Possible graphics card problem

[Weatherman3]

I've had this computer for 2 years now and just recently I turned it on and got no display on the monitor (and the light was orange). I got no beeps and it seemed to boot fine. I've got an Asus Nvidia Geforce 7300gt GPU and I thought it was probably a problem with the GPU, so I took the monitor cable out of the connection on the GPU and put it in the onboard VGA connection. Suprise suprise it worked, it booted up fine. So I thought great I need a new graphics card thats all. However a couple of days ago it did the same thing hooked up to the onboard graphics. I turned it off and uplugged and reset the monitor cable and it worked fine and has done since. Should I go ahead and buy a new graphics card or is this a different problem and than the obvious.

 

[kyle2020]

From an upgrade point of view, definately. For using what you have, still, yes. If its tempremental ioit probably means its on its last legs.

Just pop us the rest of your specs down on a post and we can go from there!

Oh, and welcome to TPU my friend!

 

[Namslas90]

Probably overheating. I would pull the card and give it a good cleaning before calling it "DEAD". Could be its just overheating from dust buildup. You may also want to redo the thermal paste under the heatsink. Also the fans on those are small and cheap. I have a 7300 that "died" and I put an old AMD CPU heatsink on and a bigger fan. It works just fine.

 

[Weatherman3]

First of all thanks for welcoming me. I have taken the GPU out and it doesn't seem to be dusty/dirty, I just tried reseating it but that didn't work. I don't think its overheating because its never been pushed anywhere near its limit. And just to add its a fanless model.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Try taking the cooler off,and repasting/replacing it.Worth a try