My dad recently noticed that my old dell dimension 4550 (which I have modded btw) was not displaying anything on the monitor.
So, I took a look at it and determined that my Sapphire x800 GTO AGP gfx card is the culprit. When I turn on the system, the gpu fan goes to max when it is usually dropped down within a few seconds to 40% at most.
Now, it will NOT display diddly squat on two different monitors on two different ports (dvi and vga). the other issue is the computer is not loading windows at all. I believe it's doing nothing and the hard drive light stays lit....
Luckily, i have the old mx 420 that came with it. But, i would prefer to have the gto in it.
this system has:
p4 @2.4ghz
1280 mb ram (256 original, 1024 mb newer stick)
a 420 watt psu (upgraded from a dell psu)
Sapphire x800 gto (upgraded from an old mx 420)
Now i know this system is four years old, but it works fine for my parents. I am going to check tomorrow on any warranty from sapphire on the card. And I did buy the card from newegg. I don't know what warranty (if any ) it has, but I will check..
I can and will test the gto on another computer (friend's), but until now, does anyone have any ideas?
Thank you soooo much...
T
So, I took a look at it and determined that my Sapphire x800 GTO AGP gfx card is the culprit. When I turn on the system, the gpu fan goes to max when it is usually dropped down within a few seconds to 40% at most.
Now, it will NOT display diddly squat on two different monitors on two different ports (dvi and vga). the other issue is the computer is not loading windows at all. I believe it's doing nothing and the hard drive light stays lit....
Luckily, i have the old mx 420 that came with it. But, i would prefer to have the gto in it.
this system has:
p4 @2.4ghz
1280 mb ram (256 original, 1024 mb newer stick)
a 420 watt psu (upgraded from a dell psu)
Sapphire x800 gto (upgraded from an old mx 420)
Now i know this system is four years old, but it works fine for my parents. I am going to check tomorrow on any warranty from sapphire on the card. And I did buy the card from newegg. I don't know what warranty (if any ) it has, but I will check..
I can and will test the gto on another computer (friend's), but until now, does anyone have any ideas?
Thank you soooo much...
T