Primary IDE or not?

possibly give it a few days run all your cleanups and defrag just in case.

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

possibly give it a few days run all your cleanups and defrag just in case.

possibly right, thanks, will rep when ive dished a couple more out

One last thing when would the crossfire lose its settings. Im 95% sure it keeps droping down to one card. This evening i booted up did a few bits and was checking everything was the same as before the mobo was installed. I ran 3dmark06 to check it an the frame rate was poor. Checked crossfire was on and it was. I had to reinstall the drivers for the cards to get the frame rate back. This isnt the first time ive had to do this

im not sure to be honest. I take it you have a good psu powering them off seperate rails?

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

im not sure to be honest. I take it you have a good psu powering them off seperate rails?

its an HEC-550TD-PTE

so it 550W and it looks like its powering them off of different rails. Too many cable ties to be sure

All seems ok to me. Keep an eye on your crossfire set up maybe find a friend with a different but good psu to test if it does go wrong again

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

All seems ok to me. Keep an eye on your crossfire set up maybe find a friend with a different but good psu to test if it does go wrong again

errrm i dont know anyone with a power supply like that or infact anyone with a mobo that would take them

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in fact it has gone wrong again, back down to 35 fps on the first part on 3dmark06 when its normally around 67-70

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turning crossfire off saving it and then turning if back rectified it this time. But it went again and this time the same approach doesnt fix it

is there a new control centre maybe?

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it looks like 3d mark turns it off??? I go in a crossfire is working and the frame rate is good, i exit 3dmark and go back in immediately and crossfire is no longer working hower the control centre says its still on

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

is there a new control centre maybe?

Got the latest one, will have to look at this tomorrow night

how odd what about testing it in game most consoles have a framerate show command

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

If i have crossfire on and run 3dmark its fine, if i leave 3dmark and go back into 3dmark it stops working. It doesnt mater how many times i turn crossfire on and off if i go back to 3dmark with crossfire on it will still not work.

If i go back to 3dmark with crossfire off and then run 3dmark leave 3dmark and go an turn crossfire back on when i go back to 3dmark it works fine until i leave 3dmark again

Wierd!!! will try a game tomorrow

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Tried a couple of games, neither of them will start if crossfire is switched on, both generate an error report. However if crossfire is switched off both games work

all I can think of is maybe the crossfire cables faulty ?

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

all I can think of is maybe the crossfire cables faulty ?

it has been changed once but i hadnt seen this fault before. What i dont understand is why it works fine when i go into 3dmark06 and then it stops when i leave until i got through the process i posted.

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installing the crossfire driver that were released yesterday seems to have resolved the 3dmark06 issue

Still cant go into any of the 2 games i have load with crossfire on though

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i think i may have crakced it!!!

Both of the games seem to work if you go into them setting up the same screen resolution as has been defined to windows

Just saw you nomiate me and I was thinking about this thread when I saw this http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductInfoComm.asp?ID=25405

Think i may consider this if I was running 2 cards

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i dont seem to have a problem with power (that i know of )