Project Crossfire Times 2!

[ShadowFold]

Wow thats pretty good! To overclock use ATiTool if you can get that to work and if it doesnt then get RivaTuner. Look through the options in CCC and enable crossfire if it isnt. Ive never had a dual card setup so im only posting from what ive read.

 

[domy85]

I am definetly a little unhappy with the 3dmark score when others are getting 21k+. I know im not Overclocking, but is the score really gona jump 3k+ more?

The way it looks is a little cheap cause the thermaltake tubing, but oh well.

 

[domy85]

Wow thats pretty good! To overclock use ATiTool if you can get that to work and if it doesnt then get RivaTuner. Look through the options in CCC and enable crossfire if it isnt. Ive never had a dual card setup so im only posting from what ive read.

whats CCC?? and it gives you an option to enable it?

 

[sneekypeet]

Catalyst Control Center in the advanced menu...last option at the bottom


on a side note....dont the barbs on the EK block flip so a super short tube can be used between the two cards?

 

[domy85]

Wow that does make sense with the barbs underneath the the top card and a little tube connected to the barbs on the bottom card, i do have 2 extra barbs for the main hoses to connect to the top barbs. Wish I knew this before. ugh! Well ill do that when i get home from work. Im getting hose claps etc. Gona make it look good this time...

 

[domy85]

im excited to see these cards! I just did my 3870 crossfire rig with EK water blocks!! It was tough but alot of fun!

I highly highly recommend the swiftech system, I have a swiftech pump and CPU block, and swiftech radiators! It is real nice

Can i see a picture close up of those cards and the hose connections? Thanks

 

[sneekypeet]

personally I wouldnt do my setup on the hoses that way...seems the water goes straight through the barbs and isnt forced through the block first.

A quick pic in paint illustrates what I mean versus that picture from abs.....

 

[domy85]

Is that a fact?

 

[sneekypeet]

I would confirm it but the way abs is set up there is no forced flow into the block...the water can bypass the blocks and go on to the next block and then right out back into the loop....my way the water has no option but to flow through the block itself!

Excuse me ...the bottom block on abs setup is forced flow but the top one is not!

 

[domy85]

Right then, ill just fix the hose clamps up and buy angled fittings for the bottom card. Leme ask you, im runnin 64bit vista. Did you install ATI Tool in a special way to detect your card? When i install it, and then run it, it says it cannot find some kernal driver to detect the video card. The program runs, but the memory and clock speeds are greyed out showing 0. Riva Tuner gives me some error too and wont even show me overclocking options.

 

[sneekypeet]

As far as a monitoring or OC utility, there has been bugs in Vista 64 just keep looking ...if all else fails try Ray Adams Tray tools...see if that will run correctly.

 

[asb2106]

personally I wouldnt do my setup on the hoses that way...seems the water goes straight through the barbs and isnt forced through the block first.

A quick pic in paint illustrates what I mean versus that picture from abs.....

this pic is perfect, it works much better this way, I changed mine to look exactly like this as I was not getting the flow I needed to the cards

 

[asb2106]

Right then, ill just fix the hose clamps up and buy angled fittings for the bottom card. Leme ask you, im runnin 64bit vista. Did you install ATI Tool in a special way to detect your card? When i install it, and then run it, it says it cannot find some kernal driver to detect the video card. The program runs, but the memory and clock speeds are greyed out showing 0. Riva Tuner gives me some error too and wont even show me overclocking options.

I used a copper street 90 to make my curve, this is how mine looks

 

[domy85]

I used a copper street 90 to make my curve, this is how mine looks

Very nice, probably will do the same to save some space from hose

 

[asb2106]

Very nice, probably will do the same to save some space from hose

I tried to use a regular barb and put an elbow on after, I just did not have enough room. This worked great and it looks very clean too. It works great!

 

[domy85]

K well, im pretty devistated on whats has happened, after all my work fixing the cards up with the hose and making everything look better, my pc decides it doesnt want to turn on..


When i switch the power button on, the lights flicker but nothing happens. Nothing is touching each other as far as wires, i check the LED's and they are right. All i did was drill the 2 holes on the bottom for the hose can go out the back of the case to connect to the radiator and reinstalled my video cards and connected the hose. I tried another psu and this time all the lights on the mobo light up, but nothing turns on as far as hardware. complete silence. I dont see how i could of fried the mobo. Help would be great in order to whom can help me with this. If i have to buy a new mobo, im gona be more than pissed. I dont want to take everything apart.....

 

[sneekypeet]

have youy tried the RTC jumper...not sure ASUS may be back to calling it CMOS by now.

Switch the jumper and remove the battery for possibly up to 20mins and see is a BIOS reset will help?

BTW did you drill the holes with the components in the case?....If so I'd be thinking a piece of metal from the drilling is shorting something out.

 

[domy85]

I will try the bios reset like you said and pray. i covered the board partially on the bottom while drilling and i drilled from the back/outside of the case. If the bios trick doesnt work, think its fried?

 

[Whilhelm]

Take a good look at the motherboard and give it a good spray with compressed air to clean out any crap that may be shorting it. there's a good chance that a stray piece of metal got underneath the board so look there as well. A good thing to remember next time is to never drill any holes with any components in the case and make sure to clean it out well before re-installing the parts. All it takes is one tiny scrap of metal to ruin your day.

 

[asb2106]

I have had a few boards that have done things like this on me before.

Sometimes, swappin out the memory for 1 gig of SLOW DDR2 667 will get the board to come back up, and other times I have had to pop out the proc, leave it out for a minute, and put it back in.

ALSO, did you try just unpluggin the power, and popping the CMOS battery??

Leave the two out for 30 seconds pop batter back in and plug it in.

 

[domy85]

Im gona take it to the air compressor i have in my garage and use that air spray tool. If that doesnt work, i found a store that has a new one of the special edition, but its gona cost me... ill update as soon as im done air spraying

 

[MKmods]

I hope you get it sorted out, This is kind of a dream thread for me (I just drool over your hardware)

(PS: remove the video cards and blow out all the slots as well)

 

[domy85]

ok just got back from blowing 110 psi all over and under the mobo as well as i could. still flickers. now im going back and slightly removing video cards from the slots just enough to clear the pci-e port to blow air.

 

[domy85]

Ok just got back, still flickers. took the ram out and slid the video cards out and still does it. any ideas before i hit the confirm order button on the new/same board?


MAD!!!!!!

 

[MKmods]

I would disassemble the comp and put the mobo un ur desk with the minimum of pieces first before I gave up.
Especially if I didnt hear and loud POPs or see smoke.

Have you checked the PS?