got my abit max3, gainward 7800gs still not working

BLooD · Apr 28, 2006

well my max3 arrived, installed my gainward 7800gs and lo and behold windows still wont boot, im at a complete loss now, ran it on a bare bones system and no go as well

chevro1et · Apr 28, 2006

Man, that sucks.

BLooD · Apr 28, 2006

story of my life at the moment

, gonna post it off to a mate to try, he has an abit ic7 max3 too, if he cant get it to work i guess it will be on ebay in a week or two, 300 pound down the drain

Maviryk · Apr 28, 2006

I don't see why you cant' return it?

BLooD · Apr 28, 2006

i did do. they sent it back, i guess they got it working

Drinkyoghurt · Apr 28, 2006

maybe its ur psu?

BLooD · Apr 28, 2006

psu is an enermax 650w with 36a on the +12v rail, i have trie dit with a bare bones system, just windows hd and cpu fan

Drinkyoghurt · Apr 28, 2006

hmmz..then there would be no reason for it to react liek that...send it to warranty

BLooD · Apr 28, 2006

see above post, i rma`ed it and they sent it straight back, theres nothing wrong with it

Drinkyoghurt · Apr 28, 2006

really this is wierd..all ur stuff seems to be good

Evilsizer · Apr 28, 2006

thing is my friend even if you got a differnt brand of 7800gs it still wont boot. For some odd reason some 7800gs's wont boot on some agp boards. i dont know why but i heard the evga forums were full of ****ed customers cause they spent $300+ for a card that doesnt work in there box from the get go.

sorry about your luck.

BLooD · Apr 29, 2006

whats really bizare is that i had an XFX 7800gs EE that did the same thing

Evilsizer · Apr 29, 2006

BLooD said:
whats really bizare is that i had an XFX 7800gs EE that did the same thing

yea cause of the problems i read about with some agp boards i think im just going to get a 7900gt and put it in my p4 rig. then sell of my dothan parts and 6800u with thermalstasis hs. eh cost the same for a better card plus i can use in conroe with they finally come out.

BLooD · Apr 29, 2006

guess i wasted 300 pound then

Drinkyoghurt · Apr 29, 2006

ah yes now ic the problem..on my 7800gs its written that you need a board with agp 2.0 i blieve..mine has 3.0 so im fine...man i guess it sucks to find out that its your mobo

BLooD · Apr 29, 2006

the abit ic7 max3 is agp v3

Evilsizer · Apr 29, 2006

isnt it funny how the apg2.0 instead of 3.0 since it was the last agp released and this is after all a new card the just came to market not long ago. wtf were they thinking...o wait i bet they werent.

Drinkyoghurt · Apr 29, 2006

what where they thinking when they where reducing pipes from 24 to 16!!??

Evilsizer · Apr 29, 2006

Drinkyoghurt said:
what where they thinking when they where reducing pipes from 24 to 16!!??

making you pay more for staying with agp... i mean just look at the price now of the 7800gs vs 7900gt... im just hell no.. ill put up with cpu in my p4 being the bottle neck the sink another $300 in to my dothan when i wont be able to use the GS in a conroe box i want to build.

BLooD · Apr 30, 2006

the gainward 7800gs is actually a 7800gt 20 instaed of 16

got my abit max3, gainward 7800gs still not working

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