[Leaplist] so, dead nv part?

[Kevin Korb]

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Those are all good suggestions especially re-seating the AGP card.  Those
things are way more picky than PCI cards in my experience.

I just wanted to point out that they still make AGP video cards.  I bought
one not long ago.  They just don't make them in the latest greatest
chipsets.

The last time I had a power failure one of my AGP video cards was dead
when it came back :(  And yes, that system was on an APC SmartUPS.

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:23:46 -0800 (PST)
"Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:
> Things to attempt ...  
> - Reset the video cable (just-in-case)  
> - Reset the AGP card  
> - Try another power supply  
> 
> -- Bryan
> 
> P.S.  Guess what?  I have an extra GeForce 6800GT 256MiB AGP
> if you're interested.  Not, 6600GT, but a nice, 2x butt-kicking
> 6800GT.  ;)
> 
> I bought right when they came out for $399 some 6 years ago, so
> they work with _older_ AGP boards.  I.e., it an original NV40, older than
> the NV43 (6600GT), which came out later.  ;)
> 
> Iwas going to give it to my brother a few years ago (in an old Athlon
> XP2600+ system), but he's happy with a far more simple Xbox 360
> I gave him.
> 
> I haven't sold it because it's not worth selling when you can get a
> 7800GT or 9600GT for under $100 with better performance.  At the
> same time, it's an unique AGP part that is hard to find.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jason Boxman <jasonb at edseek.com>
> 
> So I was playing BF2, minding my own business, when I arrived at some of
> the oddest distortions I'd ever seen the game produce, at which point it
> locked up.  (Some of the graphics overlays disappeared, which never
> happens during normal play.)
> 
> Now, the Windows start up logo doesn't look quite right, with some
> slightly noticeable oddness in the logo (a handful of out of place
> orange dots) and it never makes it any further with the display going
> dark.
> 
> I'm going to guess the nv part up and died.  The fan still works, so I
> don't think it overheated.  Have to find and pop in a Linux live CD to
> be sure, but it seems pretty hosed.
> 
> Figures.  It's an old AGP based board, too.  Can't afford to upgrade to
> replace it with a PCIe card, so it seems I'm done unless my old 6600GT
> still works...
> 


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