Graphic Card Problem?

[fisheddie]

hi all, i am new to here, oh actually not that new! i was here few months ago for some info on DIGI box but not been posting!

anyway, here is my question: i have a PC was running XP no problems at all till one day it just stopped working! then i tried a million times to re-install the operating system(XP), as soon as the system is trying to test for the graphic card then the screen just goes blank and never will wake up again

thought its a graphic card problem! then tried to install my Windows ME from my old machine! guess wot? ? it worked just fine with no problems at all!

i then borrowed my mate's graphic card with the old analogue plug (i ve a TFT screen with DVI plug) and installed the XP, everything seems just fine! until i switched back to my card, the screen says found new hardward and gone puff.... blank again

is there anything i can do about the card at all or do i really need a new card?

Thanks all !!

[Nemesis]

Welcome back

It does sound like the Graphics card, what make/model etc is it ?

[fisheddie]

wow... that s a quick reply!

hm... all i know its winfast... 64mb... Geforce 3 ? ? with a DVI + TV out(S-video) and a old analogue plug at the back.

the one that came with the evesham machine i bought back in x'mas 2000, bear in mind that machine was £1400 and almost the top spec at the time :P

[Paul K]

Sounds like a chip has given up the ghost on the card to be honest, I take it there is no VGA connector on the card you can check? If Windows is finding the hardware but the hardware isn't responding then as soon as windows installs the drivers and tries to switch to the correct settings and drivers for the card you will find yourself looking at nothing.
5 years is a long time in computing I'm afreaid.

[fisheddie]

i know that's a long time in computing but i still thinks it's good! better than some of the new PCs selling in TESCO and etc!

oh well, i might have to fork out a tenner on ebay and hunt for a card then! :P (i don't understand how i made the decision on that PC for £1500, £10 can be too much for me now!)

[ZrByte]

It could just be the DVI cable, have you tried it on analogue?

[Paul K]

What sort of card are you looking for? What connections do you need and what do you do with the PC? Gaming etc?
Someone here will point you in the right direction for a card to suit your needs.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=86747

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=59320



new for £15 quid if games are a no and you just want a desktop (check voltages first)

Also ask around theres bound to be someone with a geforce2 or a tnt stuck in a box somewhere I know I do

[fisheddie]

thanks all for replying:P

ZrByte vbmenu_register("postmenu_501722", true); : no, it's not the cable, my tft screen works just fine with the old grapic card on ME but not on XP

Paul: i dont play games etc, only use for general day to day use, but i do use photoshop quite a lot and found my old card was good 4 me already! as my TFT screen only got a DVI plug so that's a must!

Zinglebarb: how do they compare to some of those on ebay?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...e=STRK:MEWA:IT
and this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...e=STRK:MEWA:IT

[Stuartbe]

I have seen this before. At the start of the setup after the format part xp will scan for hardware. If I am guesing correctly the screen then goes black and setup halts..

I had this problem when I had an IDE controler card installed in the system. After this card was removed setup went through o.k.

Can I sugest that you remove all cards apart from the graphics card and see if setup will run. It does not sound like the graphics card if the fault is apearing at the part of setup I refered to above...

HTH

[fisheddie]

Thanks Stuart, yes your guess was right! it just go blank and halt!

but i have successfully installed the whole XP system and it works just fine with my m8's crap graphic card (the only thing is that one hasnt got a DVI output!). as soon as i put my own card back in it just goes blank!

[Stuartbe]

Have you tried it with no other cards plugged onto the motherboard ? It may be an IRQ conflict between the graphics card and another card in the system.

[fisheddie]

thanks a lot stuart, i will give it a go tonight again! really skint so dont wanna spend anything at all :P
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i will give you an update may be later on tonight or tomorrow!

[Eric55]

I had a similar problem with a Q Tec pc, I had to update the motherboard bios to cure it.

[fisheddie]

Eric, how do you update your BIOS?? i have taken off the battery on my motherboard for few mins then put it back on. but it made no differences at all!