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aceofspades

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Hello everyone, I'm new, lol. I'm using my droid eris to type here so please forgive my lack of anything. My puter recently quit on me all together due to "display driver nvd....". Is there any way to restore it? All I can tell you is that I'm running Vista home basic. I can't remember any other info on it, however, its just a home made job a friend put together for me. Thank you in advance for any help.
 

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Does it not boot?

I'd run it in safe mode, uninstall the video card. reboot to normal mode and let windows reinstall it.

Then go to nvidia, use the scanner and d/l the newest driver for it.
 

My Computer

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  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Hello Patonb, I thought about that, but it won't boot. I may try again just for good measure. My fault though, I should have sought advice earlier. Thanks for the info.
 

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You could try to take the card out and put it back in... reseating it sometimes helps.
 

My Computer

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  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Thanks again. As I type this, I am pulling the card out and see that its a GeForce 7600 GT. It's dusty, so after a quick vacuum, I'll re-install it and see what happens.
 

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Okay... As its not booting, it could be a different issue and not fully the card.

What are your system specs? And what exactly happens when you boot?

If you got some fiddling time, we can try to narrow things down.

I'd really like to know the power supply moidel, or atleast size and the amps on all 12V, as listed on the sticker on the power supply, aka psu.
 

My Computer

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  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
It doesn't do anything at all. The screen says "no signal" then it goes black and that's it. I will disassemble again when I get home and write down some specs for you and we'll go from there. I appreciate the time you're taking to help me.

side note: my boss gave me a computer to take home and use. Hopefully it works and I can use it instead of my phone for a while.
 

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Yha........ no boot is not just a gpu issue.

It might be your power supply poped, caused a driver crash.

How techy are you? theres ways to test your power supply, but you need a multi meter.
 

My Computer

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  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Well, I'm a small bit techy, but not much. The thing is, if step-by-step instructions are given to me, I can easily complete a task. I feel that if I had fixed it before it stopped booting I'd de ok, but nonetheless... I don't have a meter, any other steps I can take?
 

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Other than swapping out a new psu, not overly.

/if it was just your video card, the rest of your system would still sorta boot.

Using a multimeter would instantly find if the psu is borked.

You can try unpluging your psu from your parts, but leave a fan or 2 connected. Then jumper the psu so as to allow the psu to turn on, and see if it will power a fan.

How to jump the psu: How To: Jump Start A Power Supply (PSU) / Test A Power Supply And Components - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net

Try that, just ensure its nthe green and a black plug or boom!
 

My Computer

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  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
I went to the thread and this procedure seems simple enough. I will try it and see what happens. This system I am borrowing works ok which is a big relief. At least I have something other than my wonderful phone, lol.
 

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haga yha surfing for porn on your phones just wrong... unless you like small things.

This will deffinately see if your psu can power up.
 

My Computer

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  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Okay, I have finally got off my ass and tried the jumper method for the power supply. It doesn't do anything.

But as far as the video card, are these little silver components supposed to be split open like this?

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Oh wow, nope, that's not good. Blown capacitors on a card are not good. Either way, i'd say you need at LEAST a new card. Not too much outside of design and age(or poor quality capacitors) would cause that.

If nothing is found wrong other than the card, i'd suggest just replacing it, and you should be good to go.

EDIT: sorry for hijacking....I had an Nvidia card that had one of these go bad.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built( I will never "buy" a PC)
    CPU
    AMD Phenom2 XII 560
    Motherboard
    Biostar A780L3L
    Memory
    4GB DDR3-1333
    Graphics Card(s)
    xfx 9800 GT
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    AOC 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    320GB
    Cooling
    2 front, 2 back,one side
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless LX310
    Internet Speed
    18/2 cable
    Other Info
    Opera/Chrome / EPSON Stylus nx420 / Microsoft Security Essentials / CCleaner / Malwarebytes / OpenDNS / Paint.NET / 7-Zip / Windows Live Mail Client
First thing is, we need to know more about what you use your pc for. Do you play a lot of games on it? Or is it just for normal home use.

That's not a really bad card, but you want to make sure you get something strong enough, and made for what you do on your pc. I've never been big on video cards without a fan on them. If you do graphically intense things with your pc, it can get pretty hot.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built( I will never "buy" a PC)
    CPU
    AMD Phenom2 XII 560
    Motherboard
    Biostar A780L3L
    Memory
    4GB DDR3-1333
    Graphics Card(s)
    xfx 9800 GT
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    AOC 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    320GB
    Cooling
    2 front, 2 back,one side
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless LX310
    Internet Speed
    18/2 cable
    Other Info
    Opera/Chrome / EPSON Stylus nx420 / Microsoft Security Essentials / CCleaner / Malwarebytes / OpenDNS / Paint.NET / 7-Zip / Windows Live Mail Client
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