[Solved] 7950GT AGP Graphics Card Fried? help!!

helloooo..

Once again, another problem with my 6-7 year old system..

My AGP card won't let my computer boot with display properly.. a beep code like so occurs:
*BEEEEEEEEEEEPP BEEP BEEP* / 1 long 2 short.. I looked it up and i guess it means its a graphics card issue (Phoenix - AWARDBios is my bios)...

This is has been occasionally malfunctioning and causing my system to do this. Once in a while, the system boots fine, but if i restart the system, it starts beeping again but yet the system boots, and i hear the Win. XP intro theme, but no display =[ and the weirdness continues...

This is what i did to confirm this, and to debunk the thought that my AGP slot on my mobo fried: I used my friend's nV GeForce FX 5200 AGP in my system on my AGP slot and it worked. Even to test it, i played UT2004 on it in a heavy game mode where the fps dropped to right around 30, and yet it kept up so nothing wrong with slot, except that the 5200 doesnt need PSU 4-pin molex assistance while my 7950GT does, so idk but anyways the slots ok and i tried a different 4-pin molex connector so i highly doubt my 750W overkill PSU gave up the ghost.

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Whats wrong with my 7950GT!? (by the way its really not that old, less than two years old bought it brand new and kept good cooling for it).

Either the card or the psu by your post.

The 7950gt agp is a hard card to come by and expensive on eBay. I suggest that you try to see if you could test your card in another machine if not inspect and clean the card of any dust while looking for signs of failure or damage such as burn marks or missing parts on the pcb. Next what model is the psu in this machine and not just quote wattage of the unit.

Anyone help? Almost done with this thread, thanks for the existing answers.

I actually have a 7900 GS from BFG that still works. Should throw that up on e-bay for ya : )

The card worked great for me when my 9800xt died. But to compliment the posts here, honestly it sounds like the card might have died, but to verify, try your 7950 in another system to see if it works. If not, then you know it's the card. If so, then it could be your PSU.

EVGA 7800gs co Sold
EVGA 7600gs modded bios sold
EVGA 7600gs same as above Sold
EVGA 7900gs KO Sold
EVGA 7900gs KO Sold
EVGA 7900gs KO Sold
Alienware 7900gtx duo Bricked as in dead
Alienware 7900gtx duo works but not in most boards except for those with Intel chipset.

OH I hate sis, that reminded me of all the bad times that I had with my socket a rig
I still miss my 7800gs

Well I got two system that are still running that are pushing a decade old with another from the mid to late 90s. I got two 3dfx rigs.

Considering you have an old Pentium 4 (single core 3.0c I assume) a 7600GT card would probably be a good match for that system and you would generally see similar frame rates since the 7900 card was held back by your CPU.

Voodoo 3 2000, voodoo 3 3500tv, and voodoo 5 5500agp. Just got a free 9200se

The 48xx was never made for agp unlike the rare 3850 and 3870 that came in both versions. The highest of the 4k series that was produced for agp was the 4670.

Then go an purchase either a 7800gs or another 7950gt agp. They still have up to date and modern driver support like the ati cards but fewer bugs.

For the apg there is no 7800gt just the gs, go for the 7950gt agp if you can still find one. The 7800gs is slower but a rock solid card.

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