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View Full Version : Video card dead?
Dehcbad25 June 19th, 2004, 06:15 AM Ok, I came back from vacation. 3 days without Internet. Do you think that is bad? well.......
I think my video card just died :(
I had been having problems for a while. Suddenly I would have garbage in the screen and then it freezes, but just the screen. I can still do stuff (that I can hear)
I thought it was video drivers, so I re-install them. Same problem, so finally today I came back from a long day at work (15 hours) and I decided to play a game. I opened NFSU and I couldn't see anything. Rebooted, and after log on it will tell me mode unsopported (that is what the monitor said) Weird, since the monitor supports resolutions of 1600x1280 and I was just using 1280x1024. So I tried in safe mode, changed resolution to 800x600 and tried again with no luck.
I went back to safe mode, unistalled drivers, rebooted, windows installed standard drivers, then I installed 53.03 drivers, rebooted... and then garbage again in the log in screen. So I thought, OK that is it, maybe the card is not well seated. I took the card out and reseated. Rebooted and after 10 minutes, garbage again (and some time later BSOTD)
From there..... :msncry:
I don't know what else to try before accepting the idea of a dead card.
Suggestions??
lynchknot June 19th, 2004, 07:28 AM just a stab - is the fan spinning?
Big Booger June 19th, 2004, 15:22 PM Do you have another machine that you can test the card in. If you get the same garbage on the other machine then you can definitely rule that the card has shat itself.
joshsiao June 19th, 2004, 16:11 PM I don't know... maybe the card's not recieving enough watt like mine??
Dehcbad25 June 19th, 2004, 16:37 PM Lk, yes, that was one of ths first things I checked. Fan i sspinning, and card doesn't get that hot. I think that if the problem is the card it might be in the memory.
Next time it freezes up again, I will try it out in the other computer. That is a good tip
Dehcbad25 July 9th, 2004, 02:44 AM Hey, quick update (HAVEN"T HAD TIME TO TEST THE CARD IN THE OTHER PC)
One think that I remebered last week, I did overclocked a little the card some months ago. I think I put it back to normal, but I am not positively sure.
Is there a way to check it out? what is the program to overclock Nvidia card? The one I used it was like a setting more in the card settings (Nvidia tab)
Dehcbad25 July 9th, 2004, 04:22 AM OK, it crashed while typing in TZ this time. Not even graphic intensive :p
I used thee oportunity and tryed the card in the other computer, and SAME RESULT. IT crashed just from changing the resolution. So, there is no doubt the video card is bad. :(
IT is a PNY and I had a problem in the past. Actually, when I bought this card, I unistalled my old card (GeForce 2 Ti) and a capacitor (micro) fell. I called customer service, explained that a capacitor felt too easily from the motherboard, and since I have worked with instalation of this micro-capacitors, I explained that the cause if that the card wasn't enought time in the oven after aplying the glue. Don't laught, that is how it is done (My uncle even has the machines that install this things [one install 60 per minute, the other 80 per minute]) and the guy agreed that is a defect. I got my replacement card in 2 weeks. I sold that brand new card to my brother which he has been using intensively for almost 2 years (He Plays MOHAA, BEyond Good and Evil, Hitman 2 at least 5 hours a day, and he wonders why he is flunking University):p
so, tomorrow I will be calling TS (if I can find the number) :( During the next 2 weeks I won't have a card thought :wail:
z3n July 9th, 2004, 05:43 AM *
Good news about getting a new card - bad news about the 2 weeks wait - :(
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
:)
Dehcbad25 August 28th, 2004, 05:13 AM i got my card today.
Well, I actually sent mine in Thuesday, and I already got the replacement :D
And it evens has the heatsink in copper matching the heatsink from the memory modules. It looks a lot better than my original one :D I guess I should brake cards more often then
isha2005 February 14th, 2005, 17:49 PM I just wanna ask if a video card experience this "garbage" problems, is there a way to fix it? Or should I accept the fact that I need to buy a new one? I'm using a GeForce4 Ti4200 128ddr. I also thought that the garbage problem was cause by the overheat, because my video cards fan stop spinning awhile ago...I did manage to replace the fan, but the those garbages starts appearing...
rik February 14th, 2005, 18:44 PM Probably time for a new one...
bhxtyrant February 14th, 2005, 19:19 PM man all i can say is that makes me want to stay away from the geforce cards.Ive used ATI radeon cards for a long time and have never had any problems like the ones you guys mentioned.
