Re: Dimension 4600 No Video on Boot

I just looked it up on Dell and see it will take an 8X AGP card.

"Pat Conover" <pat conover at comcast dot net> wrote in message
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Ben,

Yep, it's an nVidia GeForce FX 5200 128MB video card. Any suggestions for
a replacement? Or will any AGP4X card on sale at Best Buy will do?

Thanks, Pat

"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net> wrote in message
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Pat,

My finger of suspicion points at the video card, especially if it has an
nVidia
graphics chip, which seem to fail more often than others. I've
encountered and
replaced too many failed or flaky nVidia cards in the last several years.
What
is really sad is when the nVidia graphics subsystem in a notebook fails,
and the
system becomes just about useless.

Yes, the 8200 power supply will work just fine in the Dimension 4600.

... Ben Myers

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:51:55 -0400, "Pat Conover" <pat conover at comcast
dot
net> wrote:

Sorry for the long post. My friend has a 3-year old 4600 (out of
warranty)
and last week the video started getting garbled, scrolling lines, etc. A
reboot would usually fix it, but now it won't get past the Win XP
scrolling
screen and then just goes blank, after a minute or so no power to the
monitor. It would run for a while in Safe Mode, but also started to get
the
garbled screen. There were no old video drivers to rollback to and
windows
said the current ones were the best. I ran a system restore to the day
before the problem started, no luck.

I took it apart, cleaned all the dust and dog hair out, reseated all the
cards, including the video and memory. Cleaned the 1701FP monitor and
checked the DVI pins on the cables. No luck. I ran the Dell quick and
full
diagnotics and all passed.

This is the same machine I posted a while back about not being able to
get
the &@#& HP-2570 all-in-one printer to work right (usual HP drivers
mess).
So I thought I would kill two birds with one stone and started a clean
install of Win XP Home SP2. That got as far as the reboot to windows and
personalize your settings and of course the video went blank and then no
power.

I'm thinking the problem is the notorious Dimension 4600 power supply
failure. Second and third place go to the video card and then the
monitor.
I have an old VGA monitor and a new Dell DVI cable to test with. I also
happen to have a spare PS for a Dell 8200, which I believe also fits the
4600 and 4550 series too.

Any trouble shooting help appreciated as usual. Thanks, Pat






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