Need Help With Crossfire!!!

[xmikex]

hello i have bought the: ASUS Extreme AX1900XTX/2DHTV Radeon X1900XTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 CrossFire Ready Video Card and the: POWERCOLOR 1900CF OEM Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM. My mother board is: ASUS A8R-MVP ATX AMD CrossFire Motherboard. I put the asus card into the primary pci express slot and the powercoler card into the other one on top. When i turn my pc on both cards fans run and led's are on so power is runing to both of them. my question is: how do i know that both of the cards are working togeather? and is my setup right? do i need to install something or wire something other than just plugging in the two cards? The catalyst 6.2 dosent load when i click on it . please help!

-Mike

[Alaron]

__Mod Note__
Watch the language.

Do you have the DVI connector cable attached to both cards?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...d%20-%20Retail

[xmikex]

no but i got one going from the primary asus one going into my hdready lcd monitor. do i need 2 chords for both cards on my monitor?

[Alaron]

Crossfire needs the cards to be connected with that cable. Check it out here: http://www.ati.com/technology/crossfire/howitworks.html

Plug it in to both cards and then into the monitor. Then Crossfire should be good to go.

[xmikex]

this is too hard to explain... i just tried to connect it but the one plug that i guess is supposed to go into my monitor dvi plug is weird and the only place i can see where that can fit is on my special non primary card. i tried hooking it up that way and i recieve no signal.

[Alaron]

The key is using the black cable in this picture: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...d%20-%20Retail

It should have come with the X1900 Crossfire Edition card.

On the end with two connectors (on the right in the photo). Plug one connector into the X1900XTX and the other into the X1900. Then plug your monitor into the single connection. (On the left in the photo). Check out the video on the link I posted earlier. ATI has a flash video showing the setup.

Then it should be set.

[xmikex]

i plugged it in exactly how u told me to and i get no signal on my monitor... hmmmm maybe i have the graphics cards in the wrong ports?

by the way my dvi cable is on dvi2 do i need it on dvi1 (wich i dont have)?

[jgt8229]

HAHAHA HERMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!






lol mike go on aim

[Alaron]

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jgt8229: We do not tolerate that kind of response here. Please review the Rules, especially #2: http://forum.pcmech.com/rules.php

[xmikex]

ooooooooook... i got it working BUT for some reason now my monitor dosent get signal until the computer is booted up and at the sign on screen. AND catylist 6.2 dosent even bother opening when i try to open it... i also get an error when i try to update my driver. it says: failed uploading, another version is allready installed... is it talking about my asus driver i installed?

[jgt8229]

lol ok sorry thats my friend H@*m is his nick name.

[glc]

Letting him use your account is going to get you banned.

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[jgt8229]

Originally Posted by glc Letting him use your account is going to get you banned.

no i ment xmikex is my friend lol

[glc]

That's still not an appropriate post in these forums. This isn't a chatroom.