2 8500 GT's not working?

Hobowarrior · 11-17-2007, 01:01 PM

Aright so I bought my new comp and all that good stuff, it has vista-32 bit a p5n-E sli motherboard 2 gig ram. SO whenever I install my video card drivers then restart my comp i will get to passed the vista loading bar then the icon is suppose to show up but it doesnt and like 20 sec later my comp shuts down and goes to the screen where you can boot up in 3 diff types of safe mode and regular. The only way to get it to boot up in normal is to go into safe and uninstall the nvidia drivers. I have tryed installing the drivers in safe mode and it always does the same thing. I even downgraded to windows XP and it will get half way threw the install then my comp will shut down. I got it to install 1 time on xp then when i restarted it, it got the the windows xp loading bar and froze then restarted and took me to the 3 diff safe modes and regular mode! So I am very confused and angry i have been trying to fix it for a week and im about to send it back to the company and get my money back. I think it might be the video cards but I havent got a clue. Any help would be so greatly appreciated!

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 11-17-2007, 01:02 PM

What power supply are you using?

Hobowarrior · 11-17-2007, 01:02 PM

420 watt

11-17-2007, 01:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hobowarrior Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2 OS: Vista-32bit	2 8500 GT's not working? Aright so I bought my new comp and all that good stuff, it has vista-32 bit a p5n-E sli motherboard 2 gig ram. SO whenever I install my video card drivers then restart my comp i will get to passed the vista loading bar then the icon is suppose to show up but it doesnt and like 20 sec later my comp shuts down and goes to the screen where you can boot up in 3 diff types of safe mode and regular. The only way to get it to boot up in normal is to go into safe and uninstall the nvidia drivers. I have tryed installing the drivers in safe mode and it always does the same thing. I even downgraded to windows XP and it will get half way threw the install then my comp will shut down. I got it to install 1 time on xp then when i restarted it, it got the the windows xp loading bar and froze then restarted and took me to the 3 diff safe modes and regular mode! So I am very confused and angry i have been trying to fix it for a week and im about to send it back to the company and get my money back. I think it might be the video cards but I havent got a clue. Any help would be so greatly appreciated!

11-17-2007, 01:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
1 g0t 0wn3d TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,528 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: 2 8500 GT's not working? What power supply are you using? __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan

11-17-2007, 01:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hobowarrior Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2 OS: Vista-32bit	Re: 2 8500 GT's not working? 420 watt