Geforce 8400 GS Blue Vertical Lines.

[sambow23]

Okay, I bought a Geforce 8400 GS for a old gaming pc, anyway after a week of use, I got blue thick vertical lines on me screen, its nothing to do with the drivers, because the lines show in the BIOS. I have done the "baking" trick where you put your GFX card in the oven and cook it for 8 minutes and set the temperature for 385 F. Anyway it fixed it for about 13 hours and then it started again. I also removed the fan after all of that happend, and I'm hoping a new fan will fix it. -Sam

 

[oscer1]

Hi It sounds to me the card will need to be replaced. I dought replacing fan going fix your problem.

 

[sambow23]

Hi It sounds to me the card will need to be replaced. I dought replacing fan going fix your problem.

Okay, how much would a replacement cost? The card I have now is bought off of Ebay. Also i'm mostly at school, so sorry if i cant reply fast enough.

 

[oscer1]

well we would need to know the specs of your system if you would fill out the my system specs we could help you better. also would need to know how much you want to spend and what you will be doing with the computer. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html

 

[sambow23]

well we would need to know the specs of your system if you would fill out the my system specs we could help you better. also would need to know how much you want to spend and what you will be doing with the computer. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html

Alrighty, I have posted my specs.

 

[sambow23]

well we would need to know the specs of your system if you would fill out the my system specs we could help you better. also would need to know how much you want to spend and what you will be doing with the computer. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html

Alrighty, I have posted my specs.

Okay, the reason I wanted this card is that I wanted to use it for older games such as Half-Life 2, Half-Life.

And I'm looking for a 512MB model, same as the one I have now

 

[oscer1]

i see a bunch of them on a google search https://www.google.com/search?hl=en....0...1ac..34.heirloom-hp..0.1.234.t1JrsWfsOS8

 

[sambow23]

i see a bunch of them on a google search https://www.google.com/search?hl=en....0...1ac..34.heirloom-hp..0.1.234.t1JrsWfsOS8

Is this good?

EVGA 01G-P3-1302-RX GeForce 8400 GS 1GB 64-Bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card Factory Refurbished - Newegg.com

Its cheaper than the other one, but isn't 520MHz really slow for older games.

 

[oscer1]

me personally do not like refurbished stuff.

 

[sambow23]

me personally do not like refurbished stuff.

Okay what about this one?

EVGA 01G-P3-1302-LR GeForce 8400 GS 1GB 64-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card - Newegg.com

 

[oscer1]

Should do fine probably won't be very good for newer games.