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| Thread ID: 80325 | 2007-06-19 11:38:00 | Damn second hand 7900GT - is this definitely faulty? | qazwsxokmijn (102) | Press F1 |
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| 560534 | 2007-06-19 11:38:00 | I had recently bought a second hand Gigabyte 7900GT. The card looks perfectly fine physically, last owner says the card has never been tampered with. However, after I installed it the whole computer refused to turn on. When I pushed the on button, only for a fraction of a second it turns on, the lights were on, and the fans picked a little momentum, but only for about 0.2 second. Then, I reinstalled my old video card (7900GS), and everything were back to normal. Is the 7900GT definitely faulty? |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 560535 | 2007-06-19 19:19:00 | It sounds like it... but can you try it in another PC to fully eliminate your PC (it is possible that your PC is the cause... yes, that is computers for you) Are you SURE that you had it seated correctly and all extra power was given to it (if it needs it) |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 560536 | 2007-06-19 23:07:00 | It sounds like it... but can you try it in another PC to fully eliminate your PC (it is possible that your PC is the cause... yes, that is computers for you) Are you SURE that you had it seated correctly and all extra power was given to it (if it needs it) Good questions. It does need the power plugged into the card BTW. Maybe it had been overclocked a little too much? :-) |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 560537 | 2007-06-19 23:52:00 | Of course the power was plugged in. :p The last owner says it has never been overclocked or tampered with in any way. But I'm not taking his words as credible anymore..... I'll be trying it in my friend's computer later this afternoon, and see if it works in her PC. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 560538 | 2007-06-20 00:05:00 | Do you know the spec's of that psu?, whats the amperage of the 12+v rail? | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 560539 | 2007-06-20 00:13:00 | Yep, it's a Task 550W with dual 12+V rails that gives up to 360W on the 12+V rails alone. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 560540 | 2007-06-20 00:16:00 | 30amps is good, even if only combined, you should be ok there, are you sure the card was seated correctly, a faulty card shouldnt stop the PC from booting, rather you would get some beeps at POST! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 560541 | 2007-06-20 00:40:00 | Seated perfectly fine - I know what I'm doing. Done this sort of thing at least 20 times before without a problem. But I really don't know why the video card would stop the PC from booting. At first I thought it was the PSU that had given away. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 560542 | 2007-06-20 01:16:00 | Seated perfectly fine - I know what I'm doing. Done this sort of thing at least 20 times before without a problem. But I really don't know why the video card would stop the PC from booting. At first I thought it was the PSU that had given away. Well, thats why I asked about the seating of the card. You could try setting the BIOS to defaults with the GS, then swap to the GT. Other than testing the card in another PC, there isnt much to do....I would take the CPU OC back down to stock also, just in case the power draw is too varible on that PSU. PD are power hungry.. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 560543 | 2007-06-20 01:22:00 | Cheers Sol. I'll try it on my friend's PC later on this evening. Hopefully it works in her PC. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
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