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Sep 5, 2007 4:18 PM by
rgreen4
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The CPU has been hot, but not all that hot. I know that C2D chips put out a lot of heat, but I have an E6400 with the OEM heatsink and fan and only one rear fan in my HP system and it never gets too hot.
I am more concerned about the video card, especially the last two letters which indicate that either you or someone has over clocked the video card. Have you also overclocked the E6600 C2D CPU?
It sound similar to the results I got when I inadvertently loaded XP video drivers for my video card in Vista. Not Good, but not physically damaging either. No video, as the song said, the lights were on, but no body was home.
You might get this result from a failed video card. The machine is functioning, but no signal is getting out. It may be sending the carrier signal to the monitor, so you don't get the "check cable" message, but no video signal.
Since this MB requires a video card, do you have another video card that can be swapped in and tested? Preferably another nVidia so you don't get into an extreme driver issue because of the ATI/nVidia incompatability.
I am more concerned about the video card, especially the last two letters which indicate that either you or someone has over clocked the video card. Have you also overclocked the E6600 C2D CPU?
It sound similar to the results I got when I inadvertently loaded XP video drivers for my video card in Vista. Not Good, but not physically damaging either. No video, as the song said, the lights were on, but no body was home.
You might get this result from a failed video card. The machine is functioning, but no signal is getting out. It may be sending the carrier signal to the monitor, so you don't get the "check cable" message, but no video signal.
Since this MB requires a video card, do you have another video card that can be swapped in and tested? Preferably another nVidia so you don't get into an extreme driver issue because of the ATI/nVidia incompatability.
Motherboard?
In a normal Power On Self Test (POST) the lights on the keyboard and drives flash on then off, the the PC starts to boot.
It may also be the Power Supply. Other than swapping in a spare PSU and a spare Video card it will be very difficult to determine. Also only one component should be changed at a time.
The video card can possibly be "borrowed" from another machine to do a test. You are obviously using another machine to send the e-mails. If it has a compatible video card, you could use it for a test.
Other than swapping in components one at a time, we would just be speculating.
It may also be the Power Supply. Other than swapping in a spare PSU and a spare Video card it will be very difficult to determine. Also only one component should be changed at a time.
The video card can possibly be "borrowed" from another machine to do a test. You are obviously using another machine to send the e-mails. If it has a compatible video card, you could use it for a test.
Other than swapping in components one at a time, we would just be speculating.
Diagnosis
Some dedicated technicians may have diagnoseequipment, but I don't know of any way you can diagnose a problem on one computer from another.
You are right, a video card from a 2000 era computer will not go in a 2007 MB, unless you just happened to find one with AGP and bought an AGP card.
Your only other options are to see if you have any friends who have items in a spare or secondary computer that can be used as swap in tests, or to take it to a computer repair technician for testing.
Stay away from places like Best Buy and Circuit City, although since its not a manufactured PC and they don't have a factory store to send it to, its unlikely they will touch it.
You are right, a video card from a 2000 era computer will not go in a 2007 MB, unless you just happened to find one with AGP and bought an AGP card.
Your only other options are to see if you have any friends who have items in a spare or secondary computer that can be used as swap in tests, or to take it to a computer repair technician for testing.
Stay away from places like Best Buy and Circuit City, although since its not a manufactured PC and they don't have a factory store to send it to, its unlikely they will touch it.
Test Video Card
Yes, that is a PCIx16 card and it is even nVidia, so your current drivers may even work.
I know this is a long shot, but hook the monitor from your old computer to the new one and see if there is any image at all when you turn the computer on.
Lets also try a few more tests before you buy the card.
I know this is a long shot, but hook the monitor from your old computer to the new one and see if there is any image at all when you turn the computer on.
Lets also try a few more tests before you buy the card.
Re: Motherboard?
Gidoro - good to hear from you again, and glad you did manage to find a solution. I guess we were all giving the MB the benefit of the doubt. But one of the problems is that not too many people have spare MB's laying around. Of course not a whole lot more have spare video cards laying around.
If you have problems after you get the replacement MB, let us know.
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