Posts by Hammerhead

Try the driver order, if that doesn't work it sounds like your vid card may have died. In Safe Mode and with vga drivers, the card only uses it's 2d engine. When windows starts (vista), you're using the 3d component on the video...

They don't support the same gpu models. The earlier revisions don't supply enough power to the vid card slot for the later cards. The info on the web listing for the mobo seems to be a template and is not accurate. I'm not sure of...

Unfortunately, the promise chip can fail on the d900 mobo... Are you using nLite, or a usb floppy drive for the raid drivers? And you should try it with one or the other drivers rather than both as they may conflict. If you still...

Make sure you load the hd controller drivers. Not sure why you'd have the issue with adding an hd, but when reinstalling the OS on the m7700, you have to load the RAID controller drivers (whether using RAID or not) or the hd...

I don't have an m17, but I've got an m9700. The m9700 was the first Arima platform that AW carried. It was followed by the m9750, and now the m17. If it's as reliable as the previous models, you shouldn't have any issues. I still...

I think if I owned a 7700, I'd just use it as is until it's done. Hard to justify investing the kind of money it would likely take to upgrade the mobo/vid card in a platform that's at end of life as far as new parts are...

The heat isn't the issue, the amount of power is... Unfortunately, when nVidia introduced the 6800 ultra go, one step up from the 6800 go, it required something like 50% more power than the original card, and the motherboard wasn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by Rebel65 Thanks but I can get a new card here alot cheeper http://www.ztronics.com/alienware-pa...FQpgswodODlsDA But I would like to get ba better one if at all possible The...

The vid cards you can use depends on the revision of the motherboard you have. Since you've got a 6800 go in there, it may be that you have one of the early revisions that can't supply enough juice to the vid card slot to...

These guys should be able to answer your question...