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I installed 1GB of memory Part2
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Posted by: Zorglub
I didn't install 1GB memory, but had the same problems as a guy who did it..
I installed a new graphic card (Sapphire 9550) and monitor went down (to stand by mode). Tried to install the old card, but no effect. After lots of tryings old card finally got started. I reinstalled windows, turned off pc and inserted the new card. No use - monitor dead again.. Went to a friend, tried the card on his pc - everything was normal. Formatted hard disc, booted my pc with a new card and everything was right.
Installed windows. Ok. Installed drivers for a new card. Ok. Worked for about 1h and screen freezed. Couldn't do anything but restart. After restart - dead monitor. And so on, and so on...
Yesterday (after two weeks of trying..) I managed to reinstall windows again with a new card. I worked for about 4h without any problems. Installed several apps, restarted pc several times and everything was perfect. Went to bed and put the pc in hybernation mode. This morning - monitor dead again!
What the ****? Am I paying for my sins or what?
Posted by: redwench
yes.
what is the size of your power supply?
Posted by: Zorglub
350w
I didn't overclock anything, cpu temperature was about 40C, i had only video card and a modem connected to my motherboard, i have 255MB DDR400 ram, motherboard which supports 8x AGP, Athlon2600XP+ processor...
Posted by: thtadthtshldntb
Turn off all of the power saving options in software and bios. Then see if the problem pops up again. I have noticed, although not with my LCD, that newer technology and older monitors power savings functions often cause this hybernation problem. Make sure that you have the specific driver for your monitor installed not just some windows generic.
Posted by: Zorglub
I have LG tft monitor (bought few months ago). It worked well with the old graphic card. This weekend I managed to turn pc on, and I'm keeping it turned on like a caveman his fire.. When i restart it I have no problems, but when i turn it off, it won't turn on again. I usually have to take something off the motherboard and plug it in again (modem for instance.. at first I thought that there's some conflict with the modem, but it seems that any device would do the job - whatever I plug out and in again would help me turn on pc. Actually, I tried only modem and memory..)
Posted by: thtadthtshldntb
As I have said, go into your bios and disabled all power saving options. Go into control panel (presuming windows) and disable all power saving options. Also have you updated your bios?
btw do you have a multmeter (a device for measuring electronic quantities such as voltage, it may be possible to test your psu andhouse power. For the interested, presuming that you live in the US, if the voltage measured from an outlet is not approx 120Vac RMS, between 112 and 130 is ok, and or the frequency is not 60Hz, you will have significant problems with electronic devices.
Also the issue you describe this point require a process of eliminations approach to solve. You are going to have to tackle this one part at a time in hardware to see what may be damaged. And liekwise in software and configuration settings.
for the obvious, have you reseated your video card? It may not be seated correctly in the slot.
Unless you have damaged something when you did the card install, my instincts are saying that you have a power problem.
Posted by: Zorglub
I'll take a look at my power saving options. I usually select "Hybernate after 2hrs" option, but I'm not sure if I configured it after windows reinstall..
As for the electricity problems, I think that I shouldn't have ones. I'm using UPS (Mustek), and I suppose that it should take care of such problems (I live in Serbia, and we do have stability problems with power supply..).
Anyway, I think that there were problems with attaching video card. It looked as if the card wasn't parallel with the board. The problem was in that L-shaped part by the connectors of video card, which is used to attach the card firmly to motherboard. That L-shaped part was bigger then on the older card and it didn't suite well, so I had to cut couple of millimeters off it. Now the card and the motherboard are parallel. I didn't do any harm to connectors while cutting, but is it possible that AGP slot have somehow ruined them? I took a look at connectors. There are scars on them made by AGP slot, but it seems that none of them is crossing over two connectors..
Posted by: thtadthtshldntb
Ugh.....
Never ever, ever, ever, ever physically mod hardware without knowing why that it is like that in the first place.
There are different AGP voltage standards. An AGP card is only supposed to fit into a voltage compatible slot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGP
Particularly note the voltage differences. To protect the card and the system from incompatible voltages,
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There are two versions of the AGP physical interface, for 3.3V and 1.5V cards respectively. The 1.5V version has a key further away from the external connector, while the 3.3V version is the opposite
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You may have damaged your motherboard.
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