Video Failure

speedstik · 07-28-2002, 09:45 AM

I have an award bios with Athlon XP1900+

Geforce 2MX200 Card Expert

For the past week , when I boot my system after it has been off, I get one long beep and 2 short beeps which means video failure. Computer won’t boot. After about 5 or 6 tries it finally boots and runs fine for days, until I turn off and next boot attempt.

Is this a bad card? How do I tell? Why does it work fine when it does boot up?

I have been thinking of upgrading my video card anyway, but I would like to know if the card is bad. Any info would help, thanks.

bwcc · 07-28-2002, 09:54 AM

Sounds like a possibility. Only way to really tell would be to try a different card in its place.

Have you tried re-seating the videocard? Do you have anything in the first PCI slot under the AGP slot?

fyxxer32 · 07-28-2002, 09:54 AM

I have been having a similiar problem on one of my pcs. But it will continue to start . I was told to make sure the card is seated properly, maybe pull it out , re-insert it. Otherwise we might be shopping together!!!!

speedstik · 07-28-2002, 10:00 AM

Yes I re-seated the card, actually I took all of the cards out and gave everything a good dusting with some canned air and still the same results.

griobhta · 07-28-2002, 04:58 PM

had a problem a few years back that looked similar to this and i thought it was a video card problem but actualy was a failing power supply. Took a while to spot that one.

Griobhta

MaxVal · 07-29-2002, 08:53 AM

Are you overclocking?
If so, go back to stock speed as a test.
I have also seen a few cases where poor contacts were to blame.
MAX

bwcc · 07-29-2002, 08:59 AM

See if someone has a cheap AGP card they will let you borrow - just to make sure the AGP slot isn't bad on the board.

vorte[x] · 07-30-2002, 05:01 PM

Sounds like the card isn't receiving enough voltage at boot. Try altering the AGP timing value in the BIOS to DA / EA / or even FF, if you even have that feature.