- Apr 30, 2012
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Ok so yesterday I was working on my computer(disconnected, no power),and upon fiddling in my system, the tip of my magnetic screwdriver just barely tapped the card. I freaked as it is super expensive, I immediately studied the pcb.
Fortunately there was absolutely no visible damage but I was super worried nonetheless, because thats just how I am.
When I put the pc back together and powered on, the graphics card would crash after a user would sign into windows(horizontal lines or blank screen). I connected through the motherboards vga ports, and the display worked perfectly, allowing me to navigate windows. In device manager, My card was still showing up as working, however their was a yellow question mark under "other" that was labeled as "simple pci communications device".
I reset the pc, and the graphics card now worked while I was IN windows. Under device manager, the " simple pci communications" yelow question mark still remained. After uninstalling and reinstalling some ati drivers, the yellow question mark dissapeared, and my graphics card appears to be running normally....I think/hope.
Other than tapping it by accident with a screwdriver. I simply removed the card and put it back into the computer while organizing my psu cables. What i am trying to figure out is if I did not do any damage to the gpu, what caused this graphical mishap? Dust in the pcie slot is a long shot
Thanks in advance for your input. Even though everything appears to be working fine, I am very curious as to what went wrong and cant figure it out.
asrock z77 extreme4
Intel i5 3570k
asus amd radeon 7870 directcu ii
corsair tx750
g-skill jigsaw 8gb
Fortunately there was absolutely no visible damage but I was super worried nonetheless, because thats just how I am.
When I put the pc back together and powered on, the graphics card would crash after a user would sign into windows(horizontal lines or blank screen). I connected through the motherboards vga ports, and the display worked perfectly, allowing me to navigate windows. In device manager, My card was still showing up as working, however their was a yellow question mark under "other" that was labeled as "simple pci communications device".
I reset the pc, and the graphics card now worked while I was IN windows. Under device manager, the " simple pci communications" yelow question mark still remained. After uninstalling and reinstalling some ati drivers, the yellow question mark dissapeared, and my graphics card appears to be running normally....I think/hope.
Other than tapping it by accident with a screwdriver. I simply removed the card and put it back into the computer while organizing my psu cables. What i am trying to figure out is if I did not do any damage to the gpu, what caused this graphical mishap? Dust in the pcie slot is a long shot
Thanks in advance for your input. Even though everything appears to be working fine, I am very curious as to what went wrong and cant figure it out.
asrock z77 extreme4
Intel i5 3570k
asus amd radeon 7870 directcu ii
corsair tx750
g-skill jigsaw 8gb
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