Persistence and apparently lack of self-control seem to really help when trying to get HD5000 cards. I already have one in my computer, and I have an order for a second one placed that the store estimates they can likely fill this week.
Hmm... odd... I've flashed many a Dell from windows and never had a problem with any of them. I've also flashed all 3 GigaByte boards I've had in the past from Windows multiple times (one of them was an actual DualBIOS board, the other two are the newer sorta-DualBIOS boards) and never had a single problem with any of them.
Problem found: one stick of ram is bad. By the time I hit test #4 in memtest, that stick had thrown 24 errors. Great.
Also, due to the design of my case, I had to flip it over (yes, my case is now resting on its "top") to get my motherboard right side up to get full effect from the heatpipes on the NB.
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Unless its a Gigabyte board with two physical BIOS chips. Dual BIOS ftw.
Shows you how out of the loop I am that I don't recognize either of those.
Crossfired 5000 series glory, here I come.
Right, I would only add GPU-Z to that.
Also, due to the design of my case, I had to flip it over (yes, my case is now resting on its "top") to get my motherboard right side up to get full effect from the heatpipes on the NB.
Take some pics with a digital camera, I wanna see it in all its glory.
Lian-Li PC1000 if you want to look it up.