geforce 6600 gt 128 mb agp prob with p4vm800 mobo help???

[ginge51]

hi all

i bought this geforce 6600gt from novatech ages ago and it worked fine in my old motherboard i used but ive bought this p4vm800 motherboard and now it wont boot up with my geforce 6600gt in the agp slot the card still works fine in the old p4pe motherboard so it aint faulty at all just doesnt seem to work with this new motherboard?

this new board im using p4vm800 works no problem when i put my radeon 9800se in the agp slot comes on 1st time but the minuete i put me 660gt in the agp slot theres no dosplayc on my moniter at all orange light but the gfx card s fan is spinning but just no moniter and its not much use for me with no moniter lol hope theres a way to get this working???

ive updated me mobo bios fron version 1.40-1.60 still nothing

im using a 600 watt psu so its not a power prob thats for sure what in the **** could this be very weird i hoope some1 here can help cause no1 else doesnt they said itr could be a problem with the via chipset on ther motherboard and the 6600gt hopefully it isnt any help whatsoever appriciated obn this please help thx

[Danno]

this is a very odd problem. as the new board is working and the video card is working i would guess the two are just not compatible with each other. :?

i have not seen a compatibility issue like this for a long time.

the only thing that i would have suggested to try would have been a bios update as you have already done this i cant think of anything else to try.

maybe some other forum members may be able to think of a way to get the card and board working together.

[ginge51]

thx for replying m8

do u think updating the bios on my 6600gt will help does updating gfx card bioses make them compatable with more motherboards????

or can some1 help me by adding something that might help please?

[Chewie]

Ginge, try and avoid updating the bios on the card. MoBo bios update success runs at aroung 95%, vga cards closer to 50%.

You say you have a 600w PSU, just what make is it and what are the specifications for it (what Amp ratings does it give for the +3.3, +5, and +12v rails). I'd hazard a guess that the 9800 is on par with the 6600gt for power requirements, so that is likely to not be the problem, but just wish to know to rule it out.

[ginge51]

cheers for helping m8 i havent a clue how to read the power rails etc so ill write down everything which it says on the sticker on the power supply here it is thx again m8 i hope you can help me out (Y)

atx(v2.03+12v)

model: 600atx

input: ac220v 7a 50hz:110 15a 60hz

dc output:

+3.3v 24a o _5v 0. 5a w
+5v 35a r _12v 0 8a b
+12v 27a y p.g gray
+5vsb 2a p ps_on g


hope this helps m8 thats everything which it says on the sticker thx for hel;ping aggain but i doubt its this power supply gotta be something else???

[Nox]

/sigh...

VIA chipsets...

Nox

[Nox]

sorry, should of been more helpful - have you tried disabling the onboard VGA in the BIOS? you may find doing this will let the nvidia card kick into gear.

Nox

[ginge51]

hi all again

well i decided to do an upgrade i bought a asrock dualsata2 mobo and a amd dual core 4400+cpu :D

hooked everythink up guess what put the geforce 6600gt in the agp slot it didnt even come on again the fan poweers u[p on the card but me moniter doesnt get past the orange light so now i put me old radeon 9800se into the agp slot hey presto its comes on so now i think me geforce 6600gt is dead so i hook it up in me dads old mobo it comes on this 6600gt weird as **** this it seems to not come on on newer motherboards but works on older 1s what in the **** could be done to get this solved i bought this card about 5 months ago from novaltech so the card must be faulty if it aint sorted im going to return this pathetic cant believe this at all looks like ill have to use this rubbish old radeon 9800se for the time being lol not a happy chappy

[Nox]

im using a 9700pro at the moment - they aint that bad lol

Nox

[ginge51]

not for when your playing games like oblivion it aint not good at all some good most bad