Video Card broken?

[peat moss]

Do you have another install cd to try maybe its fubared ? I'v had luck running FDisk then formatting using a Bart Disk type of disk utility then try to install XP .

[maebach]

SOLVED! I plugged the old video card in, and I knew it would only last around 20 mins before over heating and shutting down so I held a fan to it and installed XP. After installing XP, I installed all drivers and then replaced the 9800 with the 7500 and installed the drivers.

[peat moss]

Ok ... That doesn't make a lot of sense but glad you got it sorted.

[Seedler]

Hi maebach, we need to chill some time when the term starts.

Hook me up with some secksy brown chicks.

On topic: I can probably give you an old 6600GT for free.

[RPerry]

Looks to me as if the bearing on the video card heatsink fan has failed.

If that's the case the video card will be overheating, but should shut itself down before any serious damage occurs. The very fact that you say it hangs after 20 minutes in safe mode seems to bear that out.

The question is, what made it fail in such a dramatic way, and has the same thing or the failure itself damaged any other parts. My guess would be that if there is any other cause it's going to be the power supply. Difficult to check out, especially if it is just a failed capacitor that's causing excessive ripple on one of the 12v rails. If it is a cheap PSU you should probably just replace it.

As for the 9800 card, you need to get a replacement fan (not very likely) or a complete aftermarket cooler for the card.

Just out of curiosity, why did you re-install XP after removing the 9800 and adding the 7500. The drivers for the 9800 would have happily worked with the 7500 AFAIK. Now you have the extra problem of trying to re-install XP.

I wonder how many other people had trouble with the fan on the 9800 series card. I bought 2 all in wonder pro's. Mine failed and girlfriends failed 6 months later. My solution was to glue a case fan above the heatsink on the card. Worked that way for over a year.