- Apr 18, 2013
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Motherboard: old MSI k9a2vm v2
Hi guys, my issue is this one:
First problems started with the well known cold boot issue (I had to wait for 2 or 3 minutes for the PC to "warm up" before I get a normal boot). It was annoying at first, but I could live with it.
This problem worsened, and suddenly my on-boards graphics card (ATI 3100) stopped working properly, in the sense that I had to disable the graphics driver, and thus losing 3-d acceleration and widescreen resolution (the best output I can get is 1024*768). Whenever I wanted to enable it back, windows would crash at startup, which would force me boot failsafe and disable the ATI driver.
I also remember having seen weird video artifacts: like subtle wavy interferences, very subtle, but they were there. These stopped after disabling the driver.
Aditional info: 1) I already checked with a different PSU to no avail.
2) This is not not related to a windows&driver issue; with a linux bootable disc, I got the same graphics restriction, even though before the problem ubuntu linux would automatically run with good graphics. So it's a hardware issue.
3) I already reseted CMOS.
Now I'm using a brand new PC, but I want to sell the old one. So I need to fix it. A friend told me to check the capacitors, and I found one (only one) that is a little bit inflated. My question is: Fixing that capacitor would fix my cold boot and graphics issue? What are the odds of having another component of the motherboard seriously damaged after running electricity with a bad capacitor?
Thanks!
P.D: Im afraid to test my new graphics card in that Motherboard, I feel like I'm putting it under risk. I don't trust that mobo. Am I wrong about it?
Hi guys, my issue is this one:
First problems started with the well known cold boot issue (I had to wait for 2 or 3 minutes for the PC to "warm up" before I get a normal boot). It was annoying at first, but I could live with it.
This problem worsened, and suddenly my on-boards graphics card (ATI 3100) stopped working properly, in the sense that I had to disable the graphics driver, and thus losing 3-d acceleration and widescreen resolution (the best output I can get is 1024*768). Whenever I wanted to enable it back, windows would crash at startup, which would force me boot failsafe and disable the ATI driver.
I also remember having seen weird video artifacts: like subtle wavy interferences, very subtle, but they were there. These stopped after disabling the driver.
Aditional info: 1) I already checked with a different PSU to no avail.
2) This is not not related to a windows&driver issue; with a linux bootable disc, I got the same graphics restriction, even though before the problem ubuntu linux would automatically run with good graphics. So it's a hardware issue.
3) I already reseted CMOS.
Now I'm using a brand new PC, but I want to sell the old one. So I need to fix it. A friend told me to check the capacitors, and I found one (only one) that is a little bit inflated. My question is: Fixing that capacitor would fix my cold boot and graphics issue? What are the odds of having another component of the motherboard seriously damaged after running electricity with a bad capacitor?
Thanks!
P.D: Im afraid to test my new graphics card in that Motherboard, I feel like I'm putting it under risk. I don't trust that mobo. Am I wrong about it?
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