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Title: NVidia 9800gt problem
Post by: noTch on October 13, 2010, 09:38:49 AM

Real quick, what the h, e, double hockey sticks would cause my Nvidia Geoforce 9800gt to work fine last night for the races then I turn it off, come home from work, hit the power button & find out the card has no output. I plug in my VGA cord to the onboard VGA and I have video. I check out the device manager & no 9800gt just the 6100 onboard shows.  Any clues?   will get a dxdiag later. Just fishing for something obvious while I eat breakfast.

Title: Re: NVidia 9800gt problem
Post by: columbus on October 13, 2010, 10:26:58 AM

either the card went bad or the PCI-e power has gone bad.

i would reset and try and if no go refer to my previous diagnose

Title: Re: NVidia 9800gt problem
Post by: Tigger29 on October 13, 2010, 11:44:08 AM

Remove and reinstall the card.

Also if there are any power connectors to the card, unplug and reinstall those as well.

If it still doesn't work, I would bet the card has failed (I *THINK* the device manager will still see the card, even if the power connector isn't plugged in but I'm not 100% on that one.)

Sometimes they just go bad.

Sometimes there can be a power surge while you have it off that can fry motherboard/video/power supply components.  Personally I keep mine on a power strip that I physically turn off when not in use.