A few weeks ago, my computer gave up, with the HDD light no longer blinking and my computer no longer did anything. I took it to a very popular computer franchise which I will simply label as BB (take a guess lol) and they said it was my MOBO problem. I said okay, sure I'll get a new computer.

BUT

Today I was salvaging the pieces in my computer, most notably, my old Nvidia 8600GT. Then I decided one last time to boot up my comp without any PCI-e or PCI cards in it and PRESTO! My USB keyboard's Caps/Number/Scroll Lock were now responding and lighting up, the Yellow HDD light was flashing, and my other USB devices were alive as can be. I put my X-Fi XtremeGamer SOUND Card in, and my computer still ran. I put my video card in and no dice.

So is it possible for my Video Card to corrupt my entire Mobo and Hard Drive?

And if so, should I just replace the video card?

Thanks for all future replies!Try putting the old video card into your new computer and connecting the monitor, if it doesn't work then most likely the problem is the card..

There is a small chance however, that the power supply in your old computer isn't supplying the enough amps and removing one of the cards reserved some power for the rest of the components.. Have you tried adding only the video card without the sound card?


edit: I find it interesting that Best Buy couldn't come up with a better diagnosis... How long did that look at your computer, if they looked at it, period..............they may have just suckered you into buying another computerdoes your old computer have onboard video?
if so use that
if not
buy a fairly cheap pci card and use thatBB checked it for a week by a Microsoft Certified specialist for a week for BLOODY $90. Currently I have no video card lol, I tossed that crappy Radeon HD 3200 out the window months ago. I have a 550W Antec EarthWatts for my PSU so I'm sure that's more than enough. I'm just concerned that if I buy another video card it's gonna screw it over.

Perhaps it could be the PCI-e slot that's corrupt?No WAY in heck I'm using a PCI video card lmao. I'm a gamer, not a hardcore one but a gamer, none the less. ;-)

Edit: Grammar check.PCI ain't that bad
do you have an AGP slot
you can get cheap AGP video cards that actually have decent graphicsSo does you old computer work with only the sound card installed, using the onboard video?

Your power supply may be rated as having "enough" power, but voltage rails can go bad...I don't think so BlockHead, Antec is very good brand PSU. And unfortunately, I don't have any spare video cards or onboard video. I'm thinking of buying a new one, BUT I'm worried that it wouldn't fix the problem.

Can a single PCI-e slot be corrupted, is that ever possible?

I'm trying to isolate the problem in my mobo.I'm confused... How did you get your old computer to work if you don't have any onboard video or other video cards to try?





edit: yes, motherboard slot can go badI used to use my 8600GT until one day my computer decided to stop working.

And from there my first thread describes the situation.

I took the 8600GT from my computer, and booted my computer, no monitor, using just my keyboard as a computer diagnosis tool, which is basically all you need to tell if your computer's mobo has gone good or bad on you.

The lights did RESPOND on my keyboard which told me it was working and it kept booting fine as I plugged in the rest of my USB and PCI devices EXCEPT for my video card which went in my PCI-e x16 slot.Quote from: smeezekitty on August 22, 2009, 09:14:15 PM

PCI ain't that bad

The lights did respond on my keyboard which told me it was working and it kept booting fine as I plugged in the rest of my USB and PCI devices EXCEPT for my video card which went in my PCI-e x16 slot.