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Hey guys,
Is it possible to get absolutely no power to your computer when you put in a POS video card? My bro got a geforce 4 TI4200 AGP8x a few months ago, and his computr has been acting up since. I went to the extent of getting a new motherboard for him, because I didnt know the problem may rely on the video card.
I took the video card home to put into my computer and check it out. I get into windows, and notice that there are a few lines through like the screen. I update the drivers, and try to get it all setup to do dual monitors with it, but it was really slow and jittery, and then it said something like "internal conflict, be sure to save all your work right now" or something like that. I clicked OK (at this point, the resolution was like 800x600 and like black and white everything) So i just hit the power button. I go over, unplug the two VGA's from the video card, and take out the video card. Put back in my geforce3 agp and geforce4 PCI and turn back on the powerstrip, push the power button, and nothing.
Not even the flicker of the CPU fan. Absolutely nothing. I checked the cords and everything is in right. I even went to the extent of putting back in the ti4200 AGP and still nothing. Could this VIDEO card have shorted out my motherboard? Or what do you guys think happend? I checked the connection from the power button the motherboard, and it never moved. Everything is just like it use to be, and still no power. =-O
Is it possible to get absolutely no power to your computer when you put in a POS video card? My bro got a geforce 4 TI4200 AGP8x a few months ago, and his computr has been acting up since. I went to the extent of getting a new motherboard for him, because I didnt know the problem may rely on the video card.
I took the video card home to put into my computer and check it out. I get into windows, and notice that there are a few lines through like the screen. I update the drivers, and try to get it all setup to do dual monitors with it, but it was really slow and jittery, and then it said something like "internal conflict, be sure to save all your work right now" or something like that. I clicked OK (at this point, the resolution was like 800x600 and like black and white everything) So i just hit the power button. I go over, unplug the two VGA's from the video card, and take out the video card. Put back in my geforce3 agp and geforce4 PCI and turn back on the powerstrip, push the power button, and nothing.
Not even the flicker of the CPU fan. Absolutely nothing. I checked the cords and everything is in right. I even went to the extent of putting back in the ti4200 AGP and still nothing. Could this VIDEO card have shorted out my motherboard? Or what do you guys think happend? I checked the connection from the power button the motherboard, and it never moved. Everything is just like it use to be, and still no power. =-O