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pfalcini:
Hi

I have just done a rebuild using a EP43-S3L with an E7400 C2D and a Silver Power SP-SS500 PSU. At present I am using 1GB of XMS2 5400 RAM as the RAM I bought for the build is back for an RMA. I am re-using an HIS X1950 GPU

The machine is very unstable with graphics crashing frequently

What I wanted to ask you guys is about a message in the BIOS. On the Intelligent Tweaker page of the BIOS when the Robust Graphics Booster is selected there is a message in the Item Help window that reads as follows "Warning: VGA graphics card is not guaranteed to operate normally" This is in red. It is there regardless of the Robust Graphics Booster setting.

Are there any BIOS setting that would get things right and remove this message?

cheers

Paul

runn3R:
Hi Paul

just disable " Robust Graphics Booster", don't worry about the message in help window.
have you tried to change your vga into different one ?
you may also try with newer bios for this mobo.

pfalcini:
Runn3r

The " Robust Graphics Booster" does not have a disable setting in the BIOS.

I have tried my old X800 in the machine and it works fine. The X1950 also works well in another machine. I have checked the voltage on the PCI-E power plug and that looks good.

I don't really want to update the BIOS unless this is a known issue.

Is there a moderator out there who can help on this

runn3R:
ok, so set R.G.B. (Robust Graphics Booster) to Default which is Auto. if still no better then try to change the PSU.
and of course bios, why not to change it in case you have the older one?
try 2 latest ones:
http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2848

BTW what happens exactly ? any error message you get ?

pfalcini:
Runn3r

The RGB has been set on Auto all along. I will try to avoid a PSU swap as the only spare one I have is 20 pin one from about four years ago which does not have dedicated PCI-E feed.

The current BIOS version is F7 so only F8 is a full update and the issue indicated is not relevant. I am worried that the BIOS flash might fail leaving the situation even worse. One other side issue is the Easy Tune 6 will not run on the machine so I am worried about @BIOS failing.

What happens is the graphics crash with the screen going black and this happens repeatedly until the ATI VPU Recover kicks in with a reset. In some cases like loading TF2 or DoD Source the whole machine freezes on the start screen with a re-start being needed.

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