A couple of days ago my display started showing vertical stripes from the moment the computer is switched on. These stripes are of varying colours and tend to change colour/pattern continuously. Inspection of the graphics card (inno3D w/ GEFORECE4 Ti4200) showed that the fan has stopped working so I assumed that the card had overheated and damaged itself. I bought a new card (ST Lab geforce4 mx4000), but unfortunately, this one doesn't work at all! (black screen) This reminded me of the problems I first had when I got this computer: the vendor delivered the PC with a non-functioning video card and then went bust. I replaced the card with the one that has now burnt out and never thought about it again. I'm wondering now though, are there some (well known?) compatibility issues between my motherboard and some graphics cards? The motherboard is ECS 930LR, chipset: SiS645. Bios: American Megatrends 7.00T. I believe it has a 4X AGP slot. My new card (the one that doesn't work) is supposed to be 2X AGP and 4X AGP, so I would have thought it should work.
Any suggestions much appreciated.
regards,
Wessel
Any suggestions much appreciated.
regards,
Wessel