Quote Originally Posted by DrSlump View Post
Hi Lurker,
some time ago i experienced the same event on my pc: my X1900XT board during the start does initialize starting with the high fan speed, then lows it in another step and then sets to the lower fan speed. At the end of this procedure, the bios go on and starts the system diagnostics.
In that event the fan of the ati board was stucked at 100% speed. After some tries i understood that it was an insufficent power input to the X1900XT: the 6pin cable did not give to her enough power, maybe becouse of a loose contact.
Verify that the power cable to de graphic card is correctly connected.
Cheers Dr,

This psychotic board I'm using decided it's not dead. 3 days my system has been down while I check, re-check and double check everything. Finally got pissed off with it and then out of the blue it boots up and posts

I'm back on BIOS 2504 now and after that little debacle, I ain't touching BIOS 2602 with a 10 foot pole!!

Thankfully the board seems a-ok, and just in time for the new gpu2 folding client Finally get a chance to see what these 2900xt's can do