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PC was fine last night - this morning no signal to monitor. At boot up (Windows XP Pro), HDD indicator light flashes on, Rom Drive lights flash on, no signal to monitor.
I replaced the Power Supply (had a spare on hand). Same results as above.
I found that the ...
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PC was fine last night - this morning no signal to monitor. At boot up (Windows XP Pro), HDD indicator light flashes on, Rom Drive lights flash on, no signal to monitor.
I replaced the Power Supply (had a spare on hand). Same results as above. I found that the Video Card (Radeon 9800 Pro) cooling fan had completely broken loose from the heat sink. I replaced the broken Video Card Cooler with a Zalman VF700 Cooler (also happened to have that on hand). Same results as above. I temporarily replaced the HDD with an old one I had (I think it's working OK). Same results as above. Question: If the Video Card is shot, should the PC still boot to Windows (which it isn't doing) or could the problem be the CPU AMD Athlon 64 3200+) or the Motherboard? |
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No it will not. It sounds like you cooked it, fans are on there for a reason. I would swap that and go from there.
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I do a fair amount of work with graphics programs with some fairly large file sizes. The Radeon 9800 Pro seemed to work fine for my uses. Should I go with another Radeon 9800 Pro (upgraded from 128 MB to 256 MB), or can you suggest a better Video Card in that approx., or slightly higher, price range? |
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Carbon would be the best person to ask, i'll give him a nudge, his hardware knowledge is exceptional.
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I'll wait to see if Carbon responds. Again, many thanks. |
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No problem, glad to help.
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What exactly is your price range?
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