Dead after 6 years

jkingscott · 3 Mar 2013 at 11:44

Hi, mystery death...

Abit 35pro, GPX 8800 oc, has been running fine for years, suddenly no video out put, multiple monitors, post code is 7F.

I don't have load of spares to check out each component ... Any suggestions as how to proceed?

Full spec...

Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black)
PSU Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) Processor Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz Mobo Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Graphics card BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Memory Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA1065)
LG L226WTQ 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver

Mr-White · 3 Mar 2013 at 11:49

Take her out back and finish her off with the shotgun, no need for her to suffer.

MW

jkingscott · 3 Mar 2013 at 11:53

Mr-White said:
Take her out back and finish her off with the shotgun, no need for her to suffer.

MW

That was my first thought. Has served me well, she's seen enough...

dacads · 3 Mar 2013 at 12:24

Sorry mate nothin is worth keeping except the case and monitor

Try the graphics card in another slot

areksnumbr1sxylady · 3 Mar 2013 at 12:40

dacads said:
Sorry mate nothin is worth keeping except the case and monitor

Try the graphics card in another slot

whats wrong with that Q6600? Mine still runs very well, for internet browsing and gaming on mid settings its completely fine, you can always sell it for about 40-50 quid.

Thats PSU is also quite good.

To be honest if its just the GPU failure, I dont see why cant you buy DDR3 775 motherboard for 30 quid, 8gb ram for 30 and get b grade or 2nd hand 560 or 570/580 for 100 odd quid or ATI like 6950 or 7850... it still will be a capable gaming system.

jkingscott · 3 Mar 2013 at 13:04

Cheers

Has been due an upgrade for years though so maybe time to cut my losses and do one of these and a £100 odd video card, assuming they will out perform my current one.
So many options though, hard to know where to start after years of not keeping up!

olivier renault · 3 Mar 2013 at 14:35

All you need imo is a decent graphics card (550ti, I'd stick with NVIDIA if you don't want to faff around with drivers too much). TBH, you may find an equivalent old banger graphics card on the second hand market and stick it in. These things will go cheap as chips.

and some memory (4GB or more). 2GB is so ghetto!

If you go cheap on the CPU, it's not gonna help you much from a Q6600.

areksnumbr1sxylady · 3 Mar 2013 at 15:09

jkingscott said:
Cheers

Has been due an upgrade for years though so maybe time to cut my losses and do one of these and a £100 odd video card, assuming they will out perform my current one.
So many options though, hard to know where to start after years of not keeping up!

well if you want decent system, be prepared to dish out around 400-500 quid..... Look for i5 2500k, 3570K... Z77 motherboard and Ati 7950.

jkingscott · 3 Mar 2013 at 17:42

Worth a punt? not sure I can stretch to a 7950... Well, looking at my black ops stats I probably can't justify one...