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Still same thing with 97.92 drivers. How will I know that by getting my fourth card the problems will go away? Does the BSOD in my second post mean anything to you?
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Anjow said:Still same thing with 97.92 drivers. How will I know that by getting my fourth card the problems will go away? Does the BSOD in my second post mean anything to you?
Anjow said:Before I go exchanging it again, does the BSOD that I attached a picture of in my second post support your theory that the card itself is knackered?
Thanks for all the help, by the way.
Section8 said:When you say only the 97.02's work so you mean 97.02 exactly or any 97 driver ending in 2? Currently they have a 97.92 I think. Do they still clock the card wrong?
nvidiaOCmaster said:Well, if it was artifacting without overheating, it was your cooler.
Anjow said:I've decided to take it back, get a refund, buy a second computer with that money (for the sake of redundancy) and then get a card later on - probably an ATI R600 when they come out. I am sick of these NVidia ones not working, so I have lost faith (that I've had since Geforce 2s).
PaciFIST69 said:Before you do that, you do have BOTH the PCIE power plugs connected, right?
PaciFIST69 said:Before you do that, you do have BOTH the PCIE power plugs connected, right?
PaciFIST69 said:It just seems too weird to have 3 DOA GTX's.
Anjow said:Of course.
I agree, it would be very suspect if all three had had the same problems, but they didn't.
The first one's fan didn't start, so I got this new PSU to see if that was the problem (previous one was a Thermaltake TR2 550W) - that didn't fix it, so I RMAd the first card. I then got a second card, same problem - fan not starting, so it ended up overheating again. Then this third card has a different problem - artefacts without overheating and the fan works fine, which makes me think it was plain old bad luck to get another card with new problems.
ViperJohn said:You do not have a choice there. You use both or you do not run.
Viper
ViperJohn said:By chance did you check the serial number on the second card and compare it to the serial number on the first. It's possible you got the same card right back on the first RMA lol.
John