3 days ago i installed a new A64 3700+ into my cousin's computer as an upgrade from a 3000+.
Obviously i re-built the computer pretty much from scratch, but as i recently did this a few weeks ago, it didn't take too long. Anyhow, re-plugged in his X800XT and the fan didnt spin at all. Suddenly i saw smoke coming from a small black PCB item (small black chip) and then we both smelt the burning hardware. Turned it off, freaked out a little, then tried again after plugging the video card in and out again. Nope, fan doesn't spin and so no display. Tried once again and behold the fan started powering again but the screen showed major corruption so i pretty much expected it to be dead. Took it home to a spare computer and it still shows corruption. So i am sure it is dead.
However.. His older card was a 6800 which was in my spare PC before i took it out and that works perfectly in my system. I phoned him and said 'look the x800 is dead, but i've still got your 6800 you can use' so i went round yesturday and thought it would be sorted in an instant. Fan still refuses to spin despite trying various power sources from his Hiper 580W! He has two harddrives, a DVD rom, the 6800, a 3700+ and a single TV card. I'm running twice that on an X-Pro 400W and i am pefectly fine.
Now i am worried that i have broken the 6800 too
Unfortunatly he is in London for a few days and so i won't be able to test it out in my spare machine that it was in orginally, but his whole case just seems to smell of burning GPU's.
We've hoovered it out, brushed and cleaned the AGP port and been pretty much gentle with it the whole time. I was worried that it could be that the BIOS of his Asus mobo not supporting the 'newer' cores of A64's, but there are no bleeps to indicate that there are problems.
Will re-built the whole PC from the ground up when i have time and see if that fixes it, but i am pretty unhopeful that will fix things.
Thanks for your time.
Obviously i re-built the computer pretty much from scratch, but as i recently did this a few weeks ago, it didn't take too long. Anyhow, re-plugged in his X800XT and the fan didnt spin at all. Suddenly i saw smoke coming from a small black PCB item (small black chip) and then we both smelt the burning hardware. Turned it off, freaked out a little, then tried again after plugging the video card in and out again. Nope, fan doesn't spin and so no display. Tried once again and behold the fan started powering again but the screen showed major corruption so i pretty much expected it to be dead. Took it home to a spare computer and it still shows corruption. So i am sure it is dead.
However.. His older card was a 6800 which was in my spare PC before i took it out and that works perfectly in my system. I phoned him and said 'look the x800 is dead, but i've still got your 6800 you can use' so i went round yesturday and thought it would be sorted in an instant. Fan still refuses to spin despite trying various power sources from his Hiper 580W! He has two harddrives, a DVD rom, the 6800, a 3700+ and a single TV card. I'm running twice that on an X-Pro 400W and i am pefectly fine.
Now i am worried that i have broken the 6800 too
Unfortunatly he is in London for a few days and so i won't be able to test it out in my spare machine that it was in orginally, but his whole case just seems to smell of burning GPU's.
We've hoovered it out, brushed and cleaned the AGP port and been pretty much gentle with it the whole time. I was worried that it could be that the BIOS of his Asus mobo not supporting the 'newer' cores of A64's, but there are no bleeps to indicate that there are problems.
Will re-built the whole PC from the ground up when i have time and see if that fixes it, but i am pretty unhopeful that will fix things.
Thanks for your time.
