Posted this in the technical support section but this forum seems more active:
I am wondering if anyone has heard of an ASUS V7700 Geforce2 GTS video card, or any video card, losing one of the memory chips and the card still functions. I currently have that card and when the PC first boots there is an ID screen that shows the card make, model and RAM. Mine use to say, ASUS V7700 32.0MB , now it says ASUS V7700 16.0MB. Is it possible for one of the 16MB RAM chips to go bad and now the card only sees 16? All this happens before the motherboard goes through it's bios screen. The ID is the first thing the shows up after the machine is turned on and before it goes through the memory count and all the other bios setup stuff.
I have already called ASUS about this and they have no idea. If the card is in warrenty I have to send it in, for who knows how long, while they check it out and they won't send a temporary one to me while they have mine, so obviously I want that to be a last resort. Is there someway I can check it myself with a program or something? I am open to any ideas suggestion or comments to help me figure this out. Thanks in advance.
I am wondering if anyone has heard of an ASUS V7700 Geforce2 GTS video card, or any video card, losing one of the memory chips and the card still functions. I currently have that card and when the PC first boots there is an ID screen that shows the card make, model and RAM. Mine use to say, ASUS V7700 32.0MB , now it says ASUS V7700 16.0MB. Is it possible for one of the 16MB RAM chips to go bad and now the card only sees 16? All this happens before the motherboard goes through it's bios screen. The ID is the first thing the shows up after the machine is turned on and before it goes through the memory count and all the other bios setup stuff.
I have already called ASUS about this and they have no idea. If the card is in warrenty I have to send it in, for who knows how long, while they check it out and they won't send a temporary one to me while they have mine, so obviously I want that to be a last resort. Is there someway I can check it myself with a program or something? I am open to any ideas suggestion or comments to help me figure this out. Thanks in advance.
