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gfx card stopped working in my machine, anything I can try?
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david3483
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8. May 2008 @ 04:18 |
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Hi, Recently I was swappping a heatsink for my chipset. When I put my gfx card back in (PCI-e) it didn't work. I took the gfx card to work and it works fine in my work computer.
I think I buggered the mobo somehow. What I want to know is if is there is any trick or anything that might get it to work again?
Also, is it possible it could be the gfx card and not the mobo, even though it works in my work copmuter?
Cheers
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ddp
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9. May 2008 @ 18:17 |
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try clearing the cmos jumper as found that to work sometimes on stubborn systems. did that on a customer's pc that was not sending a signal & it worked.
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david3483
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10. May 2008 @ 16:38 |
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Coudn't find a jumper so did things the old fashioned way with the battery. No luck
:'(
The only thing I can add is that when I try to get output from the graphics card there is are several clicking sounds as though it is trying to do something, kind of like a hard drive or disc drive noise and then I get the system beep and no signal.
If I plug into onboard gfx the clicking noise doesn't happen and the system beep is sooner before it works. Odd but probably not going to help me fix things...
Cheers
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ddp
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10. May 2008 @ 16:50 |
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when connecting to the onboard video, did you unplug the pci-e videocard?
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david3483
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10. May 2008 @ 16:51 |
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No but the onboard video works. What are you thinking?
Cheers
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ddp
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10. May 2008 @ 16:56 |
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didn't read that the onboard video was working. have you tried reseating the card with a bit more force?
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david3483
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10. May 2008 @ 17:00 |
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No Sorry I didn't make that clear. I have reseated it about 1000 times. I've used a lot of force once it is in but I wouldn't say I've actually slotted it in with a lot of force, er if that makes sense? Is that what you meant?
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varnull
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10. May 2008 @ 17:02 |
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Sounds a little like it is booting with nthe internal enabled.. is there a bios setting anywhere for graphics pci/agp?
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ddp
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10. May 2008 @ 17:05 |
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do you know anybody that has a pci-e videocard to see if does same thing in your pc?
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david3483
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10. May 2008 @ 17:11 |
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I'm prettty sure the BIOS is set to boot PCI-e first. As, I said this problem started after I had switched a heatsink, with no changes to the BIOS.
I'm hoping to find a spare PCI-e card to try but I'm just wandering if there were any tricks that I didn't know about that might make it work.
So it is possible that my gfx card could be broke rather than the mobo even though it worked in my work machine???
Cheers
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ddp
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10. May 2008 @ 17:17 |
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i think your card is good as it is working in the other pc.
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david3483
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10. May 2008 @ 17:19 |
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I thought that was the case I was just hoping it wasn't as it is a lot easier to replace a card than a mobo.
:(
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ddp
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10. May 2008 @ 19:30 |
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2nd that as i just finished replacing a motherboard in a customer's emachine that crapped out. had to reload xp from scratch as old board was intel chipset & new board is via chipset. couldn't use his recovery disk because of that change.
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david3483
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12. May 2008 @ 06:29 |
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Well I will try to test another PCI-e card but I doubt it will work. If not I see two solutions
1) BUy a PCI graphics card
2) Replace the motherboard
Option 1 is slightly more expensive and my final machine won't be as good.
OPtion 2 will have my machine back to optimum but there is more chance that something could break.
Are PCI graphics cards any good?
Cheers
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ddp
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12. May 2008 @ 16:15 |
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not really. what are you using the pc for?
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david3483
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13. May 2008 @ 04:47 |
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At the moment I am quite busy with work so my computer is not that reliant on graphics. I predominantly run Fedora and the compiz fusion graphics just ain't the same with onboard graphics.
When I have time I am a casual gamer with BF2 my favourite. That runs okay on the lowest setting on onboard graphics but with my 256Mb card it runs really well with all the graphics on highest settings. I also have MSF X which I am sure would struggle with onboard...
GUess I will have to replace the mobo, argh hope I don't cock that up!
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david3483
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15. May 2008 @ 05:12 |
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Doh! There are next to 0 socket 939s out there!
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ddp
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15. May 2008 @ 17:24 |
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check ebay as they do have some.
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david3483
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26. May 2008 @ 08:13 |
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 26. May 2008 @ 13:32
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ddp
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26. May 2008 @ 13:42 |
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if same chipset as old motherboard as in via, sis or amd then should have no problem. if different chipset then will have to reload windows.
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david3483
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26. May 2008 @ 13:50 |
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well it's going from nForce 430 to nForce 630, so it's definitely a change.
I found this link on M$ page: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824125/en-us
I might try that first as it's going to be a hassle installing it again, (the main thing I'm worried about is having to re sort all my photos in Picasa into the same albums). If it doesn't work nothing lost...
Cheers
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david3483
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26. May 2008 @ 13:51 |
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but it's the same processor (amd). Is that what you meant?
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ddp
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26. May 2008 @ 14:28 |
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