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Video card troubleshooting
I bought a new Asus 9500 GT video card to replace an aging no-name
6800. I installed it and its drivers, no problems whatsoever. Then I went to plug something in the USB expansion bay above it, it popped out of the tool-free case (grr) and shorted out the new card. I rebooted the system; it no longer detected the video card. I put the 6800 back in and returned the 9500 to the store. There were no more 9500's in stock, so I picked up a 9800 GT. I installed it into the case, and the system booted into Windows. It runs fine until I start something that requires 3D acceleration (including Windows Aero), then it immediately locks up the system hard. Same thing in Linux-- works until I enable wobbly windows or run glxgears... Thinking it was a power issue, I hacked together a dedicated power supply for it. With that, it freezes before booting Windows and shows the same symptoms as before in Linux. I tested on another motherboard and it works fine. Have I fried my PCI-e slot? Does anyone know of any hardware-based method to test it? Googling tells me there isn't software that can test it, although I've run a video memory test with the old card and it came up ok. The 6800 still works, and is PCI-e as well. The possibly borked motherboard is an MSI P43 Neo3-F. -- Alec I am pro skub. |
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