you happen to have a spare PSU lying around? Or have one in another computer that you can steal?

EDIT: What mobo is it? In fact better yet, post your full specs.

Nah I don't.

Ok specs:

Mobo: Asus P5K Deluxe

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700

RAM: 4GB Crucial Ballistix

GFX: now a BFG GTX 260 OC2

Sound: Creative X-Fi Championship Series

PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 750W

HD1: WD Raptor 150gb
HD2: Samsung Spinpoint 500gb
HD3: Seagate 120gb

2009-01-15 14:40:18

#59

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7016|Cambridge (UK)

You do have any required additional power connector(s) plugged into the video card, don't you?

I believe the GTX260 requires two additional 6pin power connectors, thus:

https://techreport.com/r.x/geforce-gtx-280/gtx-260-power-plugs.jpg

If your PSU doesn't have the required plugs, you'll need two 2xMolex-to-1x6pin connector converters.

Last edited by Scorpion0x17 (2009-01-15 14:42:00)

2009-01-15 15:48:31

#60

Microwave: _; +515|6905|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Scorpion0x17 wrote:
You do have any required additional power connector(s) plugged into the video card, don't you?

I believe the GTX260 requires two additional 6pin power connectors, thus:

http://techreport.com/r.x/geforce-gtx-2 … -plugs.jpg

If your PSU doesn't have the required plugs, you'll need two 2xMolex-to-1x6pin connector converters.

Yeah, got both of those plugged in. Same as my 8800.

2009-01-15 15:59:49

#61

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7016|Cambridge (UK)

Ah... now... I've just had a thought - maybe the PSU isn't providing the right voltage(s) on the extra video-card power connectors...

Check that with a multimeter... though, I'm not sure what pin should be at what level (should be in your video-card or psu manual somewhere though)...

2009-01-16 09:32:46

#62

Microwave: _; +515|6905|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

I've just finished checking the PSU with a multimeter. Everything is fine.

It's the motherboard then...

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