Problem with MSI 6800gs

jokerviper · 12-31-2005, 11:13 AM

System:
Acer Aspire T630
2 sticks of DDR 256mb
1 LG DVD Burner
1 SATA 80gb (dont know what brand)
MSI 6800gs
was "Unbranded CHeap 300w" changed to "Enermax 460w"
Monitor Acer Al502

The problem is my new graphic card from MSI. I bought a MSI 6800gs to replace my slow Radeon X300se. I tried to installed it into my system. Everything seemed to be going fine until I finished installin the drivers. As soon as the driver finished installing the screen went blank for a couple of second, and then it started to display strange colors. In another word some part of screen started to flicker.

After inspecting the manual given with the card, I noticed that I did not meet the power requirement of 400w. I also was using a Molex to PCIE adaptor for the graphic card. Therefore I went outside and bought a Enermax 460w. When i put the Enermax into the system, the same problem occured. Unfortunately the Enermax also does have a PCIE power connector.

Could the monitor also be the problem?

Please help me! I hope I do not have a faulty graphic card... Can you give me suggestions?

Thanx!!

Nutcase · 12-31-2005, 02:03 PM

Try these drivers: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1288

ps. scroll down the page...

jokerviper · 12-31-2005, 06:55 PM

The driver still doesn't work...
Any other suggestions?

jokerviper · 12-31-2005, 06:56 PM

Do i need to get a PSU with a special PCIE Connector?

elmarcorulz · 12-31-2005, 07:35 PM

No, they make the adapters so you dont need to buy a PSU with the connectors. Is anything visible on the screen, ie. can you navigate your way around windows?

mrjack · 12-31-2005, 11:33 PM

I think XFX packs those with their cards. Haven't found one of those adapters in a store though, ever. But that's probably because I haven't looked hard enough for one.

Blue · 01-01-2006, 02:14 AM

Could be possible that there are bits of your old ATi driver on your system. Switching from and ATi card to an Nvidia card you want to pay special attention to cleaning the old drivers out the best you can. Get driver cleaner http://www.drivercleaner.net/ and uninstal the drivers you have on right now Through "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs". Secondly run drivercleaner to clean ATi drivers then run it again to clean off Nvidia drivers. After that reboot and reinstall the latest drivers by Nvidia.

jokerviper · 01-01-2006, 04:47 AM

The drivercleaner software doesn't work. The card always seems to display fine with at 640x480 without any installed drivers. Once the driver is installed the problem occurs.

jokerviper · 01-01-2006, 09:59 AM

hey ppl.. it finally worked now... as it turns out it was the BIOS...Afta my father upgraded da bios the computer booted fine.

THNX PPL!!!!

Blue · 01-01-2006, 04:38 PM

Quote:

hey ppl.. it finally worked now... as it turns out it was the BIOS...Afta my father upgraded da bios the computer booted fine.

THNX PPL!!!!

Sweet deal

... Glad you got it going.

12-31-2005, 11:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
jokerviper New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6	Problem with MSI 6800gs System: Acer Aspire T630 2 sticks of DDR 256mb 1 LG DVD Burner 1 SATA 80gb (dont know what brand) MSI 6800gs was "Unbranded CHeap 300w" changed to "Enermax 460w" Monitor Acer Al502 The problem is my new graphic card from MSI. I bought a MSI 6800gs to replace my slow Radeon X300se. I tried to installed it into my system. Everything seemed to be going fine until I finished installin the drivers. As soon as the driver finished installing the screen went blank for a couple of second, and then it started to display strange colors. In another word some part of screen started to flicker. After inspecting the manual given with the card, I noticed that I did not meet the power requirement of 400w. I also was using a Molex to PCIE adaptor for the graphic card. Therefore I went outside and bought a Enermax 460w. When i put the Enermax into the system, the same problem occured. Unfortunately the Enermax also does have a PCIE power connector. Could the monitor also be the problem? Please help me! I hope I do not have a faulty graphic card... Can you give me suggestions? Thanx!!

12-31-2005, 02:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
Nutcase Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 21 Posts: 207	Try these drivers: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1288 ps. scroll down the page... __________________ CPU: AMD Opteron 170@ 2.6GHz AC 64 Freezer Pro GPU: Sapphire X1950XTX RAM:Kingston HyperX 2512MB MoBo:* Asus A8N SLi Premium HD: 2160GB PSU:* Tagan EasyCon 480W

12-31-2005, 11:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 17 Posts: 2,363	I think XFX packs those with their cards. Haven't found one of those adapters in a store though, ever. But that's probably because I haven't looked hard enough for one. __________________ Main rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Samsung Spinpoint T166 320Gb SATAII Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar 500Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb @ 660MHz/950MHz Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio \| Antec Truepower Trio 550W

01-01-2006, 02:14 AM	#7 (permalink)
Blue VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: London Ontario Age: 35 Posts: 3,555	Could be possible that there are bits of your old ATi driver on your system. Switching from and ATi card to an Nvidia card you want to pay special attention to cleaning the old drivers out the best you can. Get driver cleaner http://www.drivercleaner.net/ and uninstal the drivers you have on right now Through "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs". Secondly run drivercleaner to clean ATi drivers then run it again to clean off Nvidia drivers. After that reboot and reinstall the latest drivers by Nvidia. __________________ FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

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12-31-2005, 06:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
jokerviper New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6	The driver still doesn't work... Any other suggestions?

12-31-2005, 06:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
jokerviper New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6	Do i need to get a PSU with a special PCIE Connector?

12-31-2005, 07:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
elmarcorulz VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Age: 21 Posts: 6,033	No, they make the adapters so you dont need to buy a PSU with the connectors. Is anything visible on the screen, ie. can you navigate your way around windows?

01-01-2006, 04:47 AM	#8 (permalink)
jokerviper New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6	The drivercleaner software doesn't work. The card always seems to display fine with at 640x480 without any installed drivers. Once the driver is installed the problem occurs.

01-01-2006, 09:59 AM	#9 (permalink)
jokerviper New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6	hey ppl.. it finally worked now... as it turns out it was the BIOS...Afta my father upgraded da bios the computer booted fine. THNX PPL!!!!