Bad Video Card?

[paychekk]

I bought a new nvidia leadtek 6800GT video card from new egg. I installed it last night, made sure it was snug in the agp slot, powered it up(my power supply is a enermax 420watt), and booted for the firt time. As soon as I boot I get these dot artifacts all over the screen all the way to windows. I rechecked my installation and tried again. Same aftifacts all over the screen. I took out the new card and put the ATI 9700 pro back in and wala all was fine. I am pretty sure I have a bad video card. What are your thoughts, did I overlook something. I called new egg for a RMA #, called Leadtek support and couldnt get in. Darn. Thanx for any input.
Mikey

 

[IslandCustom]

Does the 6800GT require a secondary power connection? If so, did you attach it to the card?

 

[paychekk]

Yes it needs a secondary power supply, and it was installed on the back of the card. It was a standard power plug. What I mean in standard is that it is the same plug config as a hard drive plug etc.

 

[Crowley16]

have you tried updating the drivers?

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[paychekk]

the computer made it to the desktop with the artifacts all over the desktop, I tried to install the latest drivers(66.93) and I got the blue screen of death right in the middle on the driver installation.

 

[pcdude1]

It sounds like a driver issue instead of a hardware issue. I don't know if the instructions advise this, but I usually uninstall the old driver and change to a standard vga mode BEFORE I remove the old video card. Then install the new card, boot in vga mode, and then install the new driver. But if you still think it's a bad video card and not the driver, just swap out the cards again and trying booting into safe mode and see if the artifacts occur in safe mode also.

 

[stallard]

It sounds more like the Video card is not seated correctly or not working correctly.

 

[felixc]

Sounds to me like a defective video card too. Vibrations during shipment may have opened a solder.

 

[BadBigBen]

These artifacts are caused by bad Mem on the card!!! return it mentioning the Artifacts as a reason and you should get your card replaced...

once had a GFXcard that worked normaly (Desktop and DX8+ games) but when it came to DX7 games it just defunct on the GFX, boy did I have a time convincing the HW-Testers at the Internet-Store I bought from...



Ben

If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer...

 

[DocMongre]

It is doubtful you have a damaged or defective card. Possible but not probable. Try doing a clean install of your RADEON drivers:

follow these instructions:

http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak1222.aspx

 

[paparazi]

Well he really would have problems then Lol Nvidia not ATI.
Look at it from a retailers perspective, they are happy to give you a replacement but only if the diagnosis is sound.
So to this end I would say try and get the 6800GT to work in yours but you must also try the card elsewhere to be sure.
One of our guys had a Gainward 6800GT that just wouldn't work properly on his Abit IC7G, thing is the card worked fine in others so the replacement was rejected as no fault.
Martin

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[709]

sounds like a motherboard v graphics card incompatibility, check bios updates for motherboard and see if there is your card mentioned in an update.

If not ask motherboard manufacturer if theres any compatibility issues with that type of card.