Hey all,
What kinds of things might a damaged AGP slot do?
I recently purchased a 9600pro after my Geforce2 pro crapped out on me (I think it had overheated b/c I was getting visual artifacts and the fan had failed when I opened the case.)
Anyway, the 9600pro has been lots of trouble too...see here. However, I tried it in another computer (with an ECS mobo) and the card worked fine. That is, I could play games on the other computer, but not on this one (it locks within a minute).
The odd thing is...on this (epox 8k7a computer, the card (the PCB of the card, not the heatsink) is about as warm as my CPU heatsink (MBM reports it at 43C)--in WINDOWS (idling). On the other computer (ECS k7s5a), the PCB & heastsink are both very cool...like almost as if they were off, even though I was running Medieval: Total War (a game that crashes on this box).
So I tried a Matrox PCI card and a ATI AGP (Rage IIC) in a ECS K7S5a computer and this one (Epox 8K7A). On this computer, the ATi card ran noticeably hot, about as much as the 9600pro--PCB was hotter than heatsink. On the ECS, the Rage is doing just fine, cool to the touch. On the ECS, the Matrox was a little warm (it's fanless); on the Epox, it's about the same, maybe a little warmer (probably due to the fact that the ECS runs a 1.2 duron and this is a 1.33 thunderbird).
I ran the same drivers for both computers. I also tested a variety of drivers on the Epox to try and resolve the instability in games.
I also swapped the power supplies between the two computers, noting that the problems persisted regardless of power supply.
The AGP voltages are at default--not increased. The AGP busses are not overclocked on either machine.
Is there anything else I should be looking at? Or is this epox board probably on its way out?
What kinds of things might a damaged AGP slot do?
I recently purchased a 9600pro after my Geforce2 pro crapped out on me (I think it had overheated b/c I was getting visual artifacts and the fan had failed when I opened the case.)
Anyway, the 9600pro has been lots of trouble too...see here. However, I tried it in another computer (with an ECS mobo) and the card worked fine. That is, I could play games on the other computer, but not on this one (it locks within a minute).
The odd thing is...on this (epox 8k7a computer, the card (the PCB of the card, not the heatsink) is about as warm as my CPU heatsink (MBM reports it at 43C)--in WINDOWS (idling). On the other computer (ECS k7s5a), the PCB & heastsink are both very cool...like almost as if they were off, even though I was running Medieval: Total War (a game that crashes on this box).
So I tried a Matrox PCI card and a ATI AGP (Rage IIC) in a ECS K7S5a computer and this one (Epox 8K7A). On this computer, the ATi card ran noticeably hot, about as much as the 9600pro--PCB was hotter than heatsink. On the ECS, the Rage is doing just fine, cool to the touch. On the ECS, the Matrox was a little warm (it's fanless); on the Epox, it's about the same, maybe a little warmer (probably due to the fact that the ECS runs a 1.2 duron and this is a 1.33 thunderbird).
I ran the same drivers for both computers. I also tested a variety of drivers on the Epox to try and resolve the instability in games.
I also swapped the power supplies between the two computers, noting that the problems persisted regardless of power supply.
The AGP voltages are at default--not increased. The AGP busses are not overclocked on either machine.
Is there anything else I should be looking at? Or is this epox board probably on its way out?
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