Hi,
A few weeks ago my trusty old 6800 (AGP) just stopped working for no apparant reason, I was gutted, cos it cost me £200 when they first came out. I tried removing it and putting it back in several times, but it would not work, so I put another older graphics card in the PC, and it booted up no problem.
A few days ago I gave the 6800 to a freind to test for me, the bloody thing worked, so I brought the card home today, put it back in my computer, but still nothing. I then put the older graphics card in, and that worked fine. I did this several times and always got the same result.
As it happens Iv got an old AGP computer that I havent used in ages, so I brought it back from retirement to test the 6800 out. Both the graphics cards worked fine in the old computer, so I tried them both in my main PC again, the older graphics card works fine, but the 6800 just will not work in my main PC. Iv tried fitting it tons of times in both machines, always with the same results.
I shone a torch inside the AGP port to make sure there's no dirt in there, but its clean. Iv removed all but the essential components from my main PC, but the problem remains. Iv been fixing PC's for years, I cant remember the last time I needed help fixing one, but Im totally out of ideas, and my head is really starting to hurt.
Has anyone any idea what the problem might be???
Cheers.
A few weeks ago my trusty old 6800 (AGP) just stopped working for no apparant reason, I was gutted, cos it cost me £200 when they first came out. I tried removing it and putting it back in several times, but it would not work, so I put another older graphics card in the PC, and it booted up no problem.
A few days ago I gave the 6800 to a freind to test for me, the bloody thing worked, so I brought the card home today, put it back in my computer, but still nothing. I then put the older graphics card in, and that worked fine. I did this several times and always got the same result.
As it happens Iv got an old AGP computer that I havent used in ages, so I brought it back from retirement to test the 6800 out. Both the graphics cards worked fine in the old computer, so I tried them both in my main PC again, the older graphics card works fine, but the 6800 just will not work in my main PC. Iv tried fitting it tons of times in both machines, always with the same results.
I shone a torch inside the AGP port to make sure there's no dirt in there, but its clean. Iv removed all but the essential components from my main PC, but the problem remains. Iv been fixing PC's for years, I cant remember the last time I needed help fixing one, but Im totally out of ideas, and my head is really starting to hurt.
Has anyone any idea what the problem might be???
Cheers.
