AGP slot failure? Asus P4P800SE
Bookmark this page:
 Yahoo!
 Google
 Windows Live
 del.icio.us
 digg
 Netscape
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Posted by E on May 29, 2008, 9:19 pm
Please log in for more thread options I have PC where an AGP video card stopped sending a signal to a flat screen monitor in the middle of playing the Sims 2. The video card and flat screen monitor where linked via a standard VGA cable. The user says that the screen froze, or went black in the middle of a game. This happened only an hour after installing the game. The machine now has no display, during POST, or booted into full graphics mode. Before I troubleshooted anything, I knew it was properly booting into Windows because I could hear it through the speakers. This is an Asus P4P800SE motherboard, with an e-GeForce 7600GS, 256MB DDR2 AGP video card. To troubleshoot, I connected the PC to a known working CRT monitor, and also changed out the AGP video card. No signal in either attempt. I did however get a PCI S3 video card to work, and then checked out a few things in Windows. The machine did not 'crash' or blue screen per say, so it did not leave a minidump file. There is nothing wrong in device manager. Nothing of relevance in the system logs. It is interesting to note that if an AGP card, and the old PCI S3 video card are installed in the system together, there will still be no signal from the PCI S3. It must be by itself. My current thinking is that the AGP slot has failed. I didn't see any obvious blown capacitors around the AGP slot. I may try a third AGP card in the slot before I go to something else. If this is the case, I will have to change out the mainboard, maybe even consider building another system from scratch. The user is tight on funds now, so I may have to find a good working replacement mainboard. Thanks in advance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Posted by Michael Hawes on May 30, 2008, 5:30 pm
Please log in for more thread options | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Posted by E on May 30, 2008, 9:46 pm
Please log in for more thread options Michael Hawes wrote:
>> Hello
>> >> I have PC where an AGP video card stopped sending a signal to a flat >> screen monitor in the middle of playing the Sims 2. The video card and >> flat screen monitor where linked via a standard VGA cable. The user says >> that the screen froze, or went black in the middle of a game. This >> happened only an hour after installing the game. The machine now has no >> display, during POST, or booted into full graphics mode. Before I >> troubleshooted anything, I knew it was properly booting into Windows >> because I could hear it through the speakers. >> >> This is an Asus P4P800SE motherboard, with an e-GeForce 7600GS, 256MB DDR2 >> AGP video card. >> >> To troubleshoot, I connected the PC to a known working CRT monitor, and >> also changed out the AGP video card. No signal in either attempt. I did >> however get a PCI S3 video card to work, and then checked out a few things >> in Windows. The machine did not 'crash' or blue screen per say, so it did >> not leave a minidump file. There is nothing wrong in device manager. >> Nothing of relevance in the system logs. It is interesting to note that if >> an AGP card, and the old PCI S3 video card are installed in the system >> together, there will still be no signal from the PCI S3. It must be by >> itself. >> >> My current thinking is that the AGP slot has failed. I didn't see any >> obvious blown capacitors around the AGP slot. I may try a third AGP card >> in the slot before I go to something else. If this is the case, I will >> have to change out the mainboard, maybe even consider building another >> system from scratch. The user is tight on funds now, so I may have to find >> a good working replacement mainboard. >> >> Thanks in advance >> > Try another PSU, or check all voltages present from PSU
Thanks for the reply
> > I checked voltages from the PSU with a multimeter, and I get slightly more than the specified voltages, 3.3, 5, and 12. I have a few ATX PSUs lying around. I think I'll have to give that a try. Extra info (maybe irrelevant). If I go in the BIOS and set it to look for a PCI video card first, and I have both a PCI and AGP card installed in the system, I will get a signal from the PCI card and none from the AGP card. Setting the BIOS to look for an AGP card first and I get no signal from either an AGP or a PCI card. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Posted by E on May 30, 2008, 10:17 pm
Please log in for more thread options
>>
> Try another PSU, or check all voltages present from PSU
> > I just tried a, "Demond Black Chrome 580W" PSU and got the same behavior. Boots into Windows but no signal from an AGP card. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Posted by Mike Ruskai on May 30, 2008, 6:01 pm
Please log in for more thread options On or about Thu, 29 May 2008 21:19:12 -0400 did E
[snip] >My current thinking is that the AGP slot has failed. I didn't see
>any obvious blown capacitors around the AGP slot. I may try a >third AGP card in the slot before I go to something else. If this >is the case, I will have to change out the mainboard, maybe even >consider building another system from scratch. The user is tight >on funds now, so I may have to find a good working replacement >mainboard. It certainly sounds like a failure of the AGP bus, based on what you say. I'd take a good look at the thermal situation before putting it back together with a new MB. -- - Mike Ignore the Python in me to send e-mail. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Similar Threads | Posted |
| AGP slot failure? Asus P4P800SE | May 29, 2008, 9:19 pm |
| p4p800se & USB Problem | February 4, 2006, 11:11 pm |
| Need help w/ RAM slot ID. See attachment GIF. - mb.GIF (0/1) | August 31, 2005, 11:55 am |
| pci card into pci-x/express slot | February 9, 2005, 12:24 pm |
| I need a socket A motherboard with a ISA slot? | April 12, 2005, 2:36 pm |
| Asus A8N-SLI Premium Vs. Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe | May 24, 2006, 12:10 am |
| Maximum RAM per slot on a AZZA PT-810DTC motherboard | June 18, 2005, 9:53 am |
| What is the Fastest MHz/GHz Clock Speed For the Intel P3 Slot 1 Processor/CPU? | June 23, 2007, 11:43 pm |
| Pending HD failure | August 14, 2005, 11:28 am |
| ECS K1N Extreme - failure or not? | July 8, 2008, 11:09 am |
| Help: Book Disk Failure | March 14, 2005, 9:25 am |
| Help: Boot Disk Failure | March 14, 2005, 9:49 am |
| Mouse cursor failure | April 22, 2005, 2:46 am |
| can Heatsink/Fan cause CPU/motherboard failure? | July 30, 2006, 10:08 am |
| Upgrade Asus A8V Deluxe to Asus M2N SLi Deluxe worth it? | October 24, 2007, 4:04 pm |
>
> I have PC where an AGP video card stopped sending a signal to a flat
> screen monitor in the middle of playing the Sims 2. The video card and
> flat screen monitor where linked via a standard VGA cable. The user says
> that the screen froze, or went black in the middle of a game. This
> happened only an hour after installing the game. The machine now has no
> display, during POST, or booted into full graphics mode. Before I
> troubleshooted anything, I knew it was properly booting into Windows
> because I could hear it through the speakers.
>
> This is an Asus P4P800SE motherboard, with an e-GeForce 7600GS, 256MB DDR2
> AGP video card.
>
> To troubleshoot, I connected the PC to a known working CRT monitor, and
> also changed out the AGP video card. No signal in either attempt. I did
> however get a PCI S3 video card to work, and then checked out a few things
> in Windows. The machine did not 'crash' or blue screen per say, so it did
> not leave a minidump file. There is nothing wrong in device manager.
> Nothing of relevance in the system logs. It is interesting to note that if
> an AGP card, and the old PCI S3 video card are installed in the system
> together, there will still be no signal from the PCI S3. It must be by
> itself.
>
> My current thinking is that the AGP slot has failed. I didn't see any
> obvious blown capacitors around the AGP slot. I may try a third AGP card
> in the slot before I go to something else. If this is the case, I will
> have to change out the mainboard, maybe even consider building another
> system from scratch. The user is tight on funds now, so I may have to find
> a good working replacement mainboard.
>
> Thanks in advance
>