NisheshPrasad
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Nvidia 8800 GT Producing vertical distorted lines
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I have a XFX Nvidia 8800 GT Alpha Dog graphics card installed on my DELL Desktop PC.
Everything was fine until today morning when i turned the PC on.
The monitor produced horizontal strips of distorted images starting during boot running parallel to each other and continued even after windows was loaded.
The control panel displays a yellow exclamation with a Code 10 error (device could not be started).
The graphics card is installed on a PCIe 2.0 slot on the motherboard. I replaced the graphics card with an old Nvidia 7300 LE and everything was back to normal. Switched it back to 8800 GT and the issue was reproduced. It looks like a Hardware issue to me.
Can somebody come up with any possible solution so that i can save a few bucks on a New one which looks more than probable to me now.
HELP !
I have a XFX Nvidia 8800 GT Alpha Dog graphics card installed on my DELL Desktop PC.
Everything was fine until today morning when i turned the PC on.
The monitor produced horizontal strips of distorted images starting during boot running parallel to each other and continued even after windows was loaded.
The control panel displays a yellow exclamation with a Code 10 error (device could not be started).
The graphics card is installed on a PCIe 2.0 slot on the motherboard. I replaced the graphics card with an old Nvidia 7300 LE and everything was back to normal. Switched it back to 8800 GT and the issue was reproduced. It looks like a Hardware issue to me.
Can somebody come up with any possible solution so that i can save a few bucks on a New one which looks more than probable to me now.
HELP !
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I just finished repairing a monitor with strange lines, wouldn't sync, etc.
Turns out the power supply inside the monitor was going bad due to dried out capacitors.
I almost threw the monitor in the trash, but decided to remove the plastic bezel around the screen, get into the power supply, and remove all the electrolytic capacitors (about 6 of them) and replace them.
Total parts cost: about $6
Try a different monitor, if another monitor works, and you don't want to fix the internal power supply, tell someone else about the capacitor issue (they dry out after a few years) and maybe someone will replace all the caps on the power supply section of the control board inside the monitor.
The hardest part of the job is getting the plastic case around the monitor to unsnap without breaking it.
Hope this helps.
Jeff
Turns out the power supply inside the monitor was going bad due to dried out capacitors.
I almost threw the monitor in the trash, but decided to remove the plastic bezel around the screen, get into the power supply, and remove all the electrolytic capacitors (about 6 of them) and replace them.
Total parts cost: about $6
Try a different monitor, if another monitor works, and you don't want to fix the internal power supply, tell someone else about the capacitor issue (they dry out after a few years) and maybe someone will replace all the caps on the power supply section of the control board inside the monitor.
The hardest part of the job is getting the plastic case around the monitor to unsnap without breaking it.
Hope this helps.
Jeff
This question has been classified as abandoned and is being closed as part of the Cleanup Program. See my comment at the end of the question for more details.
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