- Aug 23, 2010
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Not new to the forums .. just forgot my password from 10 years ago on both ID's. Built my last machine in '01 .. OK, here's what we have. At a local auction over the weekend were several computers. I knew I'd score them cheap as the area is a retirement area and very non-computer. First computer came up, an old homebuilt 1.8 P4 .. went for $5, 2nd up was a new Gateway FX laptop, nice and it went for $300, 3rd up was a killer Gateway FX6801-1 (i7-950, 9Gb ddr3 1Gb video card and a 1Tb HD). Came with a Dell 2209wa .. I opened the bid for $100, a lady in a wheel chair went $125, I came right back at $150 ... and the room was silent !!! Auctioneer dropped the hammer and I had to go right to the rest room and clean up not believing that I bought that for a buck and a half !! (works fine)
Now the problem machine. Next up was a newer homebuilt. Quick look-at before the auction (nothing was plugged in.. it's a real auction) and I could see a newer Asus MB with piping cooled bridges, huge CPU cooling fan with copper piping, big video card and 3 hard drives .. it also came with a Dell 2209wa. Long story, short .. bought it for $100. Hooked it up and she boots but no video. So I did the following. Reset the video card, confirmed all jumpers and voltage settings .. still no video on boot. I then cleared the CMOS and nothing .. next shot I tried tapping the video card when booting and BANG .. video. I went right to bios to rest time and date and check settings .. it's a 2.6 FX-60 AMD 64, 300Gb 15k Seagate, 150Gb 10k WD and a 74Gb 10k WD. Set everything and went to reboot and ... again .. no video ...
I have no way to test the video card (it's an MSI NX6800GT) .. should I just buy a $30 card on eBay for testing .. I know this could also be a mother board problem .. Any test flow chart or similar that would help me get to the problem? Or have I pretty much covered the basics and I need to get a known good card? No, I am not taking the the card from the FX6801 as it wouldn't fit .. but sitting here thinking, I could try the MSI card in the FX machine .. any thoughts on how I should proceed? .. Thank you for your time .. Frank, .. in the Arizona desert
Not new to the forums .. just forgot my password from 10 years ago on both ID's. Built my last machine in '01 .. OK, here's what we have. At a local auction over the weekend were several computers. I knew I'd score them cheap as the area is a retirement area and very non-computer. First computer came up, an old homebuilt 1.8 P4 .. went for $5, 2nd up was a new Gateway FX laptop, nice and it went for $300, 3rd up was a killer Gateway FX6801-1 (i7-950, 9Gb ddr3 1Gb video card and a 1Tb HD). Came with a Dell 2209wa .. I opened the bid for $100, a lady in a wheel chair went $125, I came right back at $150 ... and the room was silent !!! Auctioneer dropped the hammer and I had to go right to the rest room and clean up not believing that I bought that for a buck and a half !! (works fine)
Now the problem machine. Next up was a newer homebuilt. Quick look-at before the auction (nothing was plugged in.. it's a real auction) and I could see a newer Asus MB with piping cooled bridges, huge CPU cooling fan with copper piping, big video card and 3 hard drives .. it also came with a Dell 2209wa. Long story, short .. bought it for $100. Hooked it up and she boots but no video. So I did the following. Reset the video card, confirmed all jumpers and voltage settings .. still no video on boot. I then cleared the CMOS and nothing .. next shot I tried tapping the video card when booting and BANG .. video. I went right to bios to rest time and date and check settings .. it's a 2.6 FX-60 AMD 64, 300Gb 15k Seagate, 150Gb 10k WD and a 74Gb 10k WD. Set everything and went to reboot and ... again .. no video ...
I have no way to test the video card (it's an MSI NX6800GT) .. should I just buy a $30 card on eBay for testing .. I know this could also be a mother board problem .. Any test flow chart or similar that would help me get to the problem? Or have I pretty much covered the basics and I need to get a known good card? No, I am not taking the the card from the FX6801 as it wouldn't fit .. but sitting here thinking, I could try the MSI card in the FX machine .. any thoughts on how I should proceed? .. Thank you for your time .. Frank, .. in the Arizona desert
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