Alright, the problem is that upon bootup the computer says nvidia boot agent: media test failed. I think my graphics card is broken because I touched it when I was playing a game and it shocked me and then crashed afterwards. Also my motherboards chipset is nforce2 ultra 400, so it could be my mobo also. Is the graphics card broken? Or my mobo? The motherboard is brand new, so I think it's the GPU.
Help please!
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Chibi Nick
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That's a damn good question... why would you touch it when your comp is on?
You f---ed it up.
You f---ed it up.
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I was concerned about heat. I had been play FEAR mp for 2 hrs. and I wanted to see if it was time to stop. Also, it gets into windows SOMETIMES, but then crashes after 10 min. and does the media test thing. If I wait for 30 min. I can get into windows again for 10 min. The old fan on my GPU doesn't spin, but the new one does, which leads me to believe it's a motherboard problem, but i'm not sure. My motherboard is only 2 weeks old though. I didn't know that touching the GPU when my compy is on messes it up.
TerraPhantm
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Sounds like a motherboard problem to me, because that is the message I get on my Athlon XP system(motherboard is an A7N8X-Deluxe) when I have no harddrive, cd-rom, floppy drive, or anything attached to it.
What might've happened is that, when you touched your graphics card, it sent a voltage spike through the AGP port, and something else on your motherboard died.
What might've happened is that, when you touched your graphics card, it sent a voltage spike through the AGP port, and something else on your motherboard died.
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I think thats what they make temperature sensors for. Seriously, computer components are extremely ESD sensitive (thats Electrostatic Discharge). If you touch one without at least touching the chasis to ground your self first then your likely to fry the thing.
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My GPU doesn't have a temp. sensor, so the only way to gauge temperature is to touch it. I still have the warranty on the motherboard, so I hope it's a motherboard problem, and not a graphics card problem. I've touched my GPU alot of times before to see if it was hot and nothing died. So why this time? My warranty is voided on the graphics card becuause of OC'ing and I took off the fan. What do you think the "voltage spike" might have killed?
zAlbee
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Uh, even when installing components in your computer (when the computer is OFF and with no power), you should ground yourself to make sure you're not carrying any static charge. Usually touching the metal chassis of your PC is enough to ground yourself. If nothing fried before, it was just blind luck that a) you weren't carrying any charge on you, and b) the thing you touched wasn't carrying charge. The fact that you felt a SHOCK means that there was.
Also, if your game isn't crashing, then it's not overheating. How hot it "feels" doesn't tell you anything.
Also, if your game isn't crashing, then it's not overheating. How hot it "feels" doesn't tell you anything.
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Britchie Crazy
Any of the metal that is part of the case is part of the chassis.
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Britchie Crazy
What's the wattage on your PSU? And did this ever happen before you touched it?mix said:
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Britchie Crazy
Then I'd guess that touching probably did damage it if it has never done that before. If you have a second pc, you can always test the card in that to make sure. If not, some places can run a diagnostic on it (though it's not free) but would give you peace of mind knowing what the problem is.
Chibi Nick
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Maybe it'll teach you not to touch the inside of your computer unless you half know what you're doing...
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Britchie Crazy
Glad it was that easy to fix. Just be more careful in the future, k?