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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Don't you mean PCIe? I am not surprised you can't find PCI graphics cards, and I'm not even sure you can get a 7600 of any description for PCI (though I could be wrong). You mentioned re-installing the video card drivers, but I would recommend this if you haven't tried it already: First download [url=http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=745]Driver Cleaner[/url], and the latest [url=http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us]NVidia drivers[/url] for your card/OS. 1. Remove the drivers (use the Add/Remove CPL applet) - don't restart. 2. Delete the NVidia folder from the root of your system drive. 3. Restart in Safe Mode. 4. Run Driver Cleaner, selecting NVidia from the dropdown list - don't restart. 5. Shutdown your PC. 6. Remove the card - check it's free of dust, esp. around the contacts and socket (PCI/PCIe). 7. Re-insert the graphics card. 8. Boot into normal mode (should still be minimal VGA driver). 9. Install the latest drivers using the installer file, cancelling any Windows dialogues. 10. Restart as normal. The next step would be to check that it's not the video card. If you can't get hold of a spare card, perhaps you could test the card in another PC? I would eliminate the graphics card before condemning the mainboard entirely. Re-reading your post, it does sound like a chipset issue, but I would still want to get hold of a spare card to test with - PCIe or PCI. I would perhaps also cross my fingers and hope that it doesn't fry every card I test when it turns out the shipset [i]is[/i] fried. Better to check that card on another machine. [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/4663]White Hawk[/url] on 08-22-2009 14:24)[/small] Loading...
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