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<blockquote data-quote="Redrobes" data-source="post: 3049744" data-attributes="member: 40793"><p>Not necessarily true at this point but I would get that card out, hold it with an earthed hand (lean on the case with the mains power lead plugged into PSU) and look at it real close with a magnifier or gem of true seeing. Wobble the big components and see if there is any play - esp that big molex connector and big capacitors - but basically all of them. Do it lightly - we dont want to rip components off of it ! Use a wooden toothpick if its small but not a pin, needle, or sharp knife (yes I really -was- that dumb once).</p><p></p><p>Its possible its something completely unrelated, it could be the power lead to the video card, it could be a semi conductor failure like a blown tranny (no snickering at the back !) which means its a write off, but its also quite likely that its a dry solder joint which could be very cheap to fix.</p><p></p><p>Be careful - or rather dont go probing with a resistance meter around on the board tho to check for dry joints. There is a voltage / current coming out of the meter probes. Unless you know how big it is, it might be too big. Some of the cheap ones just dump the 9V battery onto the probes and measure the current flow to get resistance. 9V is waaay to big. You could try measuring the voltage on the power input molex when its powered up and running a 3D benchmark. If either 5V and 12V are not there its the lead else lead is ok. If its low then it might not be the video card at all.</p><p></p><p>You should use a lead that goes directly to the PSU for the video card power connector without anything else on it not one thats just at the end of a power chain running to DVD drives / HD's, the kettle etc...</p><p></p><p>Basically, your PSU is fine and your 2D desktop graphics is fine also so the power coming up via the PCIe or AGP is fine and (crucially) your graphics card chip (GPU) is also fine. It just has to be something between the start of any extension video power lead and the end of the video card power supply.</p><p></p><p>Well, hope all this helps and you figure it out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Redrobes, post: 3049744, member: 40793"] Not necessarily true at this point but I would get that card out, hold it with an earthed hand (lean on the case with the mains power lead plugged into PSU) and look at it real close with a magnifier or gem of true seeing. Wobble the big components and see if there is any play - esp that big molex connector and big capacitors - but basically all of them. Do it lightly - we dont want to rip components off of it ! Use a wooden toothpick if its small but not a pin, needle, or sharp knife (yes I really -was- that dumb once). Its possible its something completely unrelated, it could be the power lead to the video card, it could be a semi conductor failure like a blown tranny (no snickering at the back !) which means its a write off, but its also quite likely that its a dry solder joint which could be very cheap to fix. Be careful - or rather dont go probing with a resistance meter around on the board tho to check for dry joints. There is a voltage / current coming out of the meter probes. Unless you know how big it is, it might be too big. Some of the cheap ones just dump the 9V battery onto the probes and measure the current flow to get resistance. 9V is waaay to big. You could try measuring the voltage on the power input molex when its powered up and running a 3D benchmark. If either 5V and 12V are not there its the lead else lead is ok. If its low then it might not be the video card at all. You should use a lead that goes directly to the PSU for the video card power connector without anything else on it not one thats just at the end of a power chain running to DVD drives / HD's, the kettle etc... Basically, your PSU is fine and your 2D desktop graphics is fine also so the power coming up via the PCIe or AGP is fine and (crucially) your graphics card chip (GPU) is also fine. It just has to be something between the start of any extension video power lead and the end of the video card power supply. Well, hope all this helps and you figure it out. [/QUOTE]
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