Lately my computer has been acting up. On random occasions my screen will just go blank, freeze up, and require me to restart. Upon restarting the BIOS will alert me that my graphics card is not properly inserted. A quick power cycle remedies this. On other occasions when I load a game that uses 3D graphics, it will do the same thing. Setup: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P motherboard 4GB G. Skill DDR2 RAM Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz processor EVGA (Nvidia) GeForce 8600GT 450W Power supply
Not trying to be a smart @## but have you tried re-inserting your graphics card like the BIOS asks for?
it can happen as i've seen it. is caused by heating & cooling, vibrations from fans & drives & possible tension caused by the card's bracket.
That might be a sign of your video card getting too hot. It will not hurt to get a case fan and point it directly at your video card. It's a cheap and relatively easy troubleshooting thing you can do.
Yep, Max PC ran some tests a few months ago, and found the hottest thing in the PC is the video card. But the cycles of hot to cold caused by running, shutting down, cooling, warming is what causes the cards to come loose. Cases are so light these days, I pulled some cards loose just carrying some to truck and in and out of places. The mismatch of adapter cards brackets and cases and mobos is additional fodder.. Which is what ddp referred to. --30--
Ok I had this problem on my old computer. Does the 8600GT require seperate power from the board? If so, I would check my Molex connector or adaptor you are using. This happened on one of my AGP cards, so Im not sure how similar the problem is. Have you actually checked the PCI-e connector to the board for damage or bridging between circuits?
DedShadow, edit your sig to conform to forum specs ASAP. yours is 7 lines of text. 1. Text-only signatures should have at most 5 lines of text.
