EPIC FAIL :thumbdown:

Not sure where I am going wrong here .....

No video on two cards ..... Boots fine .... just no vid ....

Seem to have good contact as I have taken it apart to check ...

looks like it si good to go ....

warm the card up and it boots to the bios then save and exit to no vid again

Pot is reading -60C

Sucks ....

trying a little warmer

Wow pain and suffering .... after mega fail and the loss of an 8600GT :ohcrap: (May it rest in peace) I finally got the 7600GT to work ..... the good news is I had a blast ...

It was frustrating but when I finnally got it going it was all the sweeter :thumbsup:

Here is a pick of the pot and an 01 before and after

I pay around $20 + tax for 20LBS. Last time I went the dude only had 10LBS in stock and since I called ahead and the chick on the phone said they had more he felt bad I guess and gave me the 10LBS for free. :D

Nice one Witchy :) 671 is pretty good for a 7600 IME. (guys on the bot are really clocking like mad, but no doubt are all hardmodded)

I am lucky to get 600 on my 580MHz stock card :s

Thanks man.... yea some of the clocks are over the top for sure.

I am real pleased with the results of the 7600 and learned a ton.

Once I get the hang of this I will be working with some more serious cards ....

For now though I will be working with retro cards so if they die it is not the end of the world, but I have gained a ton of confidence with this first success ....

Here is an AM comparison

Nice work witchie.

Thanks OC ... starting to get comfortable with this dice action and loving it, It may not be Ln2 but I am working it out ... did the 8800GT last night.

Here is an 03 and a Vantage comparison

Get any cold bug issues with that 8800?

Not at all .... my best guess is that was the problem with the 8600

not sure though but when I took it apart it looked like it had good contact but could not geet it to work .....

towards the end last night I added more acetone to make up for low dice supply .... literally speed benching and sweeping up the dust to make it to the end ..... LOL

but there is a temp penalty to having to much as when I started was running about
-58C going into the last benches temps were only at -49C

but I limped through 03 at a bit lower clocks but still good enough for a 31 spot bump

If I would have had a better 8800 GT may have been able to pull down an 8100 to 8200 Vantage for some hardware but the 8800 GT I have is easily the biggest POS I have ever used .....

SO I was happy just to get what I could

Seems like even under the cold Vmods are needed for many cards to compete for hardware

This is the shit, loads of fun ... it is great having something to do while the benchies run ......:thumbsup: