William Robb wrote:
I've been having an ongoing issue with my workstation which seems
unresolvable.
[...]
We did a clean reinstall of Windows, as the problem started right after
installing Norton Antivirus and several people thought that this was the
only way to rid myself of the problem.
Anyway, I am starting to think that the card itself is at fault and so am
looking at replacing it.
I've you've done a clean, reformat-the-drive install of Windows, and
you've gotten the security updates, and you've gotten the latest driver
from nVidia, by way of Asus, the video card's manufacturer, then you may
well have a hardware problem. It might be easily solvable, or not. I'd
start by removing the card and cleaning the contacts with a soft, pink
_pencil_ eraser (not a pen eraser). Reseat it carefully and fully.
Make sure any physical interlocks are set. Try it again. If that
doesn't work, see if you have another socket on the motherboard you can
try the video board in.
If that doesn't get it acting normally, take the video card back out and
check for any loose components or connections. On that card, modern as
it is, I think everything will be soldered, so a visual inspection isn't
likely to find a really small crack, cold-joint, or whatever. Consider
removing and reseating any other cards, too. I've even had situations
where reseating the memory sticks cleared up weirdness like that.
If none of that nets you any progress, then things are leaning toward
something wrong with the motherboard, like maybe a cracked trace going
to the video board's socket or a bad socket or something like that.
What I am wondering is, would there be any issues with putting a Radeon
graphics card onto the motherboard, and does anyone have any odeas about
how
to cure this without replacing components?
Well, putting in a Radeon should be no big deal, if the video board is
actually the problem. After replacing the video board, you might need
to boot into "Safe Mode" and load the new video drivers and get all the
settings configured right.
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Thanks,
DougF (KG4LMZ)
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