A Rebuild Gone Bad

Tweek said:

...my case is pushing 140+Lbs and it's screwed into a Rack...

You must have your computer in an old refrigerator.

Tweek said:

TonyTiger2004 said:

And Mine has an LCD that displays numbers


Also has On Demand Overclock Controls, Clear Cmos and Green Power (energy efficient BS)

oh that's convenient!
I have a switch for my CMOS, and IO have a remote back panel switch extension for the CMOSCLR jumper so i don't have to dig under my video card, thopse things cancel each other out, i'm about to desolder that damn stich and add jumpers instead... warranty gone after? probably... but my case is pushing 140+Lbs and it's screwed into a Rack, i'm SOL if i have to clear my cmos or fumble with jumpers, there's also a massive GTX470 and a Cooling Duct in the way

Yeah its pretty sweet being at those buttons are at the edge of my motherboard so they cant get covered up easy to get to, easy to read, very convenient

Would the fact that the EVGA 9800 GX2 that I had which had DDR3 and the now EVGA GTX 580 which has DDR5 create a problem?

I'm thinking that I either need a lower grade card or I would need to upgrade my mobo & ram. I'm looking for a cheap card to try to at least get it running. But maybe my mobo just cant support it? I need a bios update, that is a given but i don't know if that will correct the problem.

Last Bios Update
Version 2402 Description Striker II Formula BIOS 2402
Fix it might take long time to recognize ATI 5850 VGA card at POST File Size 791.86 (KBytes) 2010/04/23 update

Anytime you have a problem and your bios are out of date, thats the recommended time to update the bios, You would never want to update them unless your having some sort of issue so yes update them try that out..

As for the card being incompatible that isnt very likely, as typically most pcie cards all work in any pcie slow, where you get an issue is the speed of the PCIE but the cards will still work, just not up to their full potential.

- Tony

Lollies said:

So I am borrowing my friends GPU right now and its goin all the way to "auto cfg" and then stopping. No display is visible, it is no longer stopping at "errormsg" but at "auto cfg". I've tried rewiring my SATA drives, changed the battery, and tried 1 stick of the four sticks of ram.

I can't imagine what it could be, anyone?

Your down to your motherboard now, Have you tried reseting Cmos? If you have tried another GPU and still cant get your Display correct only thing you really have left is your motherboard. - TOny

Sorry if this has already been tried, it's getting to be a long thread and I'm too lazy to read all the way through it again.

If you haven't already done so, go into the BIOS and look for something along the lines of "Reset ESCD". Enable it, save it and reboot.

If that makes no difference, try resetting the BIOS completely via the jumper. If you are not absolutely sure how to do that then make sure and ask beforehand. :)

EDIT: Wow, Tony - great minds think alike!