I installed a NewEgg refurb GF2MX about two months ago into my K7 Dragon (KT266, no A). About a month ago, it started to freeze (Ctrl-Alt-Del wouldn't work, the sound coming from the speakers looped endlessly) randomly (usually while having to redraw the screen). For the past 8 months, the comp had only frozen twice (I was quite surprised).
Ambient temp went up around then, so I wondered if anything had popped out, and the GF2MX had. I shutdown, reseated it, and it worked for another couple of days.
Then it started freezing again. I dealt with it until Win2K randomly decided to stop booting. It got upto the graphical boot screen and then nothing. I reformatted my system partition and reinstalled Win2K, the 4in1s, reboot, then the detonators... After the restart after installing the detonators, it still wouldn't boot.
Swapped the GF2MX back for my Rage128 (yeah, it's old, but didn't have the cash to get a vidcard until I went cheap on the GF2MX), and that worked for a couple of days. Now it's freezing again.
I've reseated the Rage128 and the RAM and blown the case clean with canned air, and it's still not doing well.
So, my question is:
Can the mobo be fried in some way by having an AGP card come unseated?
If so, anybody got a suggestion? I'd hate to blow another $150 or whatever another Dragon costs (though the KT333, USB2.0 and ATA/133 would be nice)for the same thing to happen.
Here's the rest of the specs on my box:
Athlon (1200 mhz @133) Retail w/HSF
384 mb Crucial PC2100
Using onboard LAN and Audio
USR PCI Winmodem
Ambient temp went up around then, so I wondered if anything had popped out, and the GF2MX had. I shutdown, reseated it, and it worked for another couple of days.
Then it started freezing again. I dealt with it until Win2K randomly decided to stop booting. It got upto the graphical boot screen and then nothing. I reformatted my system partition and reinstalled Win2K, the 4in1s, reboot, then the detonators... After the restart after installing the detonators, it still wouldn't boot.
Swapped the GF2MX back for my Rage128 (yeah, it's old, but didn't have the cash to get a vidcard until I went cheap on the GF2MX), and that worked for a couple of days. Now it's freezing again.
I've reseated the Rage128 and the RAM and blown the case clean with canned air, and it's still not doing well.
So, my question is:
Can the mobo be fried in some way by having an AGP card come unseated?
If so, anybody got a suggestion? I'd hate to blow another $150 or whatever another Dragon costs (though the KT333, USB2.0 and ATA/133 would be nice)for the same thing to happen.
Here's the rest of the specs on my box:
Athlon (1200 mhz @133) Retail w/HSF
384 mb Crucial PC2100
Using onboard LAN and Audio
USR PCI Winmodem
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