Please help me... not sure if mobo or vc

The_Motivator · 08-January-06, 01:55 PM

i took my computer apart to install watercooling on the VGA and CPU. installation goes fine, i leak-tested for 5 hours before installing the blocks anyway. I go to power on my computer with everything installed, no bubbles in the pump..... perfect, can see the liquid flowing.... but my video's all fubared so i decide that it's cus i didn't have ramsinks on the memory so, i go back to air-cooling for the videocard after 2 tries w/watercooling still, no improvements, a little worse even. so, i try a different videocard, and it has clear picture, so i turn the computer off, and check my videocard for any issues. there are none that are visible, so i take a break for the night, and then try the other videocard again this morning, and no display at all. however, both videocards work on the other computer (and the other computer doesn't even have the necc. power rating (it's a 350W, and on my computer, i have a 500W Ultra X-connect) for the 6800GT that i thought was broken so do you think it's the motherboard like i do? maybe my AGP slot is fubared? cooling was originally the gigabyte cpu fan..."G-Power Cooler" or somethin like that, the videocard was on nvsilencer, 1 120mm case fan in the rear sucking air out, one in the front, pulling air in, and one on the window, blowing air in. watercooling was the thermaltake bigwater cooling solution, with a VGA block originally added into the loop.

$SOLID$ Necro · 08-January-06, 04:51 PM

Are you sure it's not a driver issue?

It was kinda hard to decipher the post, but it sounds like it was running fine on air till you water cooled it.

If you didn't gt the waterblock mounted flat, then you might have overheated it, wich may have damaged it...but you said it works fine in another PC.

Try using a few spaces here and there, it makes it easier to read

The_Motivator · 08-January-06, 06:45 PM

well, i hit enter a few times in that post,a nd i posted, and they wouldnt' show up, i edited 2x, still wouldn't show up, so i said screw it, and hoped y'all would get it.

The_Motivator · 08-January-06, 06:46 PM

oh, i'm not getting any video at all on my computer with either card now. no display.

so, i'm figuring it's a busted mobo. and/or just a busted agp slot. dunno, considerign sending the board back to dfi, but dunno if their warrantee is still valid. *shrug* might just get a new board.

Ator · 08-January-06, 07:18 PM

Yup, looks like the board just died. No water got in the slot, did it?

The_Motivator · 08-January-06, 09:37 PM

not that i was aware of... *sigh* any of you know where i could get a DFI 875P-T board relatively cheap? (less than Newegg, and not E-Bay [hate snipers]?)

08-January-06, 01:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
The_Motivator Apex Techie II Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 96	Please help me... not sure if mobo or vc i took my computer apart to install watercooling on the VGA and CPU. installation goes fine, i leak-tested for 5 hours before installing the blocks anyway. I go to power on my computer with everything installed, no bubbles in the pump..... perfect, can see the liquid flowing.... but my video's all fubared so i decide that it's cus i didn't have ramsinks on the memory so, i go back to air-cooling for the videocard after 2 tries w/watercooling still, no improvements, a little worse even. so, i try a different videocard, and it has clear picture, so i turn the computer off, and check my videocard for any issues. there are none that are visible, so i take a break for the night, and then try the other videocard again this morning, and no display at all. however, both videocards work on the other computer (and the other computer doesn't even have the necc. power rating (it's a 350W, and on my computer, i have a 500W Ultra X-connect) for the 6800GT that i thought was broken so do you think it's the motherboard like i do? maybe my AGP slot is fubared? cooling was originally the gigabyte cpu fan..."G-Power Cooler" or somethin like that, the videocard was on nvsilencer, 1 120mm case fan in the rear sucking air out, one in the front, pulling air in, and one on the window, blowing air in. watercooling was the thermaltake bigwater cooling solution, with a VGA block originally added into the loop.

08-January-06, 04:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
$SOLID$ Necro Mastah Overclocker Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lima, Ohio Posts: 7,217	Are you sure it's not a driver issue? It was kinda hard to decipher the post, but it sounds like it was running fine on air till you water cooled it. If you didn't gt the waterblock mounted flat, then you might have overheated it, wich may have damaged it...but you said it works fine in another PC. Try using a few spaces here and there, it makes it easier to read __________________ Join the PC Apex "Overclock and Benchmark" team today! Click Here! Necro's "Ultimate Links" Collection Click Here!

08-January-06, 07:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
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08-January-06, 06:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
The_Motivator Apex Techie II Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 96	well, i hit enter a few times in that post,a nd i posted, and they wouldnt' show up, i edited 2x, still wouldn't show up, so i said screw it, and hoped y'all would get it.

08-January-06, 06:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
The_Motivator Apex Techie II Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 96	oh, i'm not getting any video at all on my computer with either card now. no display. so, i'm figuring it's a busted mobo. and/or just a busted agp slot. dunno, considerign sending the board back to dfi, but dunno if their warrantee is still valid. shrug might just get a new board.

08-January-06, 09:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
The_Motivator Apex Techie II Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 96	not that i was aware of... sigh any of you know where i could get a DFI 875P-T board relatively cheap? (less than Newegg, and not E-Bay [hate snipers]?)