Hi
I've just encountered a strange fault in my PC. I've been working and suddenly, the LCD went black. So I was about WTF and after a little poking (thought cable has fallen out - which haven't), I've restarted the PC. And it only beeped at me. It beeped me (1 long 3 short), there is no GPU in there.
So fine, opened the case, looked at the GPU (nVidia 8500GT I think). Was quite hot (only passive heatsinking), but not hot enough that I could say it overheated. (but who knows).
Okay, the GPU is probably kaputt gemacht. Because neither it worked after it cooled down completely. So I've taken another one. But what the hell? It doesn't work either. So I've removed some other PCI cards and tried to insert it into the second PCIex slot. It doesn't work even there. Just again, it furiously beeps at me, that there's no GPU. Neither of the two PCIex slots neither of the two different GPUs work.
Now, I have an old crusty S3 Virge (without the metal frame - lost somewhere) inserted into standard PCI and having "fun" with 800x600x4bpp (=16 colors).
No clue what the problem is, neither what happened to it. What do you suggest to do or test? Is it a SW or HW fault?
Already been in the BIOS. Haven't seen any options related to PCIex.
Thaks for your help!