My nephew's Config that is having the problem:
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H, bios F7
Processor - Intel E2140
RAM - 2 x 1 GB DDR II Kingston PC5300
Video card - ASUS EN8600GT Silent HTDP 256 MB PCI Express.
Power Supply - 400 watt noname.
The rest is unimportant, however for testing I disconnected the hard drives and recorders. Symptoms: when I plug the screen on the 8600 GT and I turn on the PC, I have no display.
The motherboard has an integrated VGA and whatever the config in the bios, the image is appearing on the screen when it is plugged into the VGA integrated but nothing on the 8600 GT => off-screen case.
I assume therefore that the 8600 is died => I tested on my personal machine (motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3R) and then it works!! => Graphics Card 8600 GT is out of question.
I tell myself that it may be the PCI Express motherboard died => I tried another card, an 8800GT, and it works! => Port PCI Express is exonerated.
Well, it is complicated. What is the difference between 8800 GT and the 8600 GT? The port is the same, but the 8800 GT is powered through an outlet 6 pin PCI Express, while the 8600 GT gets the power from the PCI Express. I say then that by my power supply (a Seasonic) that works with the 8600 on my motherboard, it certainly will work => I don't think: the power supply Seasonic + 8600 + GA-73PVM will do any better, still nothing to display => the power supply noname there is nothing to.
At this stage, small balance:
- The 8600 GT video card works.
- Motherboard GA-73PVM-S2H works.
- The PCI Express GA-73PVM-S2H works.
- The power supply no name is sufficient.
And yet it all together does not work. Therefore no problem of hardware incompatibility possible ....
I still have some assumptions in stock but I am beginning to admit defeat:
- The 8600 GT was overclocked, it is possible that the parameters (frequency of the GPU, video RAM ...) are upset and left the GA-73PVM?
- Settings in the bios? I ended up making a clear cmos to see if it would be better but no, nothing, always the damn display problem.
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