problems with Geforce 256 card????

[alucard2050]

I got a Geforce256 card today...after i installed it i now have horizontal lines of grey and light grey all across my monitor....white isn't even white anymore its a greyish color...i have tried reinstalling the drivers and done every kind of configuration i could think of but nothing yet...i did have the tnt2 card but i wanted something a little better for some games...i'm not a big gamer so i don't need anything that puts out mega graphics with mega 3d acceleration....but, does anyone know what i need to do...i've tried Nvidia site but they have NO technical support......i was also hopeing that the quality from the s-video to my TV would be better but it sucks...when i try to select TV my pc display shows on the TV for about 5 seconds. at the same time time my PC monitor goes black while its on the TV then it dissapears from the TV and reappears on my PC monitor...any help????

[Dennis60188]

See if the fan is running on the Geforce 256 card.

[alucard2050]

no....its not...should it run constantly? i would have thought that if it were the fan then it would work for at least a couple of minutes....as soon as i even begin to boot my system even before windows i have the HP logo, i guess its called the splash screen..anyway, even from the logo i see the horizontal lines comeing from the sides of it...so that tells me that it has to do with the card...but like i said as soon as i put my TNT2 back in, the whole problem is gone....

p.s.-did i mention the color white isn't even white, its more of a greyish color.......also, my system has been on for about 10 min now and the fan hasn't run yet........

[SteveDVD]

I hope the fan runs...if it hasn't been running you may have blown the chip....


take the fan off and inspect the chip...constidering your a TNT2 just get a new card man...cheap enough