video card inexplicably stops working... help?
 

I have two video cards installed, one PCI, one AGP. The PCI was set as my default, and running both of my DVI monitors.

After what appeared to be a crash during a reboot, i had to manually shut my computer off and restart. I was only getting the single beep during restart.

Ive unplugged one monitor and hooked it back up to the AGP card and have ti working. In device manager my PCI card is now listed as having a problem, with that being "This device cannot start (Code 10).

Anyone have any idea how to go about fixing this? Or is my card somehow shot?

No one can even bother to tell me im shit out of luck? WTF?!

Why would you have been using the PCI card instead of the AGP?

Do you need both cards to work? What was the AGP card being used for?

It really sounds like either the card or the slot is shot. The only way to really test this is put the card in another machine, or put another card in the PCI slot.

My bad. I had them reversed. It was a long night. I was using the AGP card and now i can only get the PCI to work.

Windows obviously detects the card, but it's just not working for some reason i cant figure out. Maybe

If it was working before, it may not be detecting the card, it may just be in the list of devices to start.

What happens if you remove it in device manager, restart and then scan for new hardware?

Sounds like you're shit out of luck. :)

It appears you have a bad video card.

Is it plugged in?

I'll try removing it from device manager and seeing what windows does when i reboot when i get home tonight.

Doesn't one long beep mean that your RAM slot/card is loose and/or dirty?

All my RAM is showing and the computer seems to be running the same, so that's a-ok.

I removed it from device manager, restarted, reinstalled and immediately go the "This device cannot start" message.

I guess it's just sounding like this thing is dead? or what?

Some of the new cases are weak enough to allow the card to slightly unseat itself. The beeping you are hearing is called a beep code and each motherboard has a different set of codes.

Open the case and reseat the AGP card, also check the gold tabs on the card and make sure they are clean.

If it still will not work and the beeping remains, remove the card totally and see if the beeping still is there. If the system beeps with no card in it, most likely it is the slot and not the card. You can also test your current card in another system, that will tell you for sure if it is the card or slot.

Good Luck,
Scott Kolleck

Good advice above, but I would bet you have a bad video card.

My dad's just went bad last week, it happens.

If it inexplicably stopped working, then there's no way we can help you. Now if it stopped working in general, then maybe more people would pitch in.

wow... just had to go back to a VGA connection on one monitor to get both working for now... Looks horrible compared to DVI... lord almighty!

Thank you very much for the feedback. Last night i did pull the thing apart, make sure the contacts were clean and no damaged in any apparent way, and rebooted. Same shit.

This weekend i'll find the time to do the same but leave the card out entirely to see what kind of reaction I get. I've needed to do some work on this PC anyway, so if it's time for a new video card the timing is good. I need a new DVD drive and another HD at his point anyway. And I might as well get a new case while i'm at it i think.