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Hey guys, 7 months after my last build I started getting the dread nV system sentinel message and I'm not sure what to try next. Here's the basics:
ASUS A8N-SLI
2x 7800GT cards (nVidia reference, bought through a special deal between
nVidia and EA (where my brother works))
Antec TruePower II-550
2gb of patriot DDR
Athlon 64 3200+
2x Seagate S/ATA drives
Benq DVD-RW
And here's what I've tried:
Tried putting the 7800s in one at a time and tried both pci-e
6pin leads. No joy.
Tried a 4pin to 6pin y adapter. No joy.
Went through hell getting Antec to talk to me about the problem and then they
RMA'd it after sitting on it for a week. So I throw in the
new/refurb/whatever TPII-550 and no joy.
Seeing that Newegg has open box A8N-SLI boards, I order one to give it a shot. No joy/same sentinel messages.
Should also mention I've tried moving this box to a different circuit in the house, driver cleaner (first thing I tried), and even a quick n' dirty parallel XP install to see if the message still haunted me and, yep, it does.
Have both of my cards fallen ill at once? Seems not terribly likely...
What I haven't tried - flash the video BIOS 'cause I don't have access to the
vanilla reference BIOS download (They are nV reference 7800GTs directly from nV).
Is it still a power issue after getting the PSU RMA'd? Maybe, but I don't know where to go with it, short of getting out the multimeter, which I guess should be my next step.
Normally I would've been able to rule things out much more quickly, but I recently moved halfway across the country and I don't have a local network of fellow hardware freaks in the new area yet.
ASUS A8N-SLI
2x 7800GT cards (nVidia reference, bought through a special deal between
nVidia and EA (where my brother works))
Antec TruePower II-550
2gb of patriot DDR
Athlon 64 3200+
2x Seagate S/ATA drives
Benq DVD-RW
And here's what I've tried:
Tried putting the 7800s in one at a time and tried both pci-e
6pin leads. No joy.
Tried a 4pin to 6pin y adapter. No joy.
Went through hell getting Antec to talk to me about the problem and then they
RMA'd it after sitting on it for a week. So I throw in the
new/refurb/whatever TPII-550 and no joy.
Seeing that Newegg has open box A8N-SLI boards, I order one to give it a shot. No joy/same sentinel messages.
Should also mention I've tried moving this box to a different circuit in the house, driver cleaner (first thing I tried), and even a quick n' dirty parallel XP install to see if the message still haunted me and, yep, it does.
Have both of my cards fallen ill at once? Seems not terribly likely...
What I haven't tried - flash the video BIOS 'cause I don't have access to the
vanilla reference BIOS download (They are nV reference 7800GTs directly from nV).
Is it still a power issue after getting the PSU RMA'd? Maybe, but I don't know where to go with it, short of getting out the multimeter, which I guess should be my next step.
Normally I would've been able to rule things out much more quickly, but I recently moved halfway across the country and I don't have a local network of fellow hardware freaks in the new area yet.
