It landed up being the video card. I borrowed a 6800gt from a friend and everything works great now. So if anyone else gets a 7800gt pci-e working please let me know how.
Thanks, Dan. On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 11:45 -0500, ted leslie wrote: > i ran into something similar, and you gotta hope this ISN'T your issue, > I got a TYAN mobo with pci-e and pci-x slots, > put in my 7800gt and has a heck of a time, > after a day of sputtering, > i read on the mobo spec, supports pci-e .... > but doesn't support pci-e video cards .... how stupid ... > > but in the end that was it, even thou the 7800gt worked (somewhat), > it locked at certain res. , etc, and in the end its because the > "type" of pci-e slot was not compatiable with pci-e video cards? > I don't understand the tech. behind it, but it certainly > is that case that some pci-e slots, are not for video cards. > > So you want to confirm you mobo's pci-e slot can run video cards. > > -tl > > On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 09:59 -0600, Dan wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have recently tried to install 10.2 on a machine with a BFG 7800GT > > pci-e card. When I get the the hardware configuration screen and click > > the test button for the video test the machine brings up the test screen > > and the system locks up. The test screen doesn't look right either, > > it's just a bunch of lines, there is now way you can make out what it is. > > > > So I put in an old pci card and installed the OS. Then I went and put > > the 7800gt back in and it worked, but when I try to change the > > resolution it will lock up again. > > > > Is there some kind of bios setting wrong? Has anyone else tried a card > > similar to this? > > > > Thanks, > > Dan. > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
