Recent content by daveuk100

yay success! It was indeed the motherboard that was to blame for my no-video issue. I replaced the mobo today with a similar spec one, and my pc now works fine. So in conclusion: 1) I believe the overall problem was that my PC was not protected by a surge protector or UPS...and that a...

Thanks slugger_2003 :) I just tried a new 650w PSU in the PC, and it did not solve the problem (still no picture on the monitor) - so I am now convinced it has to be the motherboard... I have a new mobo arriving tomorrow, so i'll post again tomorrow evening (hopefully with good news!).

Though it's always good to get confirmation from others :) I don't know if i'm correctly guessing the most "likely" cause....and it's always good to have this info posted for other in similar situations to find :)

Ok, so I feel like i'm talking to myself here :) but I will continue to post in case anyone else has similar problems in the future and needs a helping hand like I did... OK, I've ordered a replacement motherboard now (arriving Monday) - but in the meantime there has been a very interesting...

Well, bad news....today I received a new (cheap) PCI-E card to test with....and the result is the same No signs of life from the monitor (even though the monitor works fine if I switch it to another machine). This is really surprising, I was convinced the issue would be gfx...but I am now...

phew, thanks!

So the PCI-E 2.0 cards are backwards compatible with PCI-E x16 slots?

HI all, I have a Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra motherboard which supports PCI-E x16 ... but I have noticed that a lot of the new Geforce 8800 GT cards mention that they are "PCI-E 2.0" Question: WIll a Geforce 8800GT PCI-E 2.0 card work in my motherboard?? Thanks! -Dave

Hi all, I've had a Geforce 7800GT PCI-E card for around 1 year, and it has always worked perfectly. However, today I started to have problems (I haven't made any changes to my PC's hardware setup). Off the top of my head, I have: * Motherboard - Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra * Processor...