Hi,
So I shipped my computer back from school, and it no longer boots. More specifically, the post process halts at the VGA checking.
My card is an XFX HD5870. I've had some problems with my video cards before and this is the second RMAd card. The XFX folks suggested that something else in my computer might be the problem though as they said the cards tested okay.
Anywho, I was wondering if anybody had any ideas here? If I take out the card entirely and try to boot, I get the one long three short beep pattern indicating AGP probe failure. With the card in, I get nothing. I've tried resetting the CMOS, including leaving the battery out for a while.
So, I was thinking:
Would it work to go to Best Buy, buy a card to test my computer with, and then return it? I'm trying like crazy to find somebody with a desktop computer, but I'm the only gamer in my friend group and I can't find a rig to swap parts with.
Has anybody ever tried this?
Thanks!
So I shipped my computer back from school, and it no longer boots. More specifically, the post process halts at the VGA checking.
My card is an XFX HD5870. I've had some problems with my video cards before and this is the second RMAd card. The XFX folks suggested that something else in my computer might be the problem though as they said the cards tested okay.
Anywho, I was wondering if anybody had any ideas here? If I take out the card entirely and try to boot, I get the one long three short beep pattern indicating AGP probe failure. With the card in, I get nothing. I've tried resetting the CMOS, including leaving the battery out for a while.
So, I was thinking:
Would it work to go to Best Buy, buy a card to test my computer with, and then return it? I'm trying like crazy to find somebody with a desktop computer, but I'm the only gamer in my friend group and I can't find a rig to swap parts with.
Has anybody ever tried this?
Thanks!