XFX 6600gt SLi problem

tharos · 07-13-2005, 12:51 PM

Hey!
New member from Norway here (so excuse the language, please:). Bought a new computer recently. Asus A8N-SLI, Amd Athlon 3500+, 400W PSU, 2X XFX Geforce 6600GT 128mb PCI-E.
Everything was joy until I tried to start up Battlefield 2 and Far Cry. Screen goes blank, and nothing works. The fans are still rotating, but that's pretty much it. Tried disabling the "multi-GPU" setting, and everything works perfectly. After having read a few similar problems on different forum's, I tested the direct3d. In the "cube test", half the horizontal screen goes green, while the cube is standing still.
Could this be a software-problem?

And another problem: My LCD-screen can't seem to receive a signal, when I use DVI. With VGA it works just fine. And since I use an adaptor with VGA, it's the same DVI connector!

dai · 07-13-2005, 01:00 PM

check your power requirements here
http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/
based on a quality supply add 30% to the result
i would think your video cards and processor would be pulling close to your max power without anything else

tharos · 07-13-2005, 01:07 PM

Is there a way for me to test the overall amp, when starting a game?

dai · 07-13-2005, 01:28 PM

don't know can you borrow a larger supply to pop in to check

tharos · 07-14-2005, 11:08 AM

I'm afraid not... I'm going to update all the drivers tomorrow, to see if that helps anything. Also, the computer is put together by a company here in Norway too, so it would be odd if they hadn't thought about getting the PSU right. I put in the Raptor myself, but that shouldn't use to much power...

dai · 07-14-2005, 03:23 PM

check the power requirements here
http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/
based on a quality supply add 30% to the result

07-13-2005, 12:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
tharos Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	XFX 6600gt SLi problem Hey! New member from Norway here (so excuse the language, please:). Bought a new computer recently. Asus A8N-SLI, Amd Athlon 3500+, 400W PSU, 2X XFX Geforce 6600GT 128mb PCI-E. Everything was joy until I tried to start up Battlefield 2 and Far Cry. Screen goes blank, and nothing works. The fans are still rotating, but that's pretty much it. Tried disabling the "multi-GPU" setting, and everything works perfectly. After having read a few similar problems on different forum's, I tested the direct3d. In the "cube test", half the horizontal screen goes green, while the cube is standing still. Could this be a software-problem? And another problem: My LCD-screen can't seem to receive a signal, when I use DVI. With VGA it works just fine. And since I use an adaptor with VGA, it's the same DVI connector! Last edited by tharos; 07-13-2005 at 01:02 PM. Reason: Forgot another video-related problem!

07-13-2005, 01:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,753 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	check your power requirements here http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/ based on a quality supply add 30% to the result i would think your video cards and processor would be pulling close to your max power without anything else __________________

07-13-2005, 01:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
tharos Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	Test Is there a way for me to test the overall amp, when starting a game?

07-13-2005, 01:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,753 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	don't know can you borrow a larger supply to pop in to check __________________

07-14-2005, 03:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,753 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	check the power requirements here http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/ based on a quality supply add 30% to the result __________________

07-14-2005, 11:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
tharos Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	I'm afraid not... I'm going to update all the drivers tomorrow, to see if that helps anything. Also, the computer is put together by a company here in Norway too, so it would be odd if they hadn't thought about getting the PSU right. I put in the Raptor myself, but that shouldn't use to much power...