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HTPC bad video card?
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 7:59 pm
by kevm14
I cleaned and reseated and no difference.
I must have a spare one upstairs actually...
Re: HTPC bad video card?
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:15 pm
by kevm14
Ha, found my old ATI HD4670 (basement). Fixed. I think the fan in the other one may have died. The fan in this one is much bigger. The other card was a 2008 Dell issue. I built this machine in 2009 - still going.
Re: HTPC bad video card?
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:09 am
by kevm14
I had actually powered this system down for a couple weeks because of this. It was actually caught in a reboot cycle where it would run chkdsk on itself, almost get into Windows and then restart. I don't know how long it was doing that before I noticed.
But yeah, nasty video artifacting and just weird graphical anomalies. I should have checked to see if the fan was turning on that old Dell card (also an HD4670). Not like I would repair it I guess...the after market HD4670 has a much larger fan and overall better cooling. And it works just fine now.