FastGame February 14th, 2005, 19:54 PM man all i can say is that makes me want to stay away from the geforce cards.Ive used ATI radeon cards for a long time and have never had any problems like the ones you guys mentioned.
I use both ATI and Nvidia, like them just the same :)
When ATI 9700pro's came out some of them had this problem, I was one of the unlucky one's :( sent it back & got a new one :)
rik February 14th, 2005, 23:08 PM My 9700 Pro ROCKS!!
Dehcbad25 February 14th, 2005, 23:23 PM Isha2005's problably is related to the faulty fan. It might have run a while without a fan, and that is why it prouces garbage now.
Another reason for garbage can be overclocking the video card. I don't think it is a Nvidia, or ATI issue. Worst case it might be a manufacturer of the card (PNY, ASUS, Gainward, etc)
Until the FX time, the GF 4 Ti were the fastest, and I am quite happy with mine. I had 2 cards fail, but I can't blame the company, but be gratefull because I got exchange on both oportunities. One I removed a microcomponent while replacing the card (it should not have fall off, but it did), and the other one, I actually overclocked it for a month :p
If Isha didn't replace the fan he/she could have get a replacement for it (might still be able thought)
Best is to call tech support
beelzebub February 15th, 2005, 00:43 AM I got a new card for my new computer about 2 months ago and just recently it started having similar problems. and at first i thought it was an ESD problem and then a cooling problem but everything seemed to be fine with the card. Then one day i opened my case and left it open and that fixed. i had always known i had insufficient cooling in my case, but i never thought an FX5500 would cause enough heat to build up in teh case to the point that insufficient case cooling would do it. So, I guess the moral of this story is that although the cards cooling might be ok that doesnt mean that cooling is not the problem.
Dehcbad25 February 15th, 2005, 18:54 PM Yep, FX cards mainly had a big problem with cooling, that is why they had that earlier fan type using 2 slots. Video cards are like CPU/mobo combo. Same principles aply. Too much heat, it can kill the GPU, bad board design can reduce performance, RAM also aplies, and etc
isha2005 February 17th, 2005, 17:39 PM Well....its dead...I mean my card just died awhile ago....<sniif> The symptoms became worse, not just garbages appearing on my screen but...my CPU starts hangging up every 20~30mins of usage, and then...and then.... :msncry: As of now...I'm using the built in v.card of my CPU....
Dehcbad25 February 17th, 2005, 19:44 PM at least you have built in. I had to "borrow" one from work for the time being while I was getting my replacemnt, but it only took 7 days, so I was happy
isha2005 February 18th, 2005, 15:18 PM well... atleast also you got yourself a new card within 7days...Me? I think a can't have one within 7days!!! The price here is a bit, ...high!! :(
Dehcbad25 February 18th, 2005, 21:56 PM I didn't buy the card, was replaced under warranty from the manufacturer :D, did you check to see if you have a warranty that is good for the card?
isha2005 February 20th, 2005, 01:16 AM The warranty of my card is only good for 1year. My video card is already 2yrs old so it cannot be replace anymore.
Nate89 February 20th, 2005, 06:36 AM go out buy the same card then return ur old one say it didnt work...ive never done that but it might work but its a tad dishonet :(
isha2005 February 21st, 2005, 12:03 PM I have a question in mind that bugs me earlier, when you adjust the refresh rate of the screen through the video properties, can that cause additional heat to the GPU's of the v.cards? Like instead of choosing "Optimal", you change it to 100mhz with high resolutions. Is it good or not? Can this be also a source of those garbage problems? :confused:
Conan February 21st, 2005, 16:36 PM I have a question in mind that bugs me earlier, when you adjust the refresh rate of the screen through the video properties, can that cause additional heat to the GPU's of the v.cards? Like instead of choosing "Optimal", you change it to 100mhz with high resolutions. Is it good or not? Can this be also a source of those garbage problems? :confused:
Normally 85 Hz should be fine if you're using a CRT.
cash_site February 22nd, 2005, 10:16 AM I'm not sure if it effects the V.card at all, but it definitely affects the CRT... you can go to high and will damage the hardware inside the monitor, can burn out the phosphorous backing and EM stuff... makes the screen fuzzy etc... its a pain to reset if you apply the changes :eek:
Optimal or like conan suggested 75/85 is best, or good enough.
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