GA-P55A-UD4 PROBLEM

[Dark Mantis]

In that case does your nVidea GTX 460 inno3d card use this port as standard automatically?
If so I would say there is something wrong with the card.

[_richard_]

But I tried my GTX 460 to another computer and it works. I also tried a low nVidea graphic card and it does the same thing so I think my mobo has a glitch with nVidea? coz ATI works perfectly... But still I dont know why nVidea doesnt work :-(

[Searcher1]

Hi

Can I ask???  You mention this RAM Patriot 3 x 2GB 1600Mhz now are you saying you have 3 off sticks of 2GB RAM, yes?  Though you only mention installing in two slots (note - white as advised by DM not blue as you first mentioned), now sorry if I have misunderstood or missed anything in the reading but this board AFAIK (I have it but it is all still boxed ~ am wondering just when I will have time to do do my build, SWMBO has just reminded me this evening of all the things still to do before Xmas!!!!)  accepts matched pairs of DDR3 RAM.

Your mention of Patriot 3 x 2GB makes me think you have 3 sticks of RAM such a set if intended for an X58 chipset motherboard though I think you could install 2 of them in this P55 board, DM is that right or will he need totally different RAM if I have 'read' the problem correctly???

Edit - though why the heck an ATI works and nVidea does not if my surmise is right is, to me, a complete mystery???

Just my 2p's worth of thoughts on the problem???

HTH maybe  

[Dark Mantis]

Hi

Can I ask???  You mention this RAM Patriot 3 x 2GB 1600Mhz now are you saying you have 3 off sticks of 2GB RAM, yes?  Though you only mention installing in two slots (note - white as advised by DM not blue as you first mentioned), now sorry if I have misunderstood or missed anything in the reading but this board AFAIK (I have it but it is all still boxed ~ am wondering just when I will have time to do do my build, SWMBO has just reminded me this evening of all the things still to do before Xmas!!!!)  accepts matched pairs of DDR3 RAM.

Your mention of Patriot 3 x 2GB makes me think you have 3 sticks of RAM such a set if intended for an X58 chipset motherboard though I think you could install 2 of them in this P55 board, DM is that right or will he need totally different RAM if I have 'read' the problem correctly???

Edit - though why the heck an ATI works and nVidea does not if my surmise is right is, to me, a complete mystery???

Just my 2p's worth of thoughts on the problem???

HTH maybe  

I agree that this thread is a little confused what with SLI, Crossfire and now kits of Triple Channel memory.

I think the OP needs to list again exactly what components he has so there is no confusion.

[Searcher1]

Hi

Can I ask???  You mention this RAM Patriot 3 x 2GB 1600Mhz now are you saying you have 3 off sticks of 2GB RAM, yes?  Though you only mention installing in two slots (note - white as advised by DM not blue as you first mentioned), now sorry if I have misunderstood or missed anything in the reading but this board AFAIK (I have it but it is all still boxed ~ am wondering just when I will have time to do do my build, SWMBO has just reminded me this evening of all the things still to do before Xmas!!!!)  accepts matched pairs of DDR3 RAM.

Your mention of Patriot 3 x 2GB makes me think you have 3 sticks of RAM such a set if intended for an X58 chipset motherboard though I think you could install 2 of them in this P55 board, DM is that right or will he need totally different RAM if I have 'read' the problem correctly???

Edit - though why the heck an ATI works and nVidea does not if my surmise is right is, to me, a complete mystery???

Just my 2p's worth of thoughts on the problem???

HTH maybe  

I agree that this thread is a little confused what with SLI, Crossfire and now kits of Triple Channel memory.

I think the OP needs to list again exactly what components he has so there is no confusion.

The devil as they say is in the details 

[_richard_]

later when i get home ill post a video so you'll see the problem with SLI and CrossFire GPU.

[Searcher1]

later when i get home ill post a video so you'll see the problem with SLI and CrossFire GPU.

Please do not forget to post exact specs of the various components including the RAM??? 

[_richard_]

is my mobo compatible with ddr5 gpu?

[Dark Mantis]

Yes no problem. It makes no difference what memory the GPU uses.

[_richard_]

Yes no problem. It makes no difference what memory the GPU uses.

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[Dark Mantis]

Right thanks for the video evidence. The only real difference between the tweo cards is the amount of power that they draw. The 460 needs about twice as much as the older Radeon card.

Have you got the two extra power cables attached to the GPU?

Have you got the 8 pin power cable near the CPU on the motherboard?

Let's clear up the SLI/Crossfire area. You don't have Crossfire or SLI as they each require more than one GPU to be installed at once.

[_richard_]

Right thanks for the video evidence. The only real difference between the tweo cards is the amount of power that they draw. The 460 needs about twice as much as the older Radeon card.

Have you got the two extra power cables attached to the GPU?

Have you got the 8 pin power cable near the CPU on the motherboard?

Let's clear up the SLI/Crossfire area. You don't have Crossfire or SLI as they each require more than one GPU to be installed at once.

2x6pin to gpu = yes
8pin to mobo = yes
I only use one GPU and it's the nVidia GTX 460 Inno3d SLI

[Dark Mantis]

The graphics card is SLI capable that is all. SLI stands for Scalable Link Interface and is the way two or more cards can be connected together.

The only other thing I can think of is if the PSU isn't supplying enough power to the graphics card and that is why the lower power card is working and the 460 isn't.

[Searcher1]

Has Richard clarified the RAM question and based on his feedback could that in some way be implicated in the problems

[Dark Mantis]

Richard would you mind just giving us some details on  your memory please. Exact make/model?