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Second hand gf4... worked wonderfully for a couple of days.
Out new years eve, came back this afternoon on a really hot day, sat down at the computer. Quitely browsing forums, screen goes blank. Reset, there's strange artifacts on the screen. Posts fine, lilo screen has 'dirty' pixels all over it.
WinXP starts loading, a few artifacts on the screen. Get to what I assume is the login screen, no background, just the mouse cursor. Can move the mouse cursor around just fine... just nothing appears behind it.
Turned it off, let it cool (air temp in here was over 30 degrees), restart, same problem. Take card out, let it cool again, put it back in, still same problem. Rinse and repeat, problem stays.
Got a 32mb tnt2 in here again... it's not pretty
Is there much of anything that I can do with the gf4? Aside from a few artifacts, it does work fine until the login screen appears for winXP... even then there's still a mouse cursor. Any clues as to what could be causing this or possible remedies... or do I have to choose between the tnt2 or voodoo5 again?
Card is an Abit Siluro Nvidia Ti-4200 128MB.
Out new years eve, came back this afternoon on a really hot day, sat down at the computer. Quitely browsing forums, screen goes blank. Reset, there's strange artifacts on the screen. Posts fine, lilo screen has 'dirty' pixels all over it.
WinXP starts loading, a few artifacts on the screen. Get to what I assume is the login screen, no background, just the mouse cursor. Can move the mouse cursor around just fine... just nothing appears behind it.
Turned it off, let it cool (air temp in here was over 30 degrees), restart, same problem. Take card out, let it cool again, put it back in, still same problem. Rinse and repeat, problem stays.
Got a 32mb tnt2 in here again... it's not pretty
Is there much of anything that I can do with the gf4? Aside from a few artifacts, it does work fine until the login screen appears for winXP... even then there's still a mouse cursor. Any clues as to what could be causing this or possible remedies... or do I have to choose between the tnt2 or voodoo5 again?Card is an Abit Siluro Nvidia Ti-4200 128MB.