Is my video card dead?

drenader · 02-08-04, 03:55 PM

Hi I had an older computer just laying around and decided i should put it to good use since i purchased a new router. Anyway when i put it back together and powered her up the monitor never activated, it turned on but never had the green light come on and nothing ever appeared on the screen. Has my voodoo 5 met his match? How can i know if thats the problem? And if that the thing what videocard should replace it for a p3 450mhz system. Nothing powerful just something that is equivilent to the old voodoo 5 lol.

Thank you

Dre

SewerBeing · 02-08-04, 04:13 PM

have you tried a different monitor or a different video card? Oh yeah, I am asuming that that card is in a pci slot? well anything I could find is faster then your voodoo

DDR-PIII · 02-08-04, 04:14 PM

Hmm, is it AGP or PCI ?, you just try and reset the bios, just remove that button batt for a few mins and see if that works. I dint think it coulda just died from sitting there, i've got a voodoo4 that ihad sitting around for a year and it ran just like new

drenader · 02-08-04, 04:19 PM

its a pci, i dunno whats wrong, worked fine a few months ago, i evened cleaned all the dust off everything.

DDR-PIII · 02-08-04, 04:28 PM

weird, since its PCI, i assume that that motherboard also has on-board video ?, if it does try plugging your monitor into the on-board video and see if your monitor comes on.

drenader · 02-08-04, 04:31 PM

no onboard, the mother board actually has a graphic port, not sure why i purchased a pci when i did. And i tore up the old card, i know not ot do that anymore.

drenader · 02-08-04, 08:52 PM

whats a good cheap replacment card that will do the same thing? This is just a secondary computer no real gaming needed.

brakezone · 02-08-04, 09:37 PM

get the cheapest agp vga card u can find! how about a riva tnt2 or something LOL... that would probably be like a couple bucks and still be an upgrade!

02-08-04, 03:55 PM	Thread Starter #1
drenader Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Austin	Is my video card dead? Hi I had an older computer just laying around and decided i should put it to good use since i purchased a new router. Anyway when i put it back together and powered her up the monitor never activated, it turned on but never had the green light come on and nothing ever appeared on the screen. Has my voodoo 5 met his match? How can i know if thats the problem? And if that the thing what videocard should replace it for a p3 450mhz system. Nothing powerful just something that is equivilent to the old voodoo 5 lol. Thank you Dre
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02-08-04, 04:13 PM	#2
SewerBeing Grasshoppa Senior Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The truth?? You can't handle the truth!!	have you tried a different monitor or a different video card? Oh yeah, I am asuming that that card is in a pci slot? well anything I could find is faster then your voodoo __________________ "Unlike Windows, Linux tries to happily coexist with other OS's. It's not like Windows which will go out of its way to break other installs." MRD "On the second day of the seventh month, in the third year of the new milenium, Wedo looked down and saw new pow-ah join team 32, and it was good." Wedo "I switch Oses like most people change pants. :)" rogerdugans "Always be sure to flash your bios during lightning storms!" MRD Please Fold for team 32! portage > apt > source > rpm > windows update Gautam is a water buffalo
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02-08-04, 04:14 PM	#3
DDR-PIII Disabled Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: 6p6	Hmm, is it AGP or PCI ?, you just try and reset the bios, just remove that button batt for a few mins and see if that works. I dint think it coulda just died from sitting there, i've got a voodoo4 that ihad sitting around for a year and it ran just like new
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02-08-04, 04:19 PM	Thread Starter #4
drenader Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Austin	its a pci, i dunno whats wrong, worked fine a few months ago, i evened cleaned all the dust off everything.
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02-08-04, 04:28 PM	#5
DDR-PIII Disabled Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: 6p6	weird, since its PCI, i assume that that motherboard also has on-board video ?, if it does try plugging your monitor into the on-board video and see if your monitor comes on.
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02-08-04, 04:31 PM	Thread Starter #6
drenader Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Austin	no onboard, the mother board actually has a graphic port, not sure why i purchased a pci when i did. And i tore up the old card, i know not ot do that anymore. __________________ "Death gotta be easy, 'cause life is hard It'll leave you physically, mentally, and emotionally scarred" -50 Cent
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02-08-04, 08:52 PM	Thread Starter #7
drenader Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Austin	whats a good cheap replacment card that will do the same thing? This is just a secondary computer no real gaming needed. __________________ "Death gotta be easy, 'cause life is hard It'll leave you physically, mentally, and emotionally scarred" -50 Cent
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02-08-04, 09:37 PM	#8
brakezone Member Join Date: Jan 2004	get the cheapest agp vga card u can find! how about a riva tnt2 or something LOL... that would probably be like a couple bucks and still be an upgrade!
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