From: "Teddy Gage" Received: from mail-yh0-f43.google.com ([209.85.213.43] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5561355 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 17:25:33 +0200 Received: by mail-yh0-f43.google.com with SMTP id f73so2321764yha.2 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 08:25:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=nNw7rcRAWchL0de124+oqHQ60NH3zepoYsXOFTstSrE=; b=uB4ahQiP6y0Jlcf8lJEoTy+cn3lFeLIMhgnsvqg9RFye+sylhD1U8eFNSplxWQws3o coY0V+HpsfA9vFpjYuEauCeiGpX15ypMZNNz/29Z40JtxZWmsLh83FKgPzwEq/H9CQ/V B6t1SVx0x7TAnbSDT6kOhzVfo6CeLQ8ePfv0KHr3dVPTE4E76iVjzBZLUTZtWvbfDBCF QJ7t3tTxyBufw0fxngmHqcYnzst/DxXkiwmB65NazOkYJw5TyXW8iX9FhcA3NiodqDSU rpfAkIpLkQ97+jWQzo5tGEkWqKty3hulw1o+k3qnTgBjooo+rtGOb8g1LT4uDpdHqoIr +pJg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.236.164.70 with SMTP id b46mr25210849yhl.16.1409412332979; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 08:25:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.170.125.195 with HTTP; Sat, 30 Aug 2014 08:25:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:25:32 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] GTX 780 Board Question To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf30434c58730da80501da61e9 --20cf30434c58730da80501da61e9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Last suggestion - create a new administrator user profile and install the drivers under that account, sometimes its the equivalent of clearing prefs in windows. It could give you an idea if maybe a full clean windows install would work. Or if the problem has to do with installed driver conflicts On Saturday, August 30, 2014, Teddy Gage wrote: > Eric, so you have downloaded the new drivers from nvidia website and > installed them and it still doesnt work? > > Honestly those kinds of errors can also be hardware issues like a cable > unplugged or a card that is not fully seated. I would pull it out and > reseat it. Or maybe a ram module got slightly unseated, etc. > > And you have all power cables fully plugged in? a card like that needs two > psu cables. Not trying to be insulting but a lot of times its something > obvious being overlooked. > > On Saturday, August 30, 2014, Jim Curtis > wrote: > >> Eric, have you called nVidia tech support? I buy my cards through >> third-party vendors, too, and that wasn't an issue for the folks I >> mentioned to get a replacement. Both were able to get enough info from me >> to determine that the issue was their cards, and not some configuration >> issue. >> >> I'm out of my depth on Windows, but I've asked the same question, and was >> told that if my monitor is hooked up to my graphics card, and I'm seeing >> something on the screen, it's working. OK, but the great unknown for me is >> how well the GPU is being used over the CPU. As you probably know, in Pr >> and Ae, the GPU can handle some tasks that the CPU would otherwise be doing >> (just not as fast). What's not clear to me is when the GPU is kicking in, >> which is why I looked into a GPU meter for my Mac. >> >> And BTW, I can't tell any difference between running the OSX and nVidia >> drivers, except that ECC (Error Correcting Codes) isn't available with the >> OSX driver. And I've tried ECC on and off, and also can't tell any >> difference in performance. I don't know if that info is helpful for >> Windows users. >> >> >> >> >> On Aug 30, 2014, at 9:33 AM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk >> wrote: >> >> Jim, >> >> The thought repulses me. lol No, I have not considered that. I >> purchased from Tigerdirect too. I'd be waiting weeks probably to resolve >> if that were the case. >> >> But let me ask this. I finally decided to adjust my screen resolution in >> windows (you know, right click on desktop, adjust screen resolution) and >> realized I had much more to play with and I am in fact at 1920x1080 now. >> >> What am I losing by not having the drivers? Or maybe a better question >> is, is the card even in use right now? >> >> Eric >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Jim Curtis >> wrote: >> >>> Have you considered the possibility that you've received a defective >>> card? It happens from the best of companies. I've gotten defective cards >>> from both ATTO and AJA, companies with a excellent reputations for >>> reliability. Both companies overnight shipped me a new card without me >>> returning the bad one first. Nice touch; excellent support. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Aug 30, 2014, at 9:08 AM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk >>> wrote: >>> >>> Just an update for those interested. >>> >>> Still no solution but I did update my bios successfully today, hoping >>> that last ditch effort would do the trick. >>> >>> Ran Norton utilities as well. Everything online seems to point to the >>> error being memory related. I ran the memory check with no problems though. >>> >>> So still at a loss. >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Eric D. Kirk | **Kirk Productions* >> *Hidden in the Woods | VFX* >> *The Night Visitor | VFX* >> *443.206.1347* >> >> *www.kirkproductions.com >> kirkproductions@gmail.com* >> *IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351363/ >> * >> >> >> >> > > -- > _____________________________ > VFX & Motion Graphic Artist > teddygage dot com > > -- _____________________________ VFX & Motion Graphic Artist teddygage dot com --20cf30434c58730da80501da61e9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Last suggestion - create a new administrator user profile and install the d= rivers under that account, sometimes its the equivalent of clearing prefs i= n windows. It could give you an idea if maybe a full=C2=A0clean windows ins= tall would work. Or if the problem has to do with installed driver conflict= s

