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| Thread ID: 86499 | 2008-01-18 23:08:00 | Graphics Card problem? | Netsukeninja (13296) | Press F1 |
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| 631732 | 2008-01-18 23:08:00 | So I was playing Portal, I quit the game, and I come back to the desktop to find that it is all scrambled up (Graphics error?) I shutdown my computer, and turn it on again. It all starts up fine, but after the Windows XP thing, the screen goes blank and there are 8-10 white pixels blinking in random places around my screen. Can anyone tell me what is wrong? Thanks. Motherboard: GA-M52S-S3P RAM: 2 GB Graphics card: Powercolor Radeon 9250 PCI 128M AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ |
Netsukeninja (13296) | ||
| 631733 | 2008-01-18 23:59:00 | Video card dying? (more likely, fan stopped/fallen off?) Monitor? See if you can borrow others to substitute and isolate the problem |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 631734 | 2008-01-19 00:00:00 | Can't edit my post for some reason, but I fixed the problem I think. I moved the card into another PCI slot, and it worked. Can you burn out PCI slots? It has no fan, only a heatsink on the chip. |
Netsukeninja (13296) | ||
| 631735 | 2008-01-19 00:15:00 | Must have been loose in the slot or perhaps corroded contacts, cant see it having 'burnt' anything, seeing as the cards working. Why didnt you buy a PCIEx16 card, would be faster/more efficient than a PCI card, you have the right slot on that motherboard. |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 631736 | 2008-01-19 00:25:00 | The thing is, I bought this card a few months ago for another PC the PSU was not powerful enough,so I used it in this build (my first). I will eventually buy a PCI Express card. I'm just not made of money. |
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| 631737 | 2008-01-19 00:44:00 | Fair enuff, just wondered ;) | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
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