Techie... DONE Kinda
 

Well, I am posting from my new machine... It is VERY fast. Specs later.. and pics.

The one problem? I can only get one vid card to work... remember, I am only trying to get 4 screens, not trying to SLI the cards.

So I am going to pull the card the computer recognizes out tomorrow and start with the other card... the power house card.

Let's see what that does.

Re: Techie... DONE Kinda
 

make sure you have the 280 in the x16 slot.

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Yeah, I did that. I am going to pull out the Sparkle card and try and boot with ONLY the 280-- after clearing out the drivers and and uninstalling the card. I hope that'll do it. I REALLY don't wana RMA the thing.

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IT CRASHED!!!

I was updating the bios. Didn't recognize the OS aftwards :doh:

Used the restore point after about an hour of dealing with it. Luckily, it is working again. Now on to fixing the vid card. Arghhh

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[IMG]http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/416/chimp.jpg[/IMG]

Re: Techie... DONE Kinda
 

I'd wait on a bios update until you have it running for a week or two, no need to update the bios right away, make sure she's stable first

Re: Techie... DONE Kinda
 

Alright... Up and running... all four screens running good... That's right.. FOUR.

Also figured out what the crash was... Computer was trying to boot off a external HD.

Pics to come.

Re: Techie... DONE Kinda
 

Nice job, Preacher! My son can build computers from scratch. This time around, he just bought one and will beef it up as he goes along.

I bet it feels good to have done it all yourself!

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Nice work!

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OK. The card works. 2verything works ansd it MOVES. However while rendering video core temps get up into the 90's C. So I am going to replace the stock heat sink and paste