I hope this is a little out of the ordinary compared to the "My Windows is not starting" threads. But this is the gist of it.
Nice new, GeForce 6800LE, don't ask me why but I had it on a panel on the floor, bro came by and it got casually kicked across a hardwood floor and hit a wall (hardwood floors are pretty slick). Though no visible damage, I did find a little metal rectangular piece on the floor with it.
Here's an important part: I took my comp home and obviously tested a card that I knew wouldn't work. It obviously did not work, nothing started, total black screen, not even any hard drive movement, nothing.
So, after asking some friends, they showed me where that rectangular piece came off of and said they knew a sodering guy/gal, that might give me a shot.
(Now, I know some if not all are wondering why I didn't immediately go to tech support and get an RMA on this, and here it is: Its got a flashed BIOS)
So guess what, get a call a few days later, saying they sodered it, and its working on their computers, they may not be playing CoR on it, but they its working.
But I get it, take it to mines, and the exact same thing still applies. Total black screen, no hard drive led light, nothing.
I do not have 100% percent confirmation of it working on other people's comps, but three techies have tested it on their comps and came back saying it works.
Is this a motherboard problem, is this some weird sort of config problem, did I damage something else by even running juice thru the vid card? Or better yet, if the vid card company cannot run the card, they cannot tell about the BIOS, right? Or No?
Nice new, GeForce 6800LE, don't ask me why but I had it on a panel on the floor, bro came by and it got casually kicked across a hardwood floor and hit a wall (hardwood floors are pretty slick). Though no visible damage, I did find a little metal rectangular piece on the floor with it.
Here's an important part: I took my comp home and obviously tested a card that I knew wouldn't work. It obviously did not work, nothing started, total black screen, not even any hard drive movement, nothing.
So, after asking some friends, they showed me where that rectangular piece came off of and said they knew a sodering guy/gal, that might give me a shot.
(Now, I know some if not all are wondering why I didn't immediately go to tech support and get an RMA on this, and here it is: Its got a flashed BIOS)
So guess what, get a call a few days later, saying they sodered it, and its working on their computers, they may not be playing CoR on it, but they its working.
But I get it, take it to mines, and the exact same thing still applies. Total black screen, no hard drive led light, nothing.
I do not have 100% percent confirmation of it working on other people's comps, but three techies have tested it on their comps and came back saying it works.
Is this a motherboard problem, is this some weird sort of config problem, did I damage something else by even running juice thru the vid card? Or better yet, if the vid card company cannot run the card, they cannot tell about the BIOS, right? Or No?