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MoBo: Gigabyte X48T-DQ6,
Power: Antec TruePower 1000W
Memory: one 2Gig stick OCZ PC3 14400
2 1Gig HDDs
1 lightscribe drive
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit
VidCard: VisionTek X3870x2 1GB
When I first built the system it worked but occasionally rebooted.
After about a month I powered on and it rebooted after the windows loading screen goes away but before showing the desktop.
It just kept rebooting. I swapped out the video card for an x1900 - and it works. I can boot Vista.
I told VisionTek and they RMA'd me (what they say is) a new card, but I still get the continuous reboot.
I installed XP with the x3870 and that loads to the desktop.
If I run dxdiag it freezes on direct3d test, and eventually reboots.
If I run the 'Call of Juarez' demo that came with the card (in XP) it works, but when I exit I see a message 'VPU Recover has reset your graphics accellerator", and the desktop has been resized.
One other thing. When I do a fresh install both Vista and XP start in 640x480x4bit, which is not only ugly but makes it hard to use the fixed 800x600 Catalyst install window :) Could that be an indicator of a problem ?
I have reset the bios multiple times. Installed the card in each of (two) PCI slots. Installed Vista with no updates, and with SP1.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I fear it is the motherboard ? - but then why does the x1900 work ?
The x1900 is not dx10. Could that be it?
I thought maybe the power supply - but it works fine in XP and I don't have a big draw from the other components.
A fresh install of Vista boots up, but as soon as I install the Catalyst driver - it no longer boots.
If I restore prior to the Cat install - I can boot again.
I tried the Catalyst 8.2 that came with the card, and also 8.6 and 8.11 from VisionTeks site - all with the same result.
The first card worked for a while, then stopped. The second one wont work. Could this be a motherboard issue ?
Can anyone help me ?
Power: Antec TruePower 1000W
Memory: one 2Gig stick OCZ PC3 14400
2 1Gig HDDs
1 lightscribe drive
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit
VidCard: VisionTek X3870x2 1GB
When I first built the system it worked but occasionally rebooted.
After about a month I powered on and it rebooted after the windows loading screen goes away but before showing the desktop.
It just kept rebooting. I swapped out the video card for an x1900 - and it works. I can boot Vista.
I told VisionTek and they RMA'd me (what they say is) a new card, but I still get the continuous reboot.
I installed XP with the x3870 and that loads to the desktop.
If I run dxdiag it freezes on direct3d test, and eventually reboots.
If I run the 'Call of Juarez' demo that came with the card (in XP) it works, but when I exit I see a message 'VPU Recover has reset your graphics accellerator", and the desktop has been resized.
One other thing. When I do a fresh install both Vista and XP start in 640x480x4bit, which is not only ugly but makes it hard to use the fixed 800x600 Catalyst install window :) Could that be an indicator of a problem ?
I have reset the bios multiple times. Installed the card in each of (two) PCI slots. Installed Vista with no updates, and with SP1.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I fear it is the motherboard ? - but then why does the x1900 work ?
The x1900 is not dx10. Could that be it?
I thought maybe the power supply - but it works fine in XP and I don't have a big draw from the other components.
A fresh install of Vista boots up, but as soon as I install the Catalyst driver - it no longer boots.
If I restore prior to the Cat install - I can boot again.
I tried the Catalyst 8.2 that came with the card, and also 8.6 and 8.11 from VisionTeks site - all with the same result.
The first card worked for a while, then stopped. The second one wont work. Could this be a motherboard issue ?
Can anyone help me ?
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