Dead 6800 ?

[denfenn]

After my computer booted up OK today, I left the room for awhile and when I came back there was a garbled pattern on the monitor. When I turned the computer off and then back on, the monitor received no video signal and the compter didn't start. The card is a 6800 nu AGP.

I think the card's probably dead, but is there anyway I can tell for sure? I popped in a spare card and everything's OK now.

 

[eplebnista]

IMO the card is dead.

 

[vhx]

Yup cards dead. The only way to tell for sure is to try a new card. Which you did. Dead.

 

[Dainas]

6800s love to just die, as their cores... are well crap;

Had a PNY 6800GT do exactly what you said yours did after 10 months, and then had a rev2 BFG 6800GT OC that had a core that would only do 355(the BFG roms were set for 380) without artifacting irregardless of voltages. I ran it in my G4 powermac for a few months, and replaced it with a 7800GS AGP which runs much much cooler(46c versus 70c) and does 470/1400 day in and out without a sweat.

 

[evolucion8]

Yeah, for some reason the 6800 series love to die after a period. Seems that IBM doesn't like to do durable manufacturing process. TMSC ownz.

 

[Dainas]

I had a IBM 1.1GHZ 750GX give up on me after a year of use in an old Blue and White G3 powermac, the die was made about the same time as the NV40 6800s. Guess 2004-early 2005 was a bad year to contract a IBM fab as it seems all their quality control went to apples G5s then.

 

[denfenn]

Thank you all for your replies. The card served me well for about 2 1/2 years but was starting to show its age in games anyway. Think I'll get a 7600 GT or 7800 GS.