Recent content by eyeofthetiger

I'm sorry if this has already been posted, but it could be that your mouse was smoother just because the pads on the bottom were brand new. They wear down/get gunked up pretty quickly and this probably happens even more because you use a metal mousepad. But other than that one minor...

Reformated using a different graphics card, shut down the comp, stick in the 6800 gt, hook everything up, start it up and same thing, colored blocks covering the whole screen. rma time I guess.

Ok nevermind, pay no attention to my last post, I'm going to try this. I had no clue what order to install the drivers so I just went with the cd that I found first. Dumb newbie mistake. edit: How do I reformat without being able to view anything going on onscreen? The colored blocks...

no dice, even after taking the card out and unplugging everything I get this. I think I'll just rma it.

Strange, i just built a new comp with an evga 6800 gt and after working perfectly fine for an hour it changed to doing just what yours is doing, but it covers the whole screen so i cant get into windows. I hadn't oced it or anything. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this problem?

Thanks for the link, but I can't really flash the bios without even being able to start up the computer. And I haven't done any ocing, which seems to be whats causing the problem in that thread.

So i just put together my computer. It consists of antec sonata (2x120mm fans) 380w truepower psu chaintech vnf3-250 A64 3000+ 2x512 pc3200 pdp ram raptor 74gb hd dvd drive lite on cdrw evga 6800 gt So I got everything hooked up (had some problems, figured it out), turned it on...

Thanks for the help, it was the video card. I had a fan only connector plugged into it instead of the normal 4 pin one.

Thanks a lot, this did turn out to be the problem. I had stupidly plugged a "fan only" connector into my 6800gt.

Well crap. How am I supposed to fix this problem, is my only option buying a new psu? I should add that I'm using the 380w antec truepower that came with my sonata. edit: and I do leave hte side of the case open so i can see what is happening. I have 2 120mm case fans then the 90mm fan on...

Ok I tried reseating my zalman heatsink, no luck. I can't figure it out. The noise comes on as soon as the power is turned on, so i dont see how it could be overheating.

Thanks I'll try that.

I'm new to building computers, just put together my comp which consists of: antec sonata chaintech vnf3-250 athlon 64 3000+ 6800gt and other parts that probably dont matter for this. So I got everything hooked up and put together and I plug in the power to the computer and press the...

actually its not. It runs about 10 degrees hotter on average than reference.

I did the same thing, didn't like the performance and took it back then bought this 6800gt.