Nvidia 8800 GTX, fan spins, windows boots but no post.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

Hi guys,

 

as title says.

Gpu's fan spins 100%, but no picture on screen, on either DVI socket. 

Pc does boot into windows, just no picture on screen.

 

Is the gpu dead again?

 

Tried:

 

• Different DVI slots
• Restarting a few times
• Other Nvidia GPU (8500 GT) works.
• Both Power PCI-E 2xpins connected, disconnected (beeps if disconnected).

 

EDIT: Here are some pictures

 

Edited May 26, 2016 by Edgar R. Zakarian
Added pictures

[BingoFishy]

3 minutes ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

Hi guys,

 

as title says.

Gpu's fan spins 100%, but no picture on screen, on either DVI socket. 

Pc does boot into windows, just no picture on screen.

 

Is the gpu dead again?

 

Tried:

 

• Different DVI slots
• Restarting a few times
• Other Nvidia GPU (8500 GT) works.
• Both Power PCI-E 2xpins connected, disconnected (beeps if disconnected).

 

 

Sounds like a dead GPU to me. I've had that before where the fans spin, but it's actually dead.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

1 minute ago, BingoFishy said:

Sounds like a dead GPU to me. I've had that before where the fans spin, but it's actually dead.

Oh okay. Then it's Baking time again hahaha  This card has already been revived 3 times. Maybe 4.th won't work. Worth a try.

[Praesi]

Are you sure it boots windows?

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

1 minute ago, Praesi said:

Are you sure it boots windows?

Yep. Positive. 
Also it works with another gpu.  

[TheRandomness]

18 minutes ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

Oh okay. Then it's Baking time again hahaha  This card has already been revived 3 times. Maybe 4.th won't work. Worth a try.

Baking is a temporary fix. You're delaying the inevitable. 

[Bananasplit_00]

just wondering, i have a 8800GT that im going to put in a LAN pc so what can i expect my card to do? im guessing the 8800GTX is a bit more powerfull but how does your card do in games(if you play any)? and at what resolution do you play?

[TheRandomness]

2 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

just wondering, i have a 8800GT that im going to put in a LAN pc so what can i expect my card to do? im guessing the 8800GTX is a bit more powerfull but how does your card do in games(if you play any)? and at what resolution do you play?

Does everything but modern games at around 30FPS with some settings turned down (some games run fine at ultra) and you're stuck with DX9 I think. 

[Bananasplit_00]

2 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Does everything but modern games at around 30FPS with some settings turned down (some games run fine at ultra) and you're stuck with DX9 I think. 

great, im just going to be playing CS:GO anyway

[BingoFishy]

8 hours ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

Oh okay. Then it's Baking time again hahaha  This card has already been revived 3 times. Maybe 4.th won't work. Worth a try.

Baking's not a good idea. But you've probably ruined it already.

Warning: Lots of profanity

 

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

On 5/24/2016 at 1:18 PM, TheRandomness said:

Baking is a temporary fix. You're delaying the inevitable. 

Baking didn't work :'( RIP 8800 GTX, now I'm left with a Asus 8500 GT. CS:GO 640x480 Low at 30-50 fps.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

On 5/24/2016 at 9:04 PM, BingoFishy said:

Baking's not a good idea. But you've probably ruined it already.

Warning: Lots of profanity

 

It's not a myth if it worked for me 3 times Re-soldering worked. Of course it's delaying what's gonna happen, but unless you wanna replace the whole chip, this is the easiest, cheapest and fastest way hahaha.

Don't worry I do use a separate oven for this, not the one we cook in

 

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

On 5/24/2016 at 1:28 PM, TheRandomness said:

Does everything but modern games at around 30FPS with some settings turned down (some games run fine at ultra) and you're stuck with DX9 I think. 

8xxx series was DX10 mate Just pointing out haha.

they're great cards for their era.

[BingoFishy]

1 minute ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

It's not a myth if it worked for me 3 times Re-soldering worked. Of course it's delaying what's gonna happen, but unless you wanna replace the whole chip, this is the easiest, cheapest and fastest way hahaha.

Don't worry I do use a separate oven for this, not the one we cook in

 

No, he's talking about the fact that by ovening it you may be temporarily fixing a broken capacitor, but at the same time destroying the chip. Capacitors are cheap. Chips are not.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

2 minutes ago, BingoFishy said:

No, he's talking about the fact that by ovening it you may be temporarily fixing a broken capacitor, but at the same time destroying the chip. Capacitors are cheap. Chips are not.

True, I completely agree.
But really here. Who positively can find a broken capacitor, buy the correct one, and replace it?

maybe 10% of people.
For the other 90%, (me) included haha, it just seems quicker, 20 min fix. If it doesn't go any longer, fine, buy new (used) gpu for 50$ haha.

 

-But is my gpu not posting cause of a dead capacitor?
It was working until i put it away in storage. After ½ a year, i took it out, and it was dead. wtf.

[BingoFishy]

15 minutes ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

True, I completely agree.
But really here. Who positively can find a broken capacitor, buy the correct one, and replace it?

maybe 10% of people.
For the other 90%, (me) included haha, it just seems quicker, 20 min fix. If it doesn't go any longer, fine, buy new (used) gpu for 50$ haha.

 

-But is my gpu not posting cause of a dead capacitor?
It was working until i put it away in storage. After ½ a year, i took it out, and it was dead. wtf.

Well, you've been baking it. So the capacitor likely cooled down.

I think it's probably time to get a new GPU anyways. The 8800 is not top of the line anymore.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

15 hours ago, BingoFishy said:

Well, you've been baking it. So the capacitor likely cooled down.

I think it's probably time to get a new GPU anyways. The 8800 is not top of the line anymore.

I'm going to have another go at the baking today.

 

Electrical engineers at work told me, they've successfully tried 250°C with blower. For about 6 minutes or so, until you can see the tin shine. Then you know it's melted. 

 

I'm going to try this today. They were however sceptical, as there is a violet color on the PCB. Which is ususally caused by a lot of heat, or short circuit causing damage to the PCB.

[Masada02]

Is your Windows install using UEFI?

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

1 hour ago, Masada02 said:

Is your Windows install using UEFI?

uuh probably dno.
Anyway, threw the GPU out. Baking went horribly wrong.

[Masada02]

2 minutes ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

uuh probably dno.
Anyway, threw the GPU out. Baking went horribly wrong.

Haha, OK.

 

If it was a UEFI install though, the video card will not display anything because it does not support UEFI. I had the same thing happen with my 2 4870X2's when I tried to reinstall them.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

1 minute ago, Masada02 said:

Haha, OK.

 

If it was a UEFI install though, the video card will not display anything because it does not support UEFI. I had the same thing happen with my 2 4870X2's when I tried to reinstall them.

So you had to reinstall windows?

[Masada02]

1 minute ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

So you had to reinstall windows?

Technically that's what I should have done, but since I just wanted to mess around I am not going to bother. All modern cards support UEFI so it doesn't matter unless you are deliberately wanting to run old cards.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

1 minute ago, Masada02 said:

Technically that's what I should have done, but since I just wanted to mess around I am not going to bother. All modern cards support UEFI so it doesn't matter unless you are deliberately wanting to run old cards.

It's the only good card i had at hand. Now stuck on 8500 GT GG

[Masada02]

1 minute ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

It's the only good card i had at hand. Now stuck on 8500 GT GG

Haha, nice. If that card works fine then I guess it wasn't a UEFI issue...

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

1 minute ago, Masada02 said:

Haha, nice. If that card works fine then I guess it wasn't a UEFI issue...

it works fine