Dead AGP slot or something else?

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Charlie10Vet

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I have been experiencing problems with my GeForce TI 4600 AGP card for a while now. At first it started with some strange artifacts showing up on my screen, then intensified and at one point I couldn't even surf the web or play a game without seeing them. With the games, some textures and polygons etc would'nt show up. Anyway, I tried fixing the problem myself with new drivers, cooling the card more, making sure it was seated properly, but nothing worked. Eventually, nothing at all would show up on the screen whatsoever. I would boot it up, and nothing would come up on the monitor. I heard the computer go through its normal sounds and such so it must have been working ok otherwise. I got a new AGP card (GeForce 5200 AGP) to replace my old one, but I get the same problem. Right now I'm using an old 3DFX Voodoo 3 card in a PCI slot and it works fine. I have the GeForce 5200 card as secondary. Nothing shows up when i switch it to the main video card, but the computer still recognizes that its plugged in. I have a D850EMV2 Intel mobo, 2.53 GHz Pentium 4 processor, 1 gig ram, Win XP running. Can anyone help me?
 
It does sound like the AGP slot isnt workin so great although it also might be a (potential) PSU failure and the AGP slot not getting the power it needs. If you want, try a new PSU and if that, in conjunction with the GFX5200 that works, does not work still than you can definitely say its the mobo :)

If you dont want to get a new mobo you can try disabling some of the advanced AGP features in BIOS and maybe even run the card in AGP2X mode
 
I dunno, you'll have to look around to see about the AGP2X... it should be there somewhere (most boards have that option or a very similar one... im not familiar with Intel boards too much)
 
I posted this query in another forum and it was suggested that I clean the AGP slot with a spray cleaner. Is this sound advice? And if it is, what kind of cleaner should I use? I'm still looking for a way to switch it to 2x mode. Power shouldn't be a problem since it was able to support my other GeForce4 TI 4600 AGP card.
 
Give the air a try. Take out the 4600 totally and replace it with another agp card and make sure it isnt just that video card. If the problem is the same then its the mobo. Sounds like it was overheating which was what started the whole mess.
 
Air is worth a shot but I wouldnt think that to be a major concern since there isnt really a way for dust to interfere with the contacts while the card was originally in the slot but ya never know.

Take out the 4600 totally and replace it with another agp card and make sure it isnt just that video card
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Already done :D Does seem like the mobo :(
 
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