Mobo Blown?

Willbo · 30 Jan 2008 at 22:23

I recently sold my BFG 8800 GTX OC2 GFX to someone who fitted it into a Asus Striker extreme motherboard. I've just had a message off them saying that the machine has crashed, and that they've tried the old graphics card they previously had and that is not working either now. So sounds like the PCI slots aren't working on the board?

The motherboard they are using is still new, so I've said they should be able to get a replacement under warranty if they get in touch with where they bought it from.

What would cause this to happen? The graphics card was working perfectly well in my Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R motherboard before I sold it and I had no problems. Do you think the graphics card might be faulty all of a sudden?

Willbo · 30 Jan 2008 at 23:39

Meant to add they've got a 750W PSU powering everything.

lord filbuster · 31 Jan 2008 at 02:19

what do you mean by "not working"? Won't display anything? Won't Switch on? if it is the first one, could be the motherboard, the second one could be either the psu or the mobo.

Willbo · 31 Jan 2008 at 08:21

Well from what he's said about trying a different graphics card in the board but still nothing, I'm guessing he means theres no display.

mp260767 · 31 Jan 2008 at 08:40

what make of psu is it, might be a no name 750w, and what card did he have before, as the gtx's are pretty power hungry iirc.

Willbo · 1 Feb 2008 at 20:24

I've found out the PSU he owns is a Jeantech PSU, which I've got a feeling aren't that great and his previous GFX was a nVidia 7800GT