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[Kursah]

Not really sure tbh, but I'd point at the OS and drivers. If you had a dual boot I'd say try Vista Sp1 x64 and see if you can successfully change it over there. Another thing you could do to verify is run something that uses physx, or vantage. Note down what the FPS/score tally is, take the 9600gt out and run again. Really you don't need to give that 260 any help with physx/cuda stuff..many have found no gains from it with cards more powerful than a 9600gt.

I'd point at a glitch with the OS and drivers right now though, because if you select it for physx and it's still getting nothing done...it's not being told to work..or not recieving the work it should as you know...the part that's supposed to feed it is failing. I'll have to read back through the pages to see your specific issue but that's the gist of what I get from skimming over it.

 

[alexp999]

Ok thanks.

Even though Win 7 isnt supposed to need, it Im gonna try plugging in the 9600GT to my monitor via the VGA slot, and see if that helps.

Will update in the morning (its 2am here)

 

[Kursah]

K, keep us posted. Hopefully you get it sorted out! I thought 7 didn't need that sort of activation either with the 2nd gfx, but hey it's worth a shot. Wish I had a better answer for ya, but my 9600GT is well...her 9600gt lol, and she uses the hell out if it for gaming and folding. Either rate, looking forward to your results. I'd like to see some comparo's with the card and without if you can get it working and it's an easy ordeal.

 

[red268]

Kyle should get getting his P5Q Pro today!

Wonder if he's had any sleep at all?

UPDATES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE KYLE!!!!

 

[kyle2020]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Im at college now, finish at 12ish so ill be racing home

 

[End0rphine]

Sign up! Newbie member

P5Q Deluxe with Ketxxx's 2001 mbios

 

[red268]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Im at college now, finish at 12ish so ill be racing home

I'll ring the police and inform them of the importance of your journey, they shouldn't stop you for speeding .... lol!

Only an hour left to go! .... I'm excited too!? What's up with that?!

We'll need lots of pics. Box, contents, mug of tea just on the side of a shot, putting it in, adding heatsink .... the lot!!

Yeah, I'm bored. I start work again tomorrow. Back to doing 10 and a half hour days .... wooo. I need something good today to keep me going!!

 

[alexp999]

Here are some quick compairsons. Looks like they havent fixed the need for extending the display in Win 7 yet. Hope they do soon, I keep loosing the mouse, when I go for the scroll bar, lol.

These were done on Cryostasis Tech Demo, all settings on Max with sound

1280 x 1024 GTX 260 Physx:

1280 x 1024 GTX 260 + 9600GT physx

1680 x 1050 GTX 260 Physx

1680 x 1050 GTX 260 + 9600GT Physx

It doesnt look a lot, but the 9600GT handling the Physx makes a big difference to how smooth the run is

 

[DrPepper]

Maybe physx is overrated.

 

[alexp999]

The actual visuals on the Tech Demo are pretty amazing

I did a run with CPU physx and the average fps was 11

I swear that WDM1.1 and Win 7 means you dont need the 9600GT plugged into a monitor to get it working.

Damn mouse keeps diappearing when I click to close windows!

EDIT:

Oh yes!!!!

I just found that you can move the layout of the dual screen monitor setup, so now I have set monitor two to be accessed only if I am in the top left hand corner of my screen, so now I dont loose the mouse anymore!

I'm gonna give the Vista 182.47 drivers a whirl and see if I get better results than with the 181.71's.

 

[kyle2020]

I'll ring the police and inform them of the importance of your journey, they shouldn't stop you for speeding .... lol!

Only an hour left to go! .... I'm excited too!? What's up with that?!

We'll need lots of pics. Box, contents, mug of tea just on the side of a shot, putting it in, adding heatsink .... the lot!!

Yeah, I'm bored. I start work again tomorrow. Back to doing 10 and a half hour days .... wooo. I need something good today to keep me going!!

Ill make a cuppa when it arrives - its still not here

Tonnes of pictures will be delivered! Might even make some messages to certain people

 

[MoonPig]

your isnt there Kyle?

Mine arrived 1 hour ago, damn it looks nice. Loving the packaging, extras and BIOS. Installing drivers atm.

Im not gunna try for insane overclockers until my loop arrives.

 

[kyle2020]

Its here . . .

Back in a few hours!

Pictures will follow

 

[alexp999]

Nice, looking forward to seeing the setups. I'm just finishing off tidying up from my re-build then will get some picutres of the tight squeeze

Glad I got it working in the end. Now to see how it affecst 3dmark.

 

[MoonPig]

I'll get pictures up when i get this working properly.

 

[Frizz]

Can I join?

400 FSB is the highest stable frequency and its also my current freq.
3.6ghz Q6600
Latest non modified bios 2002

P5Q PRO

 

[red268]

Woo, pictures from Moonpig, Alex and Kyle to follow! That should keep me amused for a bit this evening!

 

[kyle2020]

Pictures being uploaded now - but we have a problem. A big one. My external hard drive, that has EVERYTHING on it (music, videos, pr0n, programs, bank details, ISO's, etc) will not turn on. The drive itself spins up when I plug it in, but no activity light comes on, and I cant access it in my computer - if its failed, its a complete disaster for me.

Pictures coming once photobucket stopped being slow.

 

[alexp999]

Does the BIOS see your HDD?

And stupid question, you did plug it into the red SATA sockets not the orange or white ones?

Or is it USB?

 

[kyle2020]

Its a USB external drive.

 

[alexp999]

Damn, how long did you leave it to appear?

Once both USB's are plugged in mine takes about 10 secs to show.

And have you tried it in the Rear USB ports?

 

[kyle2020]

Damn, how long did you leave it to appear?

Once both USB's are plugged in mine takes about 10 secs to show.

And have you tried it in the Rear USB ports?

When I first turned it on it ticked twice like it usually does then went quiet. I restarted after doing all my VGA and stuff and it just wouldnt turn on so to speak - you can feel and hear that the drive is spinning, and I was using it just a few hours ago.

Used both rear and front.

GRRRRRRR

 

[DrPepper]

When I first turned it on it ticked twice like it usually does then went quiet. I restarted after doing all my VGA and stuff and it just wouldnt turn on so to speak - you can feel and hear that the drive is spinning, and I was using it just a few hours ago.

Used both rear and front.

GRRRRRRR

You might have to open it and make sure it hasn't came out the sockets.

 

[alexp999]

Is it in the device manager or Computer Management Console?

And have you tried simply unplugging it and plugging it back in?

Is it an enclosure? Or an actual External HDD?

 

[kyle2020]

Anywho, heres the pictures of the fun I had today:

(Whilst your enjoying these snaps, ill be beginning overclocking, so you have even more pictures to look forward to )

Oh and apologies red, forgot the tea

I was hoping it would be delivered at around 12 today, however it turned up at half 2, 30 minutes before my driving lesson so I had to go and parallel park whilst my Pro was sat in its box screaming for me haha.

hehe

Comes in a stunning box, I was very impressed.

Accessories hiding the main item!

The board layout is clean, minimalistic, whilst still being sexy as hell

Ready for extraction!

Side by side - notice how much more busy the PCB is on the premium

Then I noticed that my HDT had decided to grow a beard

After a quick shot with my mums hairdryer (lol) I installed it onto the Pro

Everything in and kicking

Those gorgeous XLF's up top:

And fast forward to now, all up and running