GV-N450-1GI freezes on Welcome screen with X58A-UD3R in x16 slot

[Andy_123]

put my card into Dell precision390 PC x16 slot - Vista Pro 32 bit
Installed 260.99 driver - rock solid with VGA monitor. Don't have a DVI cable here to try DVI

Edit -installed 263.00 from Gigabyte - works fine with dual vga monitors


 

[Andy_123]

Installed Quadro 285 in my new PC in x16 slot - works just fine - much slowly than GTS-450, but works, so I guess electrically x16 slot is OK
W7 automatically installed drivers 263.00

Next put GTS-450 into the same x16 slot - boot to windows desktop without any problems ?!?!
Ran for 10 minutes - OK

Started FurMark benchmark - PC froze at 97%

Put card back to x8 slot - all works fine

Last test I can do tomorrow is to put GTS-450 into Dell PC with DVI cable and run stress test again...

Not sure what else I can do since if I RMA card it will most likely come back  with "no problems found"...

[Dark Mantis]

Admittedly a difficult call.

Did you purchase both components from the same retailer if so see if you can arrange for them to test them together. Will be easier for you and there is more chance of them seeing the fault.

[Andy_123]

I bought MB, memory and Video card @ newegg while rest of components I got locally
At this point I can't afford to shut computer down completely, I must have it even with video card in x8 slot.

After these tests I strongly believe that this can be fixed by a BIOS /driver etc. since hundreds of peope having these issues.

I am also thinking to take a hit and get a different video card one locall (prices went down dramatically lately).
If it works then I will return first video card to newegg for 15% restoking fee...

[Andy_123]

I had video card at work today running in DualCore PC in x16 slot for few hours with dual monitor setup (DVI_VGA) running FurMark - no lockups stable temperatire at 65C.

Thre is no resason to return or RAM it since it is provent to be good card, that for some reason does not work with gigabyte MB

It would be nice if somebody from Gigabyte can erst same setup to confirm...
 

[Dark Mantis]

I think in this instance it would be worth you starting a dialogue with GGTS and see what they can come up with.

Just enter your email address and click on the language of choice.
GGTS   http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/Default.aspx