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microfox

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29. June 2008 @ 22:27

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Hi

First time posting here. I'm a Mac guy but I'm trying to fix a problem with the wife's PC.

When starting her computer a few days ago, there was an error message about the Radeon 9800Pro video card not connected to the power supply.

I knew the card had been connected ever since we had that PC built, 46 months ago but I nevertheless opened the case and checked carefully and indeed the connector leading to the power supply, was tightly inserted into the proper slot.

I replaced the video card with an old Radeon 8500 (that does not need to be connected to the power supply) and voila, my wife can use her PC again.

Now, my question ! Since the whole PC has power (besides the video card), I know it's not the power supply. How do I determine if the problem lies with the connector that goes into the card or if the video card is toasted ?

thanks

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ddp

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30. June 2008 @ 13:03

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try another power connector, try in another pc to see if still has same problem or not & try another psu as yours might be dying.

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