crollsy

I'm sure that was an ever so helpful title.

Anyways, a few months ago I decided to upgrade from my onboard graphics to a new nVidia N7300 AGP card.

After installing, everything was perfect at first.

After a while, at random intervals I would get a blue screen of death (which was the first time I had seen one since good ol' Win98). It didn't bother me at first, as I just rebooted and carried on, but the problem worsened until it got to the point where I was guaranteed a BSOD before I had finished logging in to windows.

After a bit of research on this site, I was told to try updating the drivers. I did, and no luck.

I removed the nVidia card and reset the clr_CMOS jumpers so I could go back to my onboard graphics, but I got "No Signal Detected" on my monitor. Tried putting the nVidia card back in, same problem. Tried a 2nd AGP card, made by Gainward that I knew worked as it was being used in a different machine. Same problem.

So now I have 2 AGP cards and an onboard graphics, none of which give me any picture on the monitor.

Its also worth noting that, when no AGP card is plugged in, I get a nice little *beep* and the Num/Caps/Scroll lights flash on the keyboard, as well as the monitor automatically turning itself on. I don't get any of this with the 2 AGP cards.

Any more suggestions? I'm not so much interested in getting the nVidia card to work as I was perfectly happy with my onboard graphics. The only reason I updated the card was so my fiancee could play Sims 2 without flashing red walls and purple grass.


Anyway, spec of the machine:

Foxconn P4M800P7MB-RS2 Motherboard
Intel Pentium 4 3.2Ghz
2 x 512 ValueSelect RAM
80Gb Seagate HDD
Windows XP SP2

any other info you need, just ask.


Thankyou in advance.

Chris