Problem with my FX 5700

[Legion2005]

My motherboard for some reason decided to die this weekend, so I had to go back to this old abit one. Its a KX7-333. I am hoping my CPU didnt die either. Its a Athlon 2700+ and wont work in this motherboard or is dead. Nothing will post. I am currently using an Athlon 1800+.

This board usually runs with a GeForce 2 MX 64MB. I have the FX-5700 in there right now, and for some reason 3d applications dont seem to want to work. I just formatted and got the most recent drivers, still doesnt seem to want to work.

In 3D Mark 2001 SE, certain things go red, and sometimes there are artifacts everywhere. I know this isnt a heat issue, the card is quite cool, stock speeds too.

In Direct X 9.0b, I test direct draw and direct 3d. They both run fine, although sometimes I get artifacts on direct 3d.

I have RMAed my a7v8x-x, so if this isnt fixable its fine. I just want this to work right for the wait.

 

[harlam357]

what kind of psu do you have in that rig? your FX 5700 may not be getting enough power.

 

[Legion2005]

Its the same one I was using before. Its an enlight, 300w.

 

[harlam357]

have you ever used this mobo and your 5700 together before? the 5700 does take its own 4-pin molex correct? i have seen cases where a 300w or less psu can cause problems on nVidia FX cards coupled with the power consumption of the rest of the system- it's just not enough power. your older board and proc may actually pull more power than the newer ones that blew up. your 5700 card also requires 1.5v AGP voltage- since you have an abit board i assume you can set this in bios, that's something to check as well.

 

[Legion2005]

I have never used these 2 together. I have been assuming that my 2700+ and the FX-5700 arent compatible with this board. The 5700 does use a seperate power connector. Its a floppy power connector.

I am getting windows updates right now, once I am done with that I'll look in the bios for voltages.

Any ideas on why my 2700 wouldnt work in this abit board? I was just assuming that the board is too old.

 

[harlam357]

That is most likely the case... the board just doesn't recognize the cpu. i would check abit's site to see if you can validate that- otherwise, you may be looking at a fried cpu too.

 

[Legion2005]

My AGP is at 1.5v. Is there a way for me to make sure that it would be not enough power without buying a new powersupply?

AMD Socket A Athlon XP up to 2600+
lol, and I have a 2700+. Couldnt it still run the 2700 though, just at a speed 1 step lower?

 

[harlam357]

check your 12v rail and see if it is operating within -5% or at least 11.4volts. if not, you've got a lack of voltage. borrow a friends psu and try it before you go and buy a new one- which i would recommend anyway.

 

[Legion2005]

check your 12v rail and see if it is operating within -5% or at least 11.4volts.

oooooook. How would I go about doing this?

 

[harlam357]

here are a couple of popular programs for monitoring system settings.

Motherboard Monitor 5 - http://www.dvhardware.net/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=3

SpeedFan - http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php?ExtraId=1079

i like MBM5. install, do a little configuring and you can monitor temps, voltages, rpms, etc.