Radeon 5770 & CMOS

Atomic Bebop

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Hi there,
I just recently installed a brand new Saffire Radeon 5770 into my tower (ASUS P5K Premium Wi-Fi AP mobo). A curious problem has arisen and I'm not sure if it could be related to the card or not.
Since I installed it, the machine does not display video at boot-up. I can see all of my USB devices initialize and hear Vista's "noises" throughout the process, and watch my HDD light flicker in typical fashion.. but there is no video.
If I pop out the battery and reset CMOS it boots up properly and shows video until I shut it down again, but then next time it does the same; boots without video output until I reset CMOS again.

Thoughts?
AB
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Your's Truly
    CPU
    Q6600 OC'd to 3.138 gHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5K Premium Wifi-AP Black Pearl Edition
    Memory
    8192MB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD5770
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster Audigy II ZS Platinum Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Flatron L222WT
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    250GB 7200rpm
    250GB 7200rpm
    320GB 7200rpm
    1.5TB 7200rpm
    PSU
    Corsair 850W
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gamer
    Cooling
    4x 120mm, 1x 200mm, Zalman CNPS 10X Extreme, 50mm NB fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 (the old one with the LCD)
    Mouse
    Logitech Media Mouse
    Internet Speed
    18.4 mbps
    Other Info
    Bluetooth adapter for X360 Controller
just a thought, but do you have the card installed in the pcie slot closest to the cpu? or if you have your card installed in the second pcie slot--the one closest to the bottom of the board--did you set your bios to have peg2 as your primary?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Garage PC
    CPU
    Intel Pentium E3300 @ 2.5GHz
    Motherboard
    BioStar G41-M7
    Memory
    A-Data PC2-6400 (2 X 2GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Diamond Radeon HD 4650
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP Mx705 (CRT)
    Screen Resolution
    1152x864
    Hard Drives
    320 GB Hitachi - System Drive /
    100 GB Maxtor - Diagnostic Application /
    PSU
    LOGISYS PS480E12 480W
    Case
    Generic Barebones Case
    Cooling
    Stock Intel HSF
    Keyboard
    Generic PS/2
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    10 d / 1 u
The card is installed in the first PCI-e slot located beside the CPU, it gets more airflow past it up there :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Your's Truly
    CPU
    Q6600 OC'd to 3.138 gHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5K Premium Wifi-AP Black Pearl Edition
    Memory
    8192MB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD5770
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster Audigy II ZS Platinum Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Flatron L222WT
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    250GB 7200rpm
    250GB 7200rpm
    320GB 7200rpm
    1.5TB 7200rpm
    PSU
    Corsair 850W
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gamer
    Cooling
    4x 120mm, 1x 200mm, Zalman CNPS 10X Extreme, 50mm NB fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 (the old one with the LCD)
    Mouse
    Logitech Media Mouse
    Internet Speed
    18.4 mbps
    Other Info
    Bluetooth adapter for X360 Controller
Replacing the 3V battery on the mobo seems to have fixed the issue.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Your's Truly
    CPU
    Q6600 OC'd to 3.138 gHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5K Premium Wifi-AP Black Pearl Edition
    Memory
    8192MB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD5770
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster Audigy II ZS Platinum Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Flatron L222WT
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    250GB 7200rpm
    250GB 7200rpm
    320GB 7200rpm
    1.5TB 7200rpm
    PSU
    Corsair 850W
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gamer
    Cooling
    4x 120mm, 1x 200mm, Zalman CNPS 10X Extreme, 50mm NB fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 (the old one with the LCD)
    Mouse
    Logitech Media Mouse
    Internet Speed
    18.4 mbps
    Other Info
    Bluetooth adapter for X360 Controller
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