I just picked up a reference Sapphire 6950 and had planned on adding it to my water loop with an identical 6950. I tested the card out prior to installing the water block and after a few stress tests it was working fine. I then flashed it with a 6970 bios (just like my other card) and did additional testing to make sure it took ok. I did some stress tests and then also ran it through the 3DMark 11 benchmark and all was fine.
So I went on to install the EK FC6970 (the same block I have on my other card as well). Everything seemed to go ok with the install. EK seemed to have changed the installation since I got the other block and there were screw in standoffs instead of black plastic ones. That and they didn't seem to include correct screws for the GPU area. I had some short M3 screws handy, so it became a non issue.
At that point I tore down my rig and added the card to the loop. It was then that I started having issues with windows booting and thought maybe it was a corrupt driver or something of the like. After lots of troubleshooting, I realized that the card wasn't being recognized by windows as working correctly. I removed the primary card from the PCI-E slot and left the second card installed. I got a good post "beep" but no display output.
Not sure what I could have done that would have caused this. Possibly over tightening? The only other thing I can think of is that I did is use too much of the arctic silver thermal paste remover and surface purifier. I got some on the pcb surrounding the GPU die. Any input or thoughts would be helpful. I'm attempting to start an RMA with sapphire, but considering I'm not the original owner, I'm not sure if I'll be successful there.
So I went on to install the EK FC6970 (the same block I have on my other card as well). Everything seemed to go ok with the install. EK seemed to have changed the installation since I got the other block and there were screw in standoffs instead of black plastic ones. That and they didn't seem to include correct screws for the GPU area. I had some short M3 screws handy, so it became a non issue.
At that point I tore down my rig and added the card to the loop. It was then that I started having issues with windows booting and thought maybe it was a corrupt driver or something of the like. After lots of troubleshooting, I realized that the card wasn't being recognized by windows as working correctly. I removed the primary card from the PCI-E slot and left the second card installed. I got a good post "beep" but no display output.
Not sure what I could have done that would have caused this. Possibly over tightening? The only other thing I can think of is that I did is use too much of the arctic silver thermal paste remover and surface purifier. I got some on the pcb surrounding the GPU die. Any input or thoughts would be helpful. I'm attempting to start an RMA with sapphire, but considering I'm not the original owner, I'm not sure if I'll be successful there.
Spidey81
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
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| Intel i5-3570k | Asrock Z77E-ITX | Powercolor HD 7950 | 2 x 4GB Samsung low profile 1600Mhz 1.35V DDR3 |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Power |
| 256GB Sandisk Ultra Plus SSD | Custom CPU/GPU water loop | Windows 7/8 64 bit | Silverston SFX 450 watt modular gold rated |
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Spidey81
(20 items) |
MINI-REAKTOR
(9 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel i5-3570k | Asrock Z77E-ITX | Powercolor HD 7950 | 2 x 4GB Samsung low profile 1600Mhz 1.35V DDR3 |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Power |
| 256GB Sandisk Ultra Plus SSD | Custom CPU/GPU water loop | Windows 7/8 64 bit | Silverston SFX 450 watt modular gold rated |
| Case | |||
| Compact Splash by She Loved E and Dwood | |||
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