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Sapphire HD 3850 AGP not booting.

AshleyKitty123
By AshleyKitty123
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Hey Everyone. 

Today the HD 3850 AGP card in my retro gaming pc stopped working, with no apparent reason why. Visually, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it (like caps or anything), voltages seem to be present, it is detected as it halts the boot and core is getting hot. The fan does spin up for a few seconds then turns back off. 

How should i go about troubleshooting it further?

Thanks in advance! 

 

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30 minutes ago, AshleyKitty123 said:

How should i go about troubleshooting this further?

swap cards, if it still doesn't boot, then the AGP slot is bad.

If it does boot, then the card is bad

Can you get into safe mode? (that usually doesn't tax the hardware)

NOTE: I no longer frequent this site. If you really need help, PM/DM me and my e.mail will alert me. 

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1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

swap cards, if it still doesn't boot, then the AGP slot is bad.

If it does boot, then the card is bad

Can you get into safe mode? (that usually doesn't tax the hardware)

The card is the problem, the pc worked just fine with a different GPU. 

Was asking how to troubleshoot the card further. 

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17 minutes ago, AshleyKitty123 said:

The card is the problem, the pc worked just fine with a different GPU. 

Was asking how to troubleshoot the card further. 

How good are you electronic component replacement skills? Likely the card has simply died of old age, and isn't worth repairing.

 

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15 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

How good are you electronic component replacement skills?

Good enough to replace basic components and some fine work, but cant do bga rework.

 

15 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Likely the card has simply died of old age, and isn't worth repairing.

It doesn't seem like it tho. It suddenly refused to post after reinstalling the drivers.

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18 minutes ago, AshleyKitty123 said:

Good enough to replace basic components and some fine work, but cant do bga rework.

 

It doesn't seem like it tho. It suddenly refused to post after reinstalling the drivers.

Can you boot into safe mode and uninstall the drivers and then let Windows handle finding them?

NOTE: I no longer frequent this site. If you really need help, PM/DM me and my e.mail will alert me. 

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5 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

Can you boot into safe mode and uninstall the drivers and then let Windows handle finding them?

No, This card doesn't even get through post. 

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1 hour ago, AshleyKitty123 said:

No, This card doesn't even get through post. 

If it won't even post, then it's dead for good

NOTE: I no longer frequent this site. If you really need help, PM/DM me and my e.mail will alert me. 

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