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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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Old 14th Apr 2009, 13:06
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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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Old 14th Apr 2009, 13:54
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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?
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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Old 14th Apr 2009, 16:14
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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?
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.
Thanks Hybr!d.

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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Old 14th Apr 2009, 17:12
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Carbon would be the best person to ask, i'll give him a nudge, his hardware knowledge is exceptional.
Thanks Hybr!d. You were dead right. I got my lazy arse to pull a Vid Card (Radeon 8500) from my spare PC and installed that as a temp. Everything working fine.

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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