Video card

[GeoCal]

I was installing a new 2.0 USB card and accidently took out the AGP
card. I put it back in and then rebooted and got the dreaded one long
and 3 short beeps. I tried everything, cleaning, moving the card,
giggling it, etc, I did get it to work once but not again.

ANY SUGGESTIONS?

NOlan

 

[Mark]

I was installing a new 2.0 USB card and accidently took out the AGP
card. I put it back in and then rebooted and got the dreaded one long
and 3 short beeps. I tried everything, cleaning, moving the card,
giggling it, etc, I did get it to work once but not again.

ANY SUGGESTIONS?

NOlan

Well, obviously it would be great if you could borrow another AGP card to
see if the card or the motherboard is the problem. I have had problems with
motherboards failing before, but not AGP cards. Unfortunately with computers
it is generally the case that if a component goes bad, you need to get a
replacement - rather than diagnosing and repairing an existing component.
Hopefully the AGP card you had wasn't a recent, expensive one - but as I
said, suspect the motherboard as well.

 

[George Macdonald]

I was installing a new 2.0 USB card and accidently took out the AGP
card. I put it back in and then rebooted and got the dreaded one long
and 3 short beeps. I tried everything, cleaning, moving the card,
giggling it, etc, I did get it to work once but not again.

ANY SUGGESTIONS?

It has been reported that unplugging/plugging components without removing
the power totally, ie. by removing power cable or with switch on the power
supply, has damaged mbrds and components. Asus had a pic once with burned
tracks on the mbrd from such actions.

If you got it to work once, it's possible that this is just a dirty AGP
connector. First remove all power; take the card out, clean up the
contacts on the card with a pencil eraser and vacuum the AGP slot. To
clean the slot, you can fold up a piece of paper and *carefully* slide it
in one direction only - that which does not allow open paper folds to catch
on contacts... or if you'd rather not, plug and unplug the card a few times
to "wipe" the contact surfaces clean.

If that doesn't help, try to borrow an AGP card to see if you can narrow
down whether it's the mbrd or card which is the problem.