Mr.Mustard March 21, 2004 Share Mr.Mustard Member March 21, 2004 After my vid card gave out I turned my comp off and I haven't turned it back on until today. I was having the same problem before after my other vid card stopped working, but now when I turn on the comp it just emits long steady beeps until it turn it off again. This doesn't sound good... DFI NT70-SC mobo P4 2.2gig 1024MB Ram Radeon 9700pro could my AGP slot be bad now? Help plz.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mustard March 21, 2004 Author Share Mr.Mustard Member March 21, 2004 (edited) Aparently this beep means that there is a video error. So I pulled out the card and booted up. The beeping noise went away. Hmmm.... Unfortunately I don't have onboard video, so I'm sorta confused about what to do. Could a bad card fry my AGP slot? or maybe the card wasn't bad after all? oh boy... Edited March 21, 2004 by Mr.Mustard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Mmmm]Homer March 21, 2004 Share [Mmmm]Homer Member March 21, 2004 Could your vide ocard fan have frozen up and overheated your video card, causing it to fry? Can you get access to another video card to test out your system - borrow a friend's working one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilco March 21, 2004 Share wilco Member March 21, 2004 Ive always heard that if the card isnt seating into the slot properly that will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mustard March 22, 2004 Author Share Mr.Mustard Member March 22, 2004 Well I put the new card into my wifes comp and walla it works.. I'll be trying the old one tomorrow...it's late tonight and I'm bushed. I'll let you guys know what I find out. I ran that old card for 2 weeks after the fan went out. Perhaps it was my AGP slot going the whole time. If so i guess I've got a new vid card and I'm in the market for a new mobo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL March 22, 2004 Share dwEEziL Member March 22, 2004 Yeah, try reseating the card. If that doesn't work, do what Homer said, borrow a vid card and try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mustard March 23, 2004 Author Share Mr.Mustard Member March 23, 2004 Well I put both cards in my wife's comp and walla...they both work fine...Also I took my comp completely apart and meticulousely cleaned the whole thing. Reassembled it and...ssdd. So I didn't need a vid card after all I'm assusming...the AGP on my mobo or perhaps my mobo in gen is FUBAR. So I'm in the market for a new one...GG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa March 23, 2004 Share Playaa Member March 23, 2004 sorry to hear that man...yours isn't under warranty anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowbar March 23, 2004 Share Crowbar Member March 23, 2004 Had the same problem, I believe it was/is the AGP slot. Card worked fine in another mobo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mustard March 23, 2004 Author Share Mr.Mustard Member March 23, 2004 sorry to hear that man...yours isn't under warranty anymore? Built this PC 2 years ago... I don't think the mobos come with a 100,000mile bumper-to-bumper warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman March 23, 2004 Share Birdman Member March 23, 2004 sorry to hear that man...yours isn't under warranty anymore? Built this PC 2 years ago... I don't think the mobos come with a 100,000mile bumper-to-bumper warranty. No, but some mobo companies like ABIT have a 3 year warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mustard March 23, 2004 Author Share Mr.Mustard Member March 23, 2004 After reading I did some research, but apparently between moves I've lost my warranty information. I still have the original reciept and the manual, but I can't find any other info. I've sent an email to tech-support@dfi.com so we'll see where that gets me. I looked around for a smilar mobo and the best I can find that is the same or a little better than the one I have now will cost me over 100bucks which is strange to me b/c I payed 122 when I first bought it. Does the RIMM based mobo's hold value like the ram does or am I missing something here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX March 23, 2004 Share NOFX Member March 23, 2004 (edited) RIMM = Rambus? noone uses rambus anymore. It all went to DDR. Edited March 23, 2004 by NOFX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL March 24, 2004 Share dwEEziL Member March 24, 2004 Yeah, Rambus is Rimm (you already know DDR = Dimm) and for some reason, the price for Rambust hasn't really dropped much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mustard March 28, 2004 Author Share Mr.Mustard Member March 28, 2004 RIMM = Rambus? noone uses rambus anymore. It all went to DDR. Rambus makes up about 6% of the market compared to DDR's like 93% dont know who has the other 1%. Right now rambus's manstream is in your PS2/Xbox, but even though it's pricey, when it comes to bandwith rambus is king. Look out in 2006 though when XDR comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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