On Saturday, August 30, 2014, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> wrote:
Eric, so you have downloaded the new drivers from nvidia website and instal= led them and it still doesnt work?

Honestly those kinds = of errors can also be hardware issues like a cable unplugged or a card that= is not fully seated. I would pull it out and reseat it. Or maybe a ram mod= ule got slightly unseated, etc.=C2=A0

And you have all power cables fully plugged in?=C2=A0a = card like that needs two psu cables. Not=C2=A0trying to=C2=A0be insulting b= ut a lot of times its something obvious being overlooked.=C2=A0

On S= aturday, August 30, 2014, Jim Curtis <AE-List= @media-motion.tv> wrote:
Eric, ha= ve you called nVidia tech support? =C2=A0I buy my cards through third-party= vendors, too, and that wasn't an issue for the folks I mentioned to ge= t a replacement. =C2=A0Both were able to get enough info from me to determi= ne that the issue was their cards, and not some configuration issue.

I'm out of my depth on Windows, but I've asked the s= ame question, and was told that if my monitor is hooked up to my graphics c= ard, and I'm seeing something on the screen, it's working. =C2=A0OK= , but the great unknown for me is how well the GPU is being used over the C= PU. =C2=A0As you probably know, in Pr and Ae, the GPU can handle some tasks= that the CPU would otherwise be doing (just not as fast). =C2=A0What's= not clear to me is when the GPU is kicking in, which is why I looked into = a GPU meter for my Mac.

And BTW, I can't tell any difference between runnin= g the OSX and nVidia drivers, except that ECC (Error Correcting Codes) isn&= #39;t available with the OSX driver. =C2=A0And I've tried ECC on and of= f, and also can't tell any difference in performance. =C2=A0I don't= know if that info is helpful for Windows users.




On Aug 30, = 2014, at 9:33 AM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk <AE-List@media-motion.tv> w= rote:

Jim,

The = thought repulses me. lol =C2=A0No, I have not considered that. =C2=A0I purc= hased from Tigerdirect too. =C2=A0I'd be waiting weeks probably to reso= lve if that were the case.

But let me ask this. =C2=A0I finally decided to adjust my screen resol= ution in windows (you know, right click on desktop, adjust screen resolutio= n) and realized I had much more to play with and I am in fact at 1920x1080 = now.

What am I losing by not having the drivers? =C2=A0Or ma= ybe a better question is, is the card even in use right now?

= Eric


On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Jim Curtis <AE= -List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
Have you= considered the possibility that you've received a defective card? =C2= =A0It happens from the best of companies. =C2=A0I've gotten defective c= ards from both ATTO and AJA, companies with a excellent reputations for rel= iability. =C2=A0Both companies overnight shipped me a new card without me r= eturning the bad one first. =C2=A0Nice touch; excellent support.



On Aug 30, 2014, at 9:08 AM, Mr= . Eric D. Kirk <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

Just an update for those inter= ested.

Still no solution but I did update my bios success= fully today, hoping that last ditch effort would do the trick.

Ran Norton utilities as well.=C2=A0 Everything online seems to point to the= error being memory related.=C2=A0 I ran the memory check with no problems = though.

So still at a loss.

Eric





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