i had a similar problem before and here are 2 things it could be and ways to fix them
at least if it is the video card like your BIOS is tell you and it should be
problem 1:
corrosion on the Video cards contacts.
This could be something as simple as dust but is usually much worse, like a light film
you cannot see of plastic or something.
At any rate, whatever it is you probably can?t see it or you would have removed it.
Solution 1:
take a ??CLEAN?? pencil eraser to the gold contacts at the bottom of the video card.
MAKE SURE NOT TO RUB HARD AND ONLY DO THE GOLD CONTACTS.
Light gentle strokes! You only want to clean them not break them. And make sure to
hold the card in a secure manner, as to not drop it OR allow it to wiggle around on
anything! as there are tiny VERY delicate resisters on the board.
I have personally done this to every NEW device I get and never broke anything!!!!
This includes ram, network cards, video cards, so on and so forth.
Problem 2:
corrosion or dust or anything in the PCI, ISA, APG, PCIe, or anything else.
Solution 2:
there are 2 ways to solve this.
1) the credit card method
slide the credit card into the port, sliding in and out and watch how dirty the
card gets.
IMPORTANT: Do not use a card you care about, because you may want to use
it again someday and something may happen to it
2) I ONLY USE THIS METHOD IF I KNOW THE PORT IS TRULY CLEAN (NOT JUST NEW)
there is maybe some risk with this method, though I have never encountered a
problem. i have used this on
All components INCLUDING hard drives (you can?t take an eraser to HD pins)
I plug them in 2 times
well use a video card here for instance.
I would plug it into to the PCIe (Or APG) slot then remove it.
and plug it in again. If the slot was clean and just got a little dust this removes it.
I have done this up to 4 times to finally get a component working
Just remember if you do it more than once you are rubbing into the contacts of
the card it?s self. and like I said I never had a problem, but that does not mean you won?t,
SO be careful.
You would not believe how well what I listed above works, I have had A LOT of people
tell me they need to RMA this or that and I walked them through these steps CAREFULLY
and had them clean (OR I did it for them) the item in question. And once cleaned properly
they never again had an issue with it.
were do you think they get the term ?Remanufactured? do you think they actually track
down the bad resister and solder on a new one ? they melt down bad parts because you
cannot solder on new resisters on most things anymore and it?s too costly to do it anyway.
So they melt them down and recycle them to make a new part. All they do is clean up the
returned parts and SOMETIMES go into the bois of the part (they flash them sometimes also)
and call them ?Remanufactured? and sell them at a reduced cost incase something
is wrong them them they did not catch.
and incase you did not read all the bold PRINT
ALLWAYS Take care and THINK before you act. DON?T just yank the thing out and start
rubbing on it. Take things slow and gentle. Most of this stuff is fragile. ?Fragile handle with
care should be printed in bold letters on all of it.?
it?s best to wear a grounding wrist strap, but if you don?t move around a lot you can release
any Already built up static charge just by touching something that is grounded. This is usually
good enough in most cases where proper ground is not available. Once you have the device
on your person (IE: in your hands) it is impossible to shock it! As it has become one with your
electric field. If you approach a grounded field with the item as the forward point (IE: your
computer case) and not a part of your body (IE: your hand) a static charge can jump from the
part to the ground.
ANYWAY ENOUGH TEACHING FOR THE DAY
hope this helps
My 2 cents