Zotac GT 430 PCI slot GPU info

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Originally Posted by Al McAdams

I KNOW you should have to do this with Nvidia...but I swear I had to do it once when I added a 2nd 570. Plug both cards into a monitor or use a dummy plug. Yeah, yeah, I know, but humor me. It sounds like you covered all the other bases. I came in late on this so sorry if I missed it..you did extend the monitor onto the 430? Sorry if everyone thinks I'm crazy, but this truly worked for me once. I haven't had to do it since. What do you have to lose, but a couple of minutes.

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I had to do that (second monitor cable) with my daily desktop. Still needs it. HD 5830 (in slot 01) and 8800GT (in slot 02). My other systems have similar setups but do not need the dummy plug for nVidia. Go Figure.

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Originally Posted by Fire$torm

Add the following to your cc_config.xml file

<use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus>



Note: 1 = Enabled, 0 = Disabled

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Have that in my cc_config.xml already. Just to be sure, it is in my programfiles/Boinc folder. If I try another monitor, will I need a dummy plug from now on? I thought only the ATI cards needed a dummy.

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Originally Posted by Crazybob

Have that in my cc_config.xml already. Just to be sure, it is in my programfiles/Boinc folder. If I try another monitor, will I need a dummy plug from now on? I thought only the ATI cards needed a dummy.

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If you got it in your programfiles/Boinc folder it is in the wrong place. It should be in the Programdata/Boinc folder if you are using Win7, otherwise I shut up...:)

Gosh Darn, some kinda beech, farg'n icehole of peice of shite! I've been screwing with this thing forever and the file was in the wrong spot. I feel like an idgiot!:mad::o:mad::o:mad::o:mad::o:o:mad::o:mad:: o

Biproduct is that using ncpus of 32 gives me a shite load of SIMAP!

Thanks for all your suggestions guys. I probably would have just gave up without you.

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Originally Posted by Crazybob

Gosh Darn, some kinda beech, farg'n icehole of peice of shite! I've been screwing with this thing forever and the file was in the wrong spot. I feel like an idgiot!:mad::o:mad::o:mad::o:mad::o:o:mad::o:mad:: o

Biproduct is that using ncpus of 32 gives me a shite load of SIMAP!

Thanks for all your suggestions guys. I probably would have just gave up without you.

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=)) Hey man, it happens. Welcome to the "Momentary Loss of Mind" club..........

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Originally Posted by Fire$torm

=)) Hey man, it happens. Welcome to the "Momentary Loss of Mind" club..........

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It's like when I call Tech Support, having tried everything in the world I can think of, and they tell me to reset the modem. I usually tell them they need to punch me in the face. :p

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Originally Posted by Al McAdams

BTW, some MB's disable the x1 slot when the x16's are full. Gigabyte boards in particular.

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So what's the trick to get the mobo to enable the card?

I have a gb and I went and initialized the pci card first, but still I can't see it in the device manager. I had it plugged into the monitor and it was working, but once I put the monitor back on the 480 it hasn't appeared since.

I'll keep trying, but I might have to start drinking soon....holy wtf it's miller time anyway.

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Originally Posted by krazy k

So what's the trick to get the mobo to enable the card?

I have a gb and I went and initialized the pci card first, but still I can't see it in the device manager. I had it plugged into the monitor and it was working, but once I put the monitor back on the 480 it hasn't appeared since.

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My guess is that it isn't the MB. I would try shutting down, removing the card, reboot, shut down, reinstall the card and see if Windows recognizes the new hardware. If it does Windows may try to install its default driver. Win7 is very persistent so I let it, then install the driver that came with the card. Reboot and you should be set. I've never had to hook a monitor to a NVIDIA card to get it to install correctly, so I'd just leave it hooked to the 480.

I'm running a pcie 430 in a pci slot, using an adapter, and it works fine. Keep posting and we'll help you work through this bump in the road. :beer:

Wow - where'd you get an adapter from pci-e to a PCI slot? I was looking all over for one of those back in the day when I had an old dual Xeon server - would have been nice to have back then!:p

Yea well we may never know what the cause was, but it's sorta working now.

On dirt the 430 runs a task, but never completes it. The timer counts up and I gave it over 2 hours to complete a task, but it never did. I put the work back on primegrid and my 8800 just tripped out every task...

So one step forward, but a smaller less powerful step back.