Not sure what forum to put this in, thought general computer discussion would be best.
Hi
Been running my computer with an AGP X700 for just under a year (it needs a 4 pin floppy connector for power), and the past few days I've been getting random black screen crashes. Today the computer failed to boot at all (no Bios beeps). The fans all worked, the drives worked just no display and no booting.
Checked my motherboard for bad capacitors, never noticed any issues.
So I assumed it was the PSU, I was running a:
P4 2ghz, 512 ram, 2 HDs, DVD, CD, Sound on an old 235w Astec PSU.
So replaced it today with Fortron Source FSP350-60PN 350W. Same problem.
Then I removed all cards, it beeped. Then found the graphics card was the issue, replaced it with an Geforce MX I had lying about and it works perfectly.
Not been abusing it (overclocking etc), no artifacting, temp was fine (always below 70, idled at 50 or so).
The fan and heatsink on the card are going to be tough to get off without damaging something, but if possible I'll try and take it off to check the capacitors and stuff.
Hi
Been running my computer with an AGP X700 for just under a year (it needs a 4 pin floppy connector for power), and the past few days I've been getting random black screen crashes. Today the computer failed to boot at all (no Bios beeps). The fans all worked, the drives worked just no display and no booting.
Checked my motherboard for bad capacitors, never noticed any issues.
So I assumed it was the PSU, I was running a:
P4 2ghz, 512 ram, 2 HDs, DVD, CD, Sound on an old 235w Astec PSU.
So replaced it today with Fortron Source FSP350-60PN 350W. Same problem.
Then I removed all cards, it beeped. Then found the graphics card was the issue, replaced it with an Geforce MX I had lying about and it works perfectly.
Not been abusing it (overclocking etc), no artifacting, temp was fine (always below 70, idled at 50 or so).
The fan and heatsink on the card are going to be tough to get off without damaging something, but if possible I'll try and take it off to check the capacitors and stuff.
