Yesterday, I finally got round to installing a CD-Rewriter and, as usual, when I'm installing something, I dropped a screw into the case. I had to shake it about a little to find it, finally retrieved it, put everything back together and plugged it all in. I turn it on, and am greeted with the message: "Monitor OK, check PC and cable". Everything else is working fine, PC passes POST and boots, so I shut down and unplug everything, when I get to the Graphics card, clunk! It falls to the bottom of the case! By now, I'm thinking this may be the problem, so I shove it back into the slot, secure the screw with Blu-tac, top and bottom (I think the previous owner had it secured with a standoff, so even case screws are too small). I get everything screwed and plugged in again, and I am greeted with the same message. So now I come to my question: How hard is it to kill a Graphics card? (GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB)
Hmm it shouldn't be that easy to kill… Are you 100% it's plugged in properly now and all relevant power cables etc are plugged in? Maybe the card just withered up and died from old age? Ever needed a bigger hint to upgrade?
hard to kill a GF2 tbh,those things are pretty in destructable i've got about 5 kicking around, still working does it work in another comp?
Ds3, I'm gonna check when I get back home. TMM, I'm checking that out tomorrow. If it is dead, I'm getting a GeForce 4 128 off a mate, see if I can haggle down to a tenner
Ignore the nonsencical extra words, if there are any. It works! all I did was take it out for a while (the length of the England-Switzerland game) and put it back in!
Personally, I think you should get a new video card anyway What do you do with that thing? Play Alien Versus Predator One and Unreal Tournament One as your primary 3D games at low resolutions?
Just get a new card. The 4000 series is getting a tad on the older side. If the card really is dead then don't nickel and dime it. Go all in and get a higher end video card.
haha you guys are funny! i got a Geforce2 Ultra 64mbDDR! and guess what? i get doom3 at a steady 12fps! PUNKS! was $300 when i bought it SUCKAS! lol. im waiting for the x800's... waste of time with a 9800. not even gonna waste my time with new hardware until 939\pci-e
I plays UT 2004 at normal, with decals and foliage, and some other things I can't remember off the top of my head. HALO was ok, but a bit harder on the GPU that UT, and I'll get around to trying that Doom 3 demo someday. As for upgrades, I'll see after the Summer Hols (damn near twelve weeks off!)
