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Is my 9800 dead?

Uncle Toxie

Uncle Toxie

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Ok, I am in complete denial here and hoping for a miracle. The story goes like this, I got a 9800 Pro used, it has worked great for almost a month now. Day before yesterday I am on the machine all day working, turn it off about four to go to class, get back from class abount eleven thirty that night and turn it back on. Everything posts but just as the system is about to boot into the Windows welcome screen, the moniter light goes from green to amber, the machine reboots and I get a video post error. I restart a few times out of desperation and it comes back on just fine. The next morning when I fire it up to start work, get the video post errot beeps again. I can reseat the card and restart a few times and bring it online just long enough to post and when I hit Windows the cycle starts all over again. I am running a Athlon T-Bird 1.33 on an Epox mobo, the PSU is an Antec 300 watt. Oh yeah, I pulled off the HSF fan, cleaned up the goop and put on Arctic Silver 3. The previous owner had removed the HSF and replaced it with a custom job, the original was put back on when it was sold to me. I ordered a VGA Cooler in hopes that it was overheating and shutting down, still waiting for it to get here though. Again, any help would be greatly apreciated, I'm not sure what else to do to save it.
 
could be a dieing psu, or motherboard... time to switch out parts!

~Adam
 
Well I guess it's a good thing that I have that new mobo and chip on deck and ready to go, and now I have a good excuse to get a bigger PSU. It would be nice if it was that simple. Anyone else have an opinion? Thanks CleanSlate, I apreciate the advice!
 
I doubt it is your PSU, a 300W Antec is terrable, and a 9800Pro isnt the most demanding card. Here is what I would reccoemnd. When you get your cooler, try that, When you get your new board and CPU, try those. If still nothing, here is the best way to diagnose a power issue without a new PSU.

1.) Give the card a dedicated rail, does that help?

2.) Get into your BIOS, go to either PC Health Status or Power and Voltrages... check and make sure everything is running close to what it should be. 12 volt line should be around 12 volts, 5 volt line should be around that, 3.3 volt line should be around 3.3. If you are getting crazy voltages that could be the problem.

3.) Unplug everything but the video card, a hard drive, and case fans. If you have multiple hard drives, loose them. Loose your CD-Roms. Loose any lights if you have them. Just the essentials. See if that gets you farther into windows.
 
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