EggXpert

Hey guys I got all my parts and assembled my rig. It booted up perfectly except for a few minor issues it seems. Here is the link to my build post http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/post/296215.aspx

I have the smilodon case xfx 680i lt mobo. For some reason the manual and stickers on the case are messed up. I hooked up everything correctly with the small jumpers but there are 2 4 pin connectors also on the case fron. I plugged them into the power suppy like the rest of the fans. For some reason the front 120mm fan/light will not turn on. I rearanged the cords with no luck. There is not really anything in the manual that can help me it seems. Anyone know?

issue 2: I started the system off with 2 g of ram like everyone said updated and tried to install that patch someone posted but it said I did not need the update. So I shut down and installed my 2nd 2g ram stick. I got a bsod until I shut down and took out the recently installed 2g stick and it loaded back fine.

 issue 3: For some reason I cannot get the ntune performance thing to work in the nvidia control panel. When I try to run it a little box with a ! comes up a few times labeled ntune server and stresstest server. I installed the driver package and audio driver from xfx web site, do I still have to install the bios files they list there?? I have tried to figure this out all night any help would be very appreciated. Thanks...

good news is i was playing crysis with very high gfx flawlessly it was niiice

Toss the idea of the Ntune performance test. Thats got to be the buggiest piece of software around and doesn't work on all mobos.

Just to clarify, b/c the Tiger Direct combo sez 2 x 1GB Corsair, are you using them or actual 2 x 2GB sticks? I mean, there will be a difference on how to approach it. But need to know exact sticks.

I'm nt familiar with the Smilodon, hopefully someone can peg that one. 

XFX nForce 680i LT SLI Motherboard CPU Bundle - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor 2.40GHz OEM, OCZ 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 Memory (2 x 2048MB) 

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

 OCZ / GameXStream / 700-Watt / ATX / 120mm Fan / SATA Ready / SLI Ready / EPS / Active PFC / Power Supply

Windows Vista Home Prem 64-bit DSP OEM DVD

Lite-On LH-20A1S SuperAllwrite SATA DVD Burner - 20x DVD±R Burn, 16x DVD±R Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD±R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 48x32x CD-R/RW

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX Video Card - FREE Crysis PC Game, 768MB DDR3, PCI Express, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, Video Card

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 32MB, SATA-300, OEM

RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WB Black SECC STEEL ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail comes with for free basically Raidmax KM-101SB Silver & Black 104 Normal Keys 15 Function Keys PS/2 Standard Keyboard Mouse Combo Set Mouse Included - Retail

Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

I have the OCZ ram listed above.

Ok so do not use ntune...got it do you knw what the name is so i can uninstall? What should I use instead just the NV monitor? SOrry if i sound newbish I am bogged down atm.