Winterlight,
I suspect you may be playing the same game I am.
I'd suspect your psu or your m/b finally died. I've seen this twice this
year via other circumstances...... I don't drive video.
I see another Viking Funeral in the offing.
Though both of us like Matrox; even our old Matrox cards do die eventually!
Really SUX; but it really does happen.
The funny part is that my "old" machines are so less spectacular than
your collection. With some thoughtful TLC, that puppy should do another
5-10 years......... :)
In the end; Stuff happens. Hmm........
Best,
Duncan
Winterlight wrote:
I have a old PC that I use to record TV stuff. It is a P4 3400, Intel
850Perl, 3GB of Crucial DDR, All in Wonder 9600 PRO, a Promise ULTRA 133
PCI, one Maxtor SATA, three WD PATA, a 8 speed LITON DVD burner, powered
by a Antec 550 True Power. Old stuff put together for a single
purpose... works well, until last night.
I was running it with the TV on and all of a sudden, without any
indication of a problem, the TV audio and video just blanked out. The
computer was still powered on but nothing on the screen.
First I powered off at the cord, waited a bit and then powered up again.
Nothing appeared on the screen. Tried this numerous times after checking
cable connections.
Then I hooked up my laptop to the VGA cable... the monitor worked.
Then, leaving the AGP AIW 9600 PRO in place I put a known working Matrox
PCI G450. Still no video appears... even at POST.
But it will boot up to XP PRO and I can access all the hard drives
across the network. Just no video
It is very strange but I am thinking PS. The Antec True Power is
problematic and the problem is a strange one, as are most PS problems.
I put a meter on a powered up molex and got 5 on the red and 11.94 on
the yellow. Any thoughts?
