computer crash (photo) help please - Page 2

flag4 · 10-17-10, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I'd have suggested you purchase from BFG for their lifetime warranty....until I saw this article:

http://www.techeye.net/business/bfg-...n-its-business

thanks for the suggestion AND the article! its funny, i was just bidding on one on ebay for £16, finally went for 30'ish - i lost the bid

cheers
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ps. looking at new ones at PC World for around £50.

FIREWALL · 10-17-10, 03:30 PM

Amazon .com.

Jimbuna · 10-17-10, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flag4

thanks for the suggestion AND the article! its funny, i was just bidding on one on ebay for £16, finally went for 30'ish - i lost the bid

cheers
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ps. looking at new ones at PC World for around £50.

Which one are you considering?

flag4 · 10-17-10, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Which one are you considering?

im not too sure. at present i have an Asus 7900gs. and then it gets a little technical - plug size/different types that go from monitor to vid. card. im not au fe with all this. maybe i should pull it out and go to shop to ask for assistance. there is the question of SH5 to consider but i dont have dual core. but maybe a card that is future proofed for this, but im in no hurry to leave SH3GWX.
i dont want to get into cooling fans for vid card etc. keep it simple is my motto at present and i dont have the £'s to do all that. so, an equivalant spec or slightly higher.

cheers

ps. as for vid cards there appears to be dozens - more, its a bit confusing!

FIREWALL · 10-17-10, 04:15 PM

Is your card AGP or PCI-E ?

GT182 · 10-17-10, 09:09 PM

CompUSA has some very good prices on GFX cards. Check there too.

flag4 · 10-18-10, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Is your card AGP or PCI-E ?

hi FIREWALL

i still have the box it came in and this is what it says on the front:

ASUS EN7900GS PCI EXPRESS 256MB DDR3

Cheers

SteamWake · 10-18-10, 08:08 AM

Before you go plopping down a wad of cash try re-seating the card. It may have gotten a bad contact.

Most likely the card has failed but it cant hurt to try just removing it, clean the card edge with alchohal and a q tip, let it dry, put it back in and try again.

flag4 · 10-18-10, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by GT182

CompUSA has some very good prices on GFX cards. Check there too.

sorry GT, i live in England, but thanks any way!

@ SteamWake. thanks for that. i had it out yesterday took a good look at it and did some cleaning, i have always been one for cleaning these things out occasioanlly. its running now on this comp. no problems so far......

.....i rekon ill leave it while im hunting for the new one - and if it goes again meantime, then i will know. i think the general concensus here and from my tech. friend is that it is pooped - or on its way to pooping. ive been looking at a few on the internet and in the shops today. rekon i can get a good one for £60-70 with a gig of memory. after all im only sinking ships!!

cheers

JSLTIGER · 10-18-10, 08:27 AM

If it is dead, you may want to go with either an EVGA or XFX card. They're both still running lifetime warranties on their cards and you can get either nvidia GeForce (made by both EVGA and XFX) or AMD (ex-ATI) Radeon (made by XFX) based products.

Task Force · 10-18-10, 09:40 AM

Yep, and also have some pretty good customer service from im to understand. (EVGA)

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Before you go plopping down a wad of cash try re-seating the card. It may have gotten a bad contact. Most likely the card has failed but it cant hurt to try just removing it, clean the card edge with alchohal and a q tip, let it dry, put it back in and try again. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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JSLTIGER The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Parkland, FL, USA Posts: 1,437 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	If it is dead, you may want to go with either an EVGA or XFX card. They're both still running lifetime warranties on their cards and you can get either nvidia GeForce (made by both EVGA and XFX) or AMD (ex-ATI) Radeon (made by XFX) based products. __________________ Thor: Intel Core i7 4770K\|ASUS Z87Pro\|32GB DDR3 RAM\|11GB EVGA GeForce RTX 2080Ti Black\|256GB Crucial M4 SSD+2TB WD HDD\|4X LG BD-RE\|32" Acer Predator Z321QU 165Hz G-Sync (2540x1440)\|Logitech Z-323 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Pro Explorer (MSI GL63 8RE-629 Laptop): Intel Core i7 8750H\|16GB DDR4 RAM\|6GB GeForce GTX 1060\|128GB SSD+1TB HDD\|15.6" Widescreen (1920x1080)\|Logitech R-20 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Home

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Yep, and also have some pretty good customer service from im to understand. (EVGA) __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"