Re: [H] Video card fail or not?

2015-02-10 Thread Joshua MacCraw
Yeah the hd38670x2 that's been in their since I built this a few years ago just won' t post meanwhile the new MSI r9 280 seems to work & be stable as long as it's secured just right. Need to test old card in another system to see if salvageable. Looked at the slot with a microscope cam (FTW Newegg

Re: [H] Video card fail or not?

2015-02-09 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 12:42 PM 06/02/2015, Joshua MacCraw wrote: My old asus rampage & hd3870x2 seem to have issues. Specifically the old dash-dot-dot-dot BIOS code for failed video. So i buy a new r9 280 for the otherwise strong system and still fail code beeps. BTW, I think the problem is a loose connection on

Re: [H] Video card fail or not?

2015-02-08 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 12:42 PM 06/02/2015, Joshua MacCraw wrote: My old asus rampage & hd3870x2 seem to have issues. Specifically the old dash-dot-dot-dot BIOS code for failed video. So i buy a new r9 280 for the otherwise strong system and still fail code beeps. I'm dealing with an Asus board that's doing that h

[H] Video card fail or not?

2015-02-06 Thread Joshua MacCraw
My old asus rampage & hd3870x2 seem to have issues. Specifically the old dash-dot-dot-dot BIOS code for failed video. So i buy a new r9 280 for the otherwise strong system and still fail code beeps. Dropped *new* card into my newest pc as crossfire slave & card works fine so it's gotta be a mobo i