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| Leadtek 6800GT problem; Won't allow computer to boot | |
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| Jojo123 | Mar 7 2005, 07:57 PM Post #1 |
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Hi all, this is part two in a mystery series for me on my computer not booting up. What I have narrowed it down to is either the motherboard or the video card. I don't have another AGP mobo, so on that front it seems like perfect timing for an upgrade. There are two other fronts I could try, but dollars to doughnuts they won't be the problem: the PSU or UPS. Then again, maybe I'm posting this too quick without checking first. Anyhow, the computer wouldn't boot up. So after much hemming and hawing trying different things, only upon removing the video card did the computer boot up. So then I deleted the drivers for it thinking there maybe was a conflict, but still no go when it was reinstalled... no boot up. All the lights come on when I press the power button, the cd/dvd drives lights briefly come on and then turn off like usual, but I don't think the hard drive does it's search because I've tried it both connected and disconnected and there wasn't any difference. On the PSU front, I took out the sound card, took off the power connectors for the cd and dvd drives, and tried a different and dedicated strand from the PSU for the video card to no avail. It's a 450w with active pfc... or maybe 'was'. But it's sitting here powering what little left I have connected. Now how about a fresh install of XP? For some reason I've always been weary of doing that fearing it'd erase whatever's on the hard drive. Would I have to get another hard drive to back up the data, erase the old and install it again, or does erasing XP and reinstalling it get treated the same as any other software... just affecting itself? If so, then I'd probably have to back up Outlook and Outlook Express messages? Any other ideas on what could be the problem? I don't overclock and didn't tinker with the video card. The fan on it spins up when installed, and there's a little speaker-thingy that lets out a continuous beep when I tried to leaving it in without power attached. The monitor just stays in standby mode all the while. I did read on another forum how some folks were suspecting a bad batch of these cards was sent out due to their own similar problems: thread link I did get the similar stuff where the display just went scrambled nuts and wouldn't respond to any inputs, not Ctrl+Alt+Del nor the computer's power off button. Instead I just flipped the switch on the psu to shut it off. I never suspected anything other than maybe a virus or hack attempt, but the antivirus check never revealed anything. Also, the computer was left off overnight and still wouldn't boot up the next morning, on the maybe-overheated thinking. Of the motherboard, I did just recently return and replace a SB Live soundcard that quit working after a day. All the times the display went scrambled were when I was online gaming with two different games. The first time the computer wouldn't boot up was after an online game update, but then it worked again after a few hours. Though this second shutdown time, it's been a couple of days now with it not working (except for without the card installed). Thanks for any help. -David |
| P4 2.8, 1gb PC3200, 6800 GT | |
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| TJSEVEN | Mar 7 2005, 10:36 PM Post #2 |
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I think I just got a headache. Well it must be either the card or the PSU,.......no! A fresh/clean install of XP will erase everything a repair install will just affect XP ...your data will be safe.....but some programs may require a reinstall...it happens. Can you try that card in another system? |
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THE BLACK PEARL with a new sail! AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo Core 2MB L2 cache S939 Overclocked to something or other this week! ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 MOBO (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 1 AGP, 1 Future CPU Port, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN) 4 Gig G.SKILL PC3200 DUAL DDR SDRAM and other Stuff....! ZOOM>>>ZOOM>>> I ALWAYS SAY," IF YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO OVERCLOCK THEN IT ISN'T REALLY AN OVERCLOCK!!" | |
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| jokera_us | Mar 8 2005, 11:51 AM Post #3 |
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heya! what speed is the AGP? it should say an 2x ,4x, 8x and then the mighty PCI Express. if your board cant handle it you cant have it. LOL check it out. |
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| spartan117 | Mar 8 2005, 10:12 PM Post #4 |
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The Leadtech 6x00gt series is problematic with VIA and SiS chipset based mobos from what I have read on the nVidia forum. If you have either of these chipsets, try updating yours to the latest chipset drivers available..... then you may have to experiment with the vid card drivers to see which work best. A bios update might help as well..... If you need more info try this llink |
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