video card on the fritz??

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:02 pm

Christ, buy a <a href="http://www.acortech.com/.sc/ms/dd/10726 ... 20OUT">new fuckin' AGP card for $11</a> and try it out. End of subject. If it works, the card is bad, if it doesn't try a new motherboard.

There. Stop wasting everyones time. There isn't much more you can do about it besides taking some action...

bum · Post by **bum** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:08 pm

and how the hell would you know if that supports the right agp modes as the buys mobo ?

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:11 pm

Because AGP modes are backwards compatible, and 8X mobo can goto 2X or 1X mode just fine. Also the modes mainly state how fast the AGP bus is, there is not any physical or major electrical changes to the cards.

The fact that the corruption is happening before he is in
Windows(before video drivers are loaded). Thus no advanced features of the card are being used 'cept simple VGA mode. Any card should do in his testing...

Bebop0083 · Post by **Bebop0083** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:17 am

im most likely going to have to replace the card that connects the monitor plug as well since the video card connects to it also(im guessing thats the network card: correct me if im wrong). does it matter what type it is for that or can i use any one as well?? any ways you've all been very helpful unlike that computer guy who was supposed to call back. hmmm. it seems ive found more answers here though. thanks for helping me get to the bottom of this situation.

Anime2Envy · Post by **Anime2Envy** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:33 am

im most likely going to have to replace the card that connects the monitor plug as well since the video card connects to it also(im guessing thats the network card: correct me if im wrong). does it matter what type it is for that or can i use any one as well?? any ways you've all been very helpful unlike that computer guy who was supposed to call back. hmmm. it seems ive found more answers here though. thanks for helping me get to the bottom of this situation

I have no idea what the hell you are talking about. The video card should be a card in a brown slot parallel to some white slots. The video card it self should extend out the back of the case so that your monitor cable can plug into it. The card should not connect to anything else at all. The only exception I can think of is if you have an old voodoo2 that goes into a PCI slot and has the main video card running though it, if that is the case...well I am sorry.

That is if everything conforms to ATX standards. If you have some POS Compaq, or HP or something that’s not ATX compliant then you are just fucked.

EVERYONE should have basic PC hardware knowledge. Start here It's not hard.

bum · Post by **bum** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:00 am

klinky wrote:Because AGP modes are backwards compatible, and 8X mobo can goto 2X or 1X mode just fine. Also the modes mainly state how fast the AGP bus is, there is not any physical or major electrical changes to the cards.

yes but thier not forwards compatible. a 8x card will fry on a 4x agp

SS5_Majin_Bebi · Post by **SS5_Majin_Bebi** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 3:35 am

Bebop0083 wrote:im most likely going to have to replace the card that connects the monitor plug as well since the video card connects to it also(im guessing thats the network card: correct me if im wrong). does it matter what type it is for that or can i use any one as well?? any ways you've all been very helpful unlike that computer guy who was supposed to call back. hmmm. it seems ive found more answers here though. thanks for helping me get to the bottom of this situation.

This is sad!! Why on earth would the monitor be plugged into the network card? Dude, you shouldnt even open your case unless you know exactly what it is you're looking at, and how to move or replace it.

Get a book entitled "PC's For Dummies". No, I'm not insulting you, the book is actually entitled that, and its one in a long line of ".... For Dummies" books. I got it for free the other day when I got a new CD burner. (although I didnt need it, haha... I could teach the author a few things.) and I also have "Guitar For Dummies" lying around somewhere. Its bright yellow and about two inches thick. It has some base-level knowledge in it that you obviously don't know.

Anime2Envy · Post by **Anime2Envy** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:38 am

yes but thier not forwards compatible. a 8x card will fry on a 4x agp

Thats not true, all 8X cards are backwards compatible. I am running a 8x GeforceFX at 4x on my Iwill DVD266-rn-u mobo.

The only time that I have ever had an AGP issue was while trying to run a 2x card on my Tyan Tiger mobo. The Tiger ONLY supportes 4x cards, This however is VERY rare, only like 4 or 5 mobos ever did this.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:58 pm

It's possible his card may be onboard. If that's the case you CANNOT replace it. You can however get another video card, stick it in and use it.

Seriously though, you need to figure out what you're looking @, because I really have no clue what you're talking about...

A book would probably be a good idea...

bum · Post by **bum** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:09 am

oh my fucking god look im about 99.666% sure that a new vid card will fix the problem, and allthough you cant take it out, you can just disable it in the bios, which would usualy happen automaticaly as soon as ya plug in the card