Before i assume its truly dead. Im going to take apart my entire Pentium 3 built and put in the Slot1 Mobo and just try this now.

Well that got no where. Not sure the power supply plays well with that Mobo. Just turns on the moment you plug the cord in. So now im wondering if not only the card i bought was dead, but if the motherboard is. (I suspect that the Power Supply is on its last legs, it wont even bring power to the case fan like it used to when i first got my hands on it. Its old and very used. The mobo guy guaranteed me it was test and confirmed working.) Or the Pentium 2 is. No video on any AGP card i used, and with with PCI. No post beep. So ill keep everyone updated tomorrow when the Case arrives with new PSU.

Don't you have some test hardware laying around?
I always first test new parts with known good hardware before assembling it all into a definitive build as this makes troubleshooting easier 😀

Sorry, the card was fixed using a pencil eraser. It works now.

just curious, how did you repair a video card with a pencil eraser? Just cleaned the contacts?

Retromangia wrote:

just curious, how did you repair a video card with a pencil eraser? Just cleaned the contacts?

Yes. That's basically it. I prefer to use rubbing alcohol and I've fixed dead hardware this way, like memory modules, slotted CPUs and graphics cards. The amount of dirt that comes off is amazing considering it doesn't look as dirty before cleaning it 🤣

Good work. I was just gonna say some tnt2 cards had jumpers on them for agp 2 or 4x mode also. In case its at 2x now. I had a card in 2x till i figured that out. Lol