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03-Jul-2009, 01:41 PM #1
help with 8600gt
hi i just encountered a problem with my card, when i opened my computer today my monitor doesnt display anything on screen but fans and everything on the cpu runs fine then i heard the sound of windows loading, then i realized the onbard graphics was the one ON cause i tried putting the monitor plug on the onboard graphics slot, so i restarted my computer i went to the bios settings checked if there was any changes, tried defaulting the bios then save it and then the monitor wont display anything again but windows loaded as i heard the sounds of it loading, so i returned the monitor plug on the card and boom the monitor turned on just to test if it was working properly i restarted the computer saw the graphics name on display then it booted fine so i thought it was nothing but when i turned the pc off and opened it again the monitor wont display anything again so i repated the process of putting the monitor plug on the onbard vga went to bios didnt change anything just saved the bios and again theres no monitor display returned the monitor plug to my pcie card and there everything is fine again, this always occur when i turn the pc off oh and i noticed some games became so laggy after having this problem like my emulator fps went down like crazy which was 100%fps before. need some info on this problem

pc specs :
processor: e6550 c2d 2.33ghz
Motherboard: gigabyte GA-ge1m ES2C
videocard: inno3d geforce 8600gt 256mb dd3
ram: 2gig dual channel ddr2
PSU: 600watts its BNEW
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04-Jul-2009, 02:34 AM #2
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06-Jul-2009, 04:43 AM #3
well i figured it out, seems to be a psu issue, tnx anyway
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