nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 dead??

xBoom

xBoom

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One day.. I was cleaning the video card's heatsink. After I put it back.. !!!! I can't see anything while I boot up my comp but there's signal from the monitor. Using the buttons on my monitor it says the current resolution is 720x400 at 70Hz. Nothing really there! Only black screen. What should I do? Now I'm using my bro's GeForce MX 32MB. Freakin slow to play Quake 4 with lowest quality available (around 5 FPS).

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The monitor's default vga setting is the 720x400 seen there. You probably didn't seat the card properly. If you are not hearing more then a single short default beep when first turning on the system and the post tests are about to begin that would be the thing to look at. If you are hearing a long beep followed by two short beep sounds the card is toast. It may have even been from esd when handing if it simply didn't give out at that time.
 
PC eye said:
The monitor's default vga setting is the 720x400 seen there. You probably didn't seat the card properly. If you are not hearing more then a single short default beep when first turning on the system and the post tests are about to begin that would be the thing to look at. If you are hearing a long beep followed by two short beep sounds the card is toast. It may have even been from esd when handing if it simply didn't give out at that time.
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I seated my card properly..
EDIT: How do I hear the beeps?? I don't have the PC speaker.. ESD = ?
 
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I see something between the RAM chip's pin.. Maybe removing that will fix it, I'll post some updates
 
Saurian said:
Who cares, time for a new card anyways. :) 5200 is old school...I thought my 5900 was bad. :)
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Yes, I'm going to upgrade from GeForce 5200 to GeForce 6600 non-GT late October/early November (if my dad have money). I want to continue my gaming..
With GeForce 5200, I can play Quake 4 with High Quality (WOW! It's very crisp), Bump Maps ON, Specular ON at an average 25 FPS.
 
xBoom said:
Yes, I'm going to upgrade from GeForce 5200 to GeForce 6600 non-GT late October/early November (if my dad have money). I want to continue my gaming..
With GeForce 5200, I can play Quake 4 with High Quality (WOW! It's very crisp), Bump Maps ON, Specular ON at an average 25 FPS.
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Don't tell many around here you can play any game with high quality if it isn't a 7900GS or similar. That's asking for something there. :P

Wabt a new AGP now for a low price that will run most games at high quality settings while still being an AGP type card? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102458
 
Nah, I'm getting this instead: 3D Fuzion 3DFR66256 Geforce 6600 256MB 128-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X

GOOD NEWS! My old GeForce FX 5200 is online! I can enjoy it once again.
"How did/What did you do to get that card workin?"

xBoom's Believe it or not!

I put the whole card excluding nothing in water, let it dry for ~3 hours. Put the card back in and wow it works! Hang while running Quake 4 for the first time but everything is OK after a reboot. Runs better than before, lol.
 
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