MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Dead graphics card?

> I have a XFX Radeon HD 7850 graphics card, and I was in the middle of playing an old
> 3D game (non-MAME) when my computer suddenly powers off. I know it was just the
> computer and not a complete power outage because the LEDs on my monitor and speakers
> stayed on. When I power it back on, I get nothing but a black screen, so I turn it
> off and turn it back on again and hit delete to get into the BIOS. The BIOS settings
> screen shows up for half a second before it goes black again. Fortunately my
> motherboard has onboard video, so I pull the secondary power supply cable on the
> graphics card and plug my monitor into the onboard video instead, power up and
> everything seems fine. I power off, plug the monitor back into the graphics card,
> plug in its second power cable, turn everything back on and black screen again. Does
> this sound like a dead graphics card?

Goto Fry's, buy another Video card and test it. If it fails, go back to Frys's, return the Video Card and buy a Power Supply that is better than what you have. Install it, and find out what happens. If Still you cannot Post, try new Memory. If that fails, it's your MB.