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| Thread ID: 140356 | 2015-09-29 08:19:00 | Dead PCIE2 slot on mobo? | kioti (17360) | Press F1 |
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| 1409143 | 2015-09-29 08:19:00 | Hi. Problem is that any of 2 PCIE2 graphic cards I use in my PC will not work. The one from my main PC will not work in a DELL PC I have as spare, and the card from that will not work in the main PC but works in the Dell PC. That would point to there being a problem/fault somewhere on the mobo of my main PC...correct? It is not worth my putting the rig in for a repair as I am about to build a newer rig and can manage to get by using the onboard ATI Radeon 2100 (Microsoft Corp-WDDM) Opinions welcomed. Thanks Gigabyte GA MA74GM S2 r4, AMD AthlonIIx4 630 2.8GHz, 4GB Adata DDR2 800MHZ, Coolermaster 550w PSU, W7x64 Ultimate. |
kioti (17360) | ||
| 1409144 | 2015-09-29 11:14:00 | So each card works fine in one machine but neither works if you swap them over? Doesn't sound like a fault, sounds like a compatibility issue. If no cards work in one slot then that would indicate a fault. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1409145 | 2015-09-29 21:09:00 | dugimodo, hi..the card from my main (lets say Gigabyte)computer does not work in any computer. It did work in both of my computers for 12 months. The card from my other computer (the Dell computer) that works in that machine does not now work in my Gigabyte computer although it has worked in my Gigabyte rig, so it is not a compatibility issue. Both cards are PCIx2. The card from the Gigabyte rig is as good as stuffed I would say because there is no heating of the heat sink when it is connected to any computer that I have. So the issue is that, to me, it seems that there is a issue somewhere on the mobo to the PCIx2 slot/motherboard. The card was a Gigabyte 8500, old as but worked. Since the computer decided to stuff up after I used Hitman Pro4 to do a scan and remove malware. After I did that and had to reboot the com all desktop shortcuts had vanished, to open a program/app I had to do it from its instal dir, and all system restore points had been wiped out. So I turned off computer, on reboot I had a black screen and no POST. After a few resets of Graphics card/RAM and still no joy I tried the card from the Dell rig and got no life from it. As I said it works in the Dell and I have used it in the Gigabyte rig but it only has 128MB RAM. So, as I asked/deduced...the mobo/card slot has an issue, would that be a reasonable assessment on my part. I think it is but I am open to other opinions. I am going to town and will take the card with me and have it tested in another computer at the Internet café/repair store from where I bought a computer 15 months ago for a woman who wanted to do a online accounting course. I had tried out my Palit 1GB DDR3 card in that and forgot to take it out when she came to collect it. Needless to say she not paid me for the computer and I have no show of getting my Palit 580 card back. Anyway, that is nothing to do with the issue I mention. The card that I class as now dead, the Gigabyte 8500 was inside that computer I bought from the Internet café shop nd it had a fan added to the massive heatsink to keep it cool. It has as good as died I would say, and by the looks of it taken out some piece of circuitry on the mobo when it went its way. | kioti (17360) | ||
| 1409146 | 2015-09-29 21:21:00 | Ok so you have a graphics card that won't work and a motherboard that won't work with a known good card either, could be one has failed and taken out the other, could also be a PSU issue that is showing up under load. Sounds like you are saying the motherboard with the issues does work with onboard graphics? You really can't do much more without more spare parts to swap around. It does sound like one or both have gone faulty on you. I once had a working PC take out the graphics card, motherboard, a flash drive, PSU, and a monitor, all at once. I'm guessing the PSU was the cause but who knows. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1409147 | 2015-09-29 21:26:00 | Cut a long story short, neither of the cards work in the gigabyte rig, the card from that doesn't work in the Dell rig, the card from the Dell rig now does not work in the Gigabyte rig though it has done so without any issues. The card from the Dell rig works in the Dell rig. Both cards are PCIx2 and compatibility is not an issue. | kioti (17360) | ||
| 1409148 | 2015-09-29 21:28:00 | dugimodo, yeah cheers. I will leave it as it is as I am building a more modern rig.....could have been a PSU spike caused the failure/s. Shrug Thanks. | kioti (17360) | ||
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