8800gt and p35 ds4 problem please help

[madtorn]

I just bought a 8800gt a few days ago
every time I enter xp a message pops up saying that the card doesn't have power
I tried crysis everything on low and it was a slideshow couldn't play at all
tried same card on my friends pc no message changed my psu still same problem
even tryed 2 psu 750wat for my system and 550w for the card same thing happens
this is my specs
psu thermaltake toughpower 750w
motherboard gigabyte p35 ds4 rev.2
ram 4g supertalent
harddisk 2*500gb wd on gigabyte raid
vidcard 8800gt
soundcard x fi xtream gamer

[DAK1640]

Perhaps card not seated correctly, or bad PCI-E slot?

[Leeghoofd]

Wich bios you running ? I had F7 on mine and it went well with a 600 watt OCZ GameXtream PSU, no issues at all... almost beats my 8800GTX scores at 3dmark2006 with stock Q6600 speeds and stock card clocks for both... amasing card... hope you get it solved mate... tehy already got Bios F9 available

[DAK1640]

Could also be a bad PCI-E power connector...

[madtorn]

hi guys i tryed both pci e slots and tryed 2 defrent psus no luck
it works great on my freind pc
and my 7950gt works great on this motherboard
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btw can it be that the card is trying 2 work on pci e v2.0??
becuse the motherboard isnt v2.0

[Leeghoofd]

Have you tried the PSU of ya friend ? downgrade the bios to F7 to give it a shot...as it worked with the EVGA SC on the DS4 rev2.0 with Bios F7... The Gainward 8800GT worked fine on a P35DS3 ( see Antec 900 reviews log for proof ) I build so I wouldn't see why not on ya DS4... I only had an Asus AMD M2V mobo that wouldn't boot with it...

Only X38 are 2.0 and the 8800GT works fine normally on most mobo's...

[allen41547]

You running the processor overclocked? Only thing I can think of because some p35s need pci/e set at 101/105/110 manually one of those to work right over 400fsb. Might manually set pci/e anyways and try it. ALLEN

[madtorn]

hi thx for your help guys the motherboard isnt oced at all
and i 1st tested the card on bios f7
and i did try my freind psu same thing happen
i am using my 965ds3 now and the card works fine

[Leeghoofd]

so final question you gonna RMA the mobo or the vidcard ? Wich brand GT did you buy ?

[madtorn]

so final question you gonna RMA the mobo or the vidcard ? Wich brand GT did you buy ?

i am going to return the motherboard
the card is a gigabyte 8800gt

[T3rm1]

Im sure it's the mobo. NEVER EVER buy anything from Gigabyte again is the best thing you can do!

[madtorn]

Im sure it's the mobo. NEVER EVER buy anything from Gigabyte again is the best thing you can do!

now the idiot tec who is working on the gigabyte retailer shop in my country is refusing my rma request he says that the motherboard work
and it just need 2 cards in cf to work as it should
1st he said the 8800gt needs a motherboard with ddr3 ram

man i am not going 2 buy anything from those idiots
and my email to gigabyte haven't been replayed even tho i wrote it 2 weeks ago

i am srry for my english guys

[madtorn]

cnhaged the motherboard same problem the new motherboard is the same a p35 ds4 rev.2.0
the weird thing is i unpluged my usb mouse and my ethernet weir
and it worked fine and i got a messege saying your vga card has been changed
and it worked great but when i put my things back the damn messege returned
and now even if i unplug the mouse the damn not enough power messege returns