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Help - graphic card not working

Started by fab54 , Dec 09 2005 09:55 AM

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fab54

Posted 09 December 2005 - 09:55 AM

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Hi!

I have a Sapphire Raddeon 9800 Pro graphic card. This morning, because the fan was making a terrible noise, I decided to install the ATI silencer 1 rev. 2. To take out the old fan, I had to force it a little bit :-(
After plugging in the card with the ATI silencer, I turned on the computer and the image was all distorted, with blue vertical stripes across the screen.
I decided to re-install the driver of the graphic card. Big mistake!! After that, when I turned on the computer, I could see the Windows XP screen (which was still slightly distorted) and then after that - nothing. The screen was black.

I thought that I had damaged my graphic card, so I decided to use the old one (Integrated Intel graphics card), but it was exactly the same as with the old one - a black screen.

What can I do? Have I completely wrecked my computer? If anyone can help, I would REALLY appreciate it!

Thanks!!