Author Topic: Stone-age graphics card seems to have died...need help  (Read 881 times)

Offline Yossarian

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Re: Stone-age graphics card seems to have died...need help
« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2009, 04:13:31 PM »
I just did a brief check of the motherboard, and it seemed all ok.
Afk for a year or so.  The name of a gun turret in game.  Falanx, huh? :banana:
Apparently I'm in the 20th FG 'Loco Busters', or so the legend goes.
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Re: Stone-age graphics card seems to have died...need help
« Reply #16 on: May 13, 2009, 11:04:11 PM »
Discoloration of the motherboard near the powerside and the same issues with capacitors you already discovered on the graphics card are pretty good indications of a problem. You will want to remove the motherboard and check the bottom side too especially around the area that the AGP slot is and around the psu plug. Visual inspections are okay but not always revealing but if you see something obviously wrong...
If your good with a soldering iron, you can most likely be able to get the top popers at Radio Shack for about 1 to 4 bucs each

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Re: Stone-age graphics card seems to have died...need help
« Reply #17 on: May 18, 2009, 02:02:26 PM »
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Based on the CPU a lesser card might equal equal performance...$65
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102814



Could someone please tell me if the card above is the same as either of these (Newegg doesn't ship internationally...):
http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=341892&Tab=2&NoMapp=0
http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=330459&Tab=2&NoMapp=0

Thanks,
Yossarian
Afk for a year or so.  The name of a gun turret in game.  Falanx, huh? :banana:
Apparently I'm in the 20th FG 'Loco Busters', or so the legend goes.
O o
/Ż________________________
| IMMA FIRIN' MAH 75MM!!!
\_ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