My PCI-e video card in my AMD64 x2 3800+ system died when I was attempting to play a demo of bf2142.
The system shutdown, although before it crashed it was displaying an odd video issue. Of course it would restart when turned on, although gave a pop. No damage to video card, but a strange smell. System now gives 1 beep followed by 3 beeps. This is indicative of a problem with video card or video memory.
Tested the card in a friends machine and sure enough it don’t work. It’s 8 months old approx, and thus means a trip to the shop on Monday 8th to RMA it. Hope it don’t take too many weeks to get it replaced. I’d even opt to put in a few dollars for a better model card (as I don’t think they even stock the GT6600 now).
Talk about being annoyed.
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