[mythtv-users] Is my video card toast?

[Roger Heflin]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> This morning, I swapped out the 6200fx with one in my other computer
> and everything is working fine now (I have the case completely open to
> prevent more heat issues while I am gone).  I have not swapped the
> 6200fx into my other computer to see if it works there yet, but I did
> notice one of the fins on the heat sink was grey as if it was singed,
> so I really do think the card just overheated and died.  Kind of weird
> that the nv driver would work (maybe it does not access parts of the
> card that burnt out), but now I realize that I need to replace the
> case fan or something.  The first time that I have had this happen
> living in this place for 4 years; but we are having a pretty big heat
> wave I guess.


Check the capacitors on the card, I have a 3-4 year old 6200 that
several of the capacitors are damaged with a couple of them having
leaked out the internal fluid, the card mostly works until you attempt
to start X.