Yeah, the card wobbles up and down (tower case) a fair bit.. but the retention lever is firmly in place, and I can't see any gold from the edge connectors on it. I've tried clearing the CMOS (removing the jumper next to the battery) .. but maybe I didn't leave it long enough the first time.. I just tried it again and still no luck.
My logic for strongly being concerned about the video card is that they have their own BIOS which flashes up a message on the screen when the system is first powered on, before the motherboard BIOS tries to POST, and nothing it coming up there. However this comes on after a basic integrity check by the system, so removing the RAM made it beep, which means the motherboard is probably ok, as is the speaker..
Of course, it may still be the motherboard.. one of the mounting screws (the one next to the AGP slot.. eek!) wouldn't go in properly, so I tried removing it, and it took the brass post out too.. which would have bent the motherboard slightly, but I've seen motherboards bend plenty more and still work.. so who knows. Oh, and the OEM HSF block was a pain in the ass to put on the CPU.. I had to use a disturbing amount of force to get the clip on.. but there's plenty of padding for that too. So yes, still think it's the video card, but getting another AGP and a PCI one from work will tell me :)
Thanks for you input.. nice to hear other people have problems doing this too :)
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Date: 2003-08-09 09:22 pm (UTC)My logic for strongly being concerned about the video card is that they have their own BIOS which flashes up a message on the screen when the system is first powered on, before the motherboard BIOS tries to POST, and nothing it coming up there. However this comes on after a basic integrity check by the system, so removing the RAM made it beep, which means the motherboard is probably ok, as is the speaker..
Of course, it may still be the motherboard.. one of the mounting screws (the one next to the AGP slot.. eek!) wouldn't go in properly, so I tried removing it, and it took the brass post out too.. which would have bent the motherboard slightly, but I've seen motherboards bend plenty more and still work.. so who knows. Oh, and the OEM HSF block was a pain in the ass to put on the CPU.. I had to use a disturbing amount of force to get the clip on.. but there's plenty of padding for that too. So yes, still think it's the video card, but getting another AGP and a PCI one from work will tell me :)
Thanks for you input.. nice to hear other people have problems doing this too :)