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17th June 2009, 22:23 | #1 |
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Video Card fried, limited PC use.
Hey all. Recently while I was playing Team Fortress 2 the graphics became distorted and my video card basically fried so playing pc games is out of the question and doing anything video taxing is improbable.
Last edited by BackDoorHero; 17th June 2009 at 22:24.
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So lately I wanted to upload some videos to the site but when I try and make pics using image grabber 2 it says that it cannot create the file because direct draw is not functioning. So basically I cannot upload videos because I can't make screenshots. Is there any way around this other than getting a new video card? If anyone has an old video card(pre ATI Radeon 9800 Pro) that they could send me through the mail, maybe we can work something out |
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18th June 2009, 00:22 | #2 |
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Try making screenshots with Media Player Classic.
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18th June 2009, 04:53 | #3 |
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are you sure your video card is bad, when i had a card fry i had no video display at all.
did you try reinstalling you video card driver to make sure it was not just a Corrupted File, i think steam auto updates video drivers and it may have installed a driver update that don't work right with your card, also make sure it has not come loose in it's slot on the motherboard. |
18th June 2009, 05:00 | #4 |
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I tried reinstalling the drivers for the card but it still stays the same. I can't even access the Catalyst Control Center panel, it gives me an error. Apparently many experience that and I haven't searched enough to find a fix for it but I will look into it some more.
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