digerati
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I have a Radeon 9800xt that has been running solid for probably a good 2 years now, and suddenly the other day it seems to have crapped out.
I had been writing some emails and left my desk to go run some errands, and when I came back the computer was still running but when I turned on the monitor and moved the mouse the screen stayed black. I proceeded to restart the computer, but the system wouldn't post. After turning it off and leaving it alone for an hour or so, I tried again with the same results, the screen would stay black and the system wouldn't post.
When I took out the 9800xt and put in an old 9500pro I had sitting around, the system gave a nice beep and booted up into windows just fine.
I have an artic cooling silencer rated for the 9800xt installed, and I checked, it was still working just fine when the power was on.
Anyone have any idea what might be wrong with the 9800xt? I'm hoping something can be done to get it up and running again, though I'm worried it may have just died out.
The system it was running in was:
AthlonXp 2500+ w/ stock hsf
2x512mb Kingston value ram ddr333
Biostar M7NCG 400
Soundblaster Audigy Platinum EX
Liteon cdrw
asus cdrom
WD 200gb eide drive
Antec 320w PSU
I had been writing some emails and left my desk to go run some errands, and when I came back the computer was still running but when I turned on the monitor and moved the mouse the screen stayed black. I proceeded to restart the computer, but the system wouldn't post. After turning it off and leaving it alone for an hour or so, I tried again with the same results, the screen would stay black and the system wouldn't post.
When I took out the 9800xt and put in an old 9500pro I had sitting around, the system gave a nice beep and booted up into windows just fine.
I have an artic cooling silencer rated for the 9800xt installed, and I checked, it was still working just fine when the power was on.
Anyone have any idea what might be wrong with the 9800xt? I'm hoping something can be done to get it up and running again, though I'm worried it may have just died out.
The system it was running in was:
AthlonXp 2500+ w/ stock hsf
2x512mb Kingston value ram ddr333
Biostar M7NCG 400
Soundblaster Audigy Platinum EX
Liteon cdrw
asus cdrom
WD 200gb eide drive
Antec 320w PSU