Zotac GT 430 PCI slot GPU info

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Originally Posted by DrPop

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

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This is the one I use.

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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.

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

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Long shot but might work. Uninstall nVidia drivers, then open device manager, remove any/all video cards listed and shut down computer. Pull the PCIe card out of the system and then boot into safe mode. Run Driver Sweeper and CCleaner then reboot. Find the latest nVidia driver that supports both cards (note: make sure it supports PCI and not just the card model) and install. Now run BOINC to find out if it can now see the card. If it does then shut down system. Install the other card and boot into safe mode. This is important as safe mode forces Windows to reset all pre-boot cache files and settings. Now reboot normally. 50/50 chance this will work. Windows is a flaky POS so sometimes you have to jump through a bunch of hoops that's in the middle of a gater infested swamp to get it to work like it is supposed to...... Its a pain!

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Originally Posted by Al McAdams

This is the one I use.

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Thanks! I wish they would have made one 2 years ago! I may have use for one at some point though. :)

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Originally Posted by DrPop

Thanks! I wish they would have made one 2 years ago! I may have use for one at some point though. :)

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I've seen similar stuff in the past though not available at most mass market etailers like Newegg.

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Originally Posted by krazy k

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.

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So now both the 8800 and the 430 are failing tasks on gpu/primegrid and the 430 still isn't completing any tasks on dirt. Well I don't see how this could happen, but I'm sending this thing back.

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Originally Posted by krazy k

So now both the 8800 and the 430 are failing tasks on gpu/primegrid and the 430 still isn't completing any tasks on dirt. Well I don't see how this could happen, but I'm sending this thing back.

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Man that sucks... Wish knew some tricks to make it work... :(

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Originally Posted by krazy k

So now both the 8800 and the 430 are failing tasks on gpu/primegrid and the 430 still isn't completing any tasks on dirt. Well I don't see how this could happen, but I'm sending this thing back.

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Bummer. Sorry I could not be of any help.

will order one in may for my wifes old computer. think its a 1.2ghz or 1.6 but im sure it has a pci slot. going to max out the ram in that one too.

If I stick 4 of these and a single slot pcie 16 card in one box do I need more ram? I have 2 gb now.

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Originally Posted by kaptainkarl1

If I stick 4 of these and a single slot pcie 16 card in one box do I need more ram? I have 2 gb now.

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I would hazard a guess and say YES! I would also suggest investing in more/better case fans for intake and exhaust.