Did I Kill my Formula?

[GavX]

Well, Red October Lives. Sort of.

I got all the bits together, turned the PC on for the first time in about a month since I got more watercooling toys and a new graphics card (and case) and my wee POST screen displays "CMOS ERR". I have tried the usual newbie tricks, flicking the clear CMOS button on the rear, checking the power cables are deffinitly in. The system worked fine before and the only really new thing in a graphics card. Any idea how to save the day? Cookie for the one who does :worship:

If not I dount Overclockers will believe the warranty of this board has not been somewhat voided... which makes me £150 out of pocket

 

[deathwish]

remove the graphics card clear the cmos

and try again

if this works

reseat the card

and try booting again

 

[GavX]

know how hard it was to get the graphics card in there in the first damn place?? No idea how I am going to remove it with all the pipes but I will try that later tonight, first idea is RAM, just because it is the easiest one to do XD

Tried some cheapo RAM, wasn't that... which means what is broken is getting increasingly expensive

 

[GavX]

Update, well I removed the graphics card, and I no longer have the CMOS ERR sign, just tells me the time kindly... now I do have an "oold skool" 6600GT here, it lacks a cooler but I could always see if I get the PC working with that. Slightl downside being the cooler was lost many moons ago (CU900, which is now on this PCs 7900GS) so how long till it overheats?

 

[deathwish]

has the card been taken out of the loop

if not try reinstalling it make sure that all the contacts are clean

double check that the 6 pin or 8 pin power cable is attached firmly

and if you have an power adapter try that instead of the 6/8pin cable coming from the psu

 

[nepas]

what block is on the card?it's not an ek is it?if so i may have an answer for for probs

 

[GavX]

It is an EK... is that bad?

I ran the system with my 6600GT and it works fine, so the card is the issue. RMA time?

Or... non metal washers? Thanks nepas, will try to redeme it later today (it now being thursday...)

 

[nepas]

just noticed that you have a 4870 not an x2,i know there was a problem with the x2 blocks.

anyway "When installing the water block please use NONE METAL washers with the shorter screws M3x6mm. This will make sure there will be no connections with the card."-taken fronm the ek website(they forgot to include plastic washers in the early batches of those blocks)

 

[GavX]

Well hopefully its a similar issue... otherwise I have one of the faulty cards as it seems alot of people have faulty powercolor cards. Eitherway after college I might get the change to check it out more. Ta and I will keep this updated

 

[GavX]

Ok, with the stock cooler on all is well, the card works it appears, or at elast the PC posts (no monitor yet) so I will contact EK for my FREE non metal washers!! awesome. might solve the issue as it does appear to be a waterblock issue

 

[nepas]

looks like EK have made a mistake with more than just the x2 block then,glad the card is not dead mate

 

[GavX]

Well I post OK, yet to hook up the monitor, will do it now actually

Edit: yippe, it does infact display, so the block is just screwing with it. Will get some paper washers for it soon, be a pain in the a*** to fit since I am not wanting to drain the system, only just filled it with a litre of feser!

 

[nepas]

have fun!!