-I have an eVGA GeForce 6600 256mb PCIe video card that is about 6 months old. I'm using it on a Gigabyte k8n-sli mobo with a 500w Antec Neo HE PSU.
-I powered up my computer like I do every day, but the monitor was black (it didn't blink or anything, it acts like the computer is turned off).
-I looked at my card and the fan wasn't on (is it supposed to be on all the time?).
-I then installed an old PCI video card and took out the 6600, and the system booted up fine.
-I then reinstalled the 6600, but left the moniter plugged into the old PCI gpu so that I could look in Window's Device Manager to see if it was even recognizing my 6600, but the old PCI gpu doesn't display anything while the 6600 is plugged in.
My problem: I don't know if it's the 6600 (I don't have another system to test it on) or the mobo's PCIe ports (which showed up fine in Device Manager). Do I need a new graphics card? I didn't do anything to damage it, so what could have caused the problem?
-I powered up my computer like I do every day, but the monitor was black (it didn't blink or anything, it acts like the computer is turned off).
-I looked at my card and the fan wasn't on (is it supposed to be on all the time?).
-I then installed an old PCI video card and took out the 6600, and the system booted up fine.
-I then reinstalled the 6600, but left the moniter plugged into the old PCI gpu so that I could look in Window's Device Manager to see if it was even recognizing my 6600, but the old PCI gpu doesn't display anything while the 6600 is plugged in.
My problem: I don't know if it's the 6600 (I don't have another system to test it on) or the mobo's PCIe ports (which showed up fine in Device Manager). Do I need a new graphics card? I didn't do anything to damage it, so what could have caused the problem?