Graphic Cards My 6600GT dead?

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monalac

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hello TE's members.
i owe MSI 6600GT graphics card.
while playing prince of persia the two thrones, my game freezed and then i had to press reset button. i thout that must b some minor glitches. but then when i restart, bios screen is perfect then the next screen i get is having vertical red and green coloured lines. and the display before windows boot screen has - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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above kind of patterns. actually those breaking lines r white n background black :O wat seems to b the problem? and on windows XP boot screen i get again corrupt lines like above in various colours. wat seems to be the problem? my screen goes blank after windows boot up screen and cant see welcome screen. i tried everything, opened heatsink, cleaned card thoroughly, checked slot but my geforce 4 old card is working which im using now. is this sign of my dead 6600gt? can i repair it? :huh:
 
Clean your motherboard, cpu,vid card with an industrial level blower, rent one from a nearby electric / AC repair shop. Its not necessary that your vid card is dying, but it could be.

If you havent cleaned your system in a while, the dust particles could accumulate on sensitive parts of the system making the system act anomalous at times.
 
but my geforce 4 works like a charm without clitches. i cleaned my sys with vacuum. any other way? how much new 6600GT costs? or ill buy new 6600 gt non gt :(
 
monalac said:
but my geforce 4 works like a charm without clitches. i cleaned my sys with vacuum. any other way? how much new 6600GT costs? or ill buy new 6600 gt non gt :(
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Don't you have the card in warranty? Was it bought in India or abroad?
 
monalac said:
but my geforce 4 works like a charm without clitches. i cleaned my sys with vacuum. any other way? how much new 6600GT costs? or ill buy new 6600 gt non gt :(
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Check the cables, and test the card on another machine. See if works fine. Also what psu are you using ? And if nothing works rma the card provided you have got it in india and its within warranty.
 
I can tell ya the card is Dead. Those kind of patterned lines will appear only when the card is dead. It has happened to my 6600GT which i got replaced though.
 
is my prob repairable? wat things should i do at home to overcome this prob :( how much non GT 6600 cost? hows 6200TC comparable to my 6600GT?
 
Its not repairable.
Try using it on another system though.
Also, the 6600GT, uses a lot more Power than a Geforce4, Which PSU do you have?
 
i have colorsIt 400watts PSU which works nice since a year+ and i was using this card on this psu since 1 year and worked fine till today looks like its memory prob on card. how to recrify it? is this problem cause of lack of cooling on ram chips?
 
monalac said:
i have colorsIt 400watts PSU which works nice since a year+ and i was using this card on this psu since 1 year and worked fine till today looks like its memory prob on card. how to recrify it? is this problem cause of lack of cooling on ram chips?
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dont you have any warranty ?
 
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