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bothered
6 Mar 2004, 1:42pm
Well I got a 9800 pro and installed it. It doesn't work. There must be a compatability issue with the motherboard. I had no display at all, just a black screen. I tried everything, no go. So I took the card back to Aria and they tested it, it worked perfectly. I came out of there with a NF7S and my working 9800. I'm just about to rip the PC apart. I may be gone some time, Shorty, stand by the phone please.
See you later guys.
leishi85
6 Mar 2004, 1:45pm
did you plug in the power for the 9800??
Necropolis
6 Mar 2004, 2:34pm
Dont forget that when you swap motherboards you have to do a fresh install of windows.
I just came off the phone from Sir Bothered.. and told him the same thing mate :)
It's keeps just having a fit everytime he tries to boot an existing installation of Windows. A no-no. Gonna try a repair install first (at Sir's request) :)
mmonnin
6 Mar 2004, 4:00pm
He should have a screen tho. It should at least get to the XP splash screen before it gets pissed at a new motherboard.
The KX7 only supports 4x graphics and the 9800 is an 8x card. Could that be a problem. Try clearing the CMOS.
muddocktor
6 Mar 2004, 4:04pm
That point is now moot, Marc, since he now has a modern mobo to muck with.:) A repair install should work, if those damn Via drivers from the previous install don't mess him up. I had 1 Win2K install that went through 2 BX boards and 2 Via boards before I finally wiped it and started over from scratch by running a repair install when switching out the mobo each time.
mmonnin
6 Mar 2004, 4:26pm
He said he has No display whatsoever. He is not even getting to the point where XP is trying to load the drivers. There is a problem way before that.
kanezfan
6 Mar 2004, 5:57pm
repair install always works for me. there's no need to do a totally fresh install. it's not windows 95 anymore people.
Kanezfan, after about 5-6 repair installs, XP gets REAL funky. It runs slow, crashes, and just generally acts strange. I'd say you can get away with 2, maybe 3 repair installs before you really need to wipe it and reinstall from scratch.
Omega65
6 Mar 2004, 7:32pm
Last week i swapped a Epox 8KRA2 (KT600/Sata) for my Epox 8K9A3+ (KT400/HPT374) (After ghosting the HD of course for backup)
WINXP never even hiccuped, it just booted, detected a new device or two, rebooted and kept on folding. I think if you keep your mobo upgrade to the same Company/Chipset family, WinXP will be happier
$0.02
kanezfan
7 Mar 2004, 5:03am
well 5 or 6 is a little extreme geeky (wait i forgot who i was talking to :D) all i'm saying is people are a little too quick to jump the gun and reinstall everything. I went from a kr7a with a ti4600 to a kx7r with a 9500 pro, to an A7N8X with same 9500 pro, I think i did a repair install twice in like a two year span.
WinXP doesn't care if you switch motherboards that use the same chipset drivers.
kanezfan
7 Mar 2004, 5:54am
you talking to me thrax? cause it sure as hell cared and refused to boot up all those times i switched motherboards. i did a repair install going from the kr7 to the kx7, and another one going from the kx7 to the a7n8x.
I can see it certainly caring when it went from the KX7 to the a7n8x.
But the KR7 to KX7 perplexes me as I did roughly the same switch without a trouble.
Al_Capown
7 Mar 2004, 6:21am
Yea when I went from an AN7 back to an NF7-s there was no need for a repair install :-/
kanezfan
7 Mar 2004, 6:30am
i thought it wouldn't care either as it was only going from a kt266a to a kt333 chipset, i was surprised too. one thing i'll never understand, i once went from a gf2mx to a ti4600, same drivers right? I still had to reinstall the drivers. anyhow, sorry for hijacking your thread bothered.
bothered
7 Mar 2004, 9:39am
cant post
bothered
7 Mar 2004, 9:48am
Sorry about that guys, it's a long story. I got the nf7s and 9800 pro installed, no boot. Had to do a repair install of xp to get going. I've been reading this thread but couldn't post, when ever I did I just got 'page cannot be displayed' Turned out this morning that that was down to good ole' NTL. Anyway, it's sorted now. Both PCs up and running. I made a couple of phone calls to Shorty and he was a great help, I've said it before but the fact there are people here who I may never meet who will go out of there way to help you is just brilliant. Thanks Shorty, many thanks and thank you all for the advice. Short-Media? it works, it really does.
bothered
7 Mar 2004, 9:52am
did you plug in the power for the 9800??
Yes but in desperation I tried it without. That was the only time ANYTHING came on the screen, it said ' you have not connected the power lead' in a nice red box.
bothered
7 Mar 2004, 9:56am
He should have a screen tho. It should at least get to the XP splash screen before it gets pissed at a new motherboard.
The KX7 only supports 4x graphics and the 9800 is an 8x card. Could that be a problem. Try clearing the CMOS.
With the nf7s installed it did, it got to the windows screen then restarted, round and round.
At Aria, when I took the card back, I asked them to test it. They did, they also ran it at 4x with no problem. It just wouldn't work with the kx7.
bothered
7 Mar 2004, 9:58am
Why do learning curves always curve up?
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