cannot start my agp card

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Hi. this morning i turned my pc on and my 7800gs gainward bliss graphics card (agp) would not start anymore and i am stuck with using the default resolution as apposed to my native 1680x res.

i uninstalled the drivers for the card and reinstalled using the latest drivers from nvidia and still no luck. i went into the device manager and it says that the device cannot be started due to a code 10 error.

i had this problem a while ago when i purchased a new xfi sound card. as soon as i installed that, i couldnt get both the sound card and graphics card working due to a code 10 error. But all of a sudden it started to work back then. do you you guys have any ideas how i can solve this problem please?

the rest of my spec is 2gb ram, p4 northwood 3.2ghz and a ABIT ice7 mobo

[alsenior]

Code 10
If the device has a FailReasonString value in its hardware key, that string appears as the error message. The driver or enumerator puts this registry string value there. If there is no FailReasonString in the hardware key, you receive the following error message:
This device cannot start. (Code 10)


Recommended resolution


Device failed to start. Click Update Driver to update the drivers for this device. On the General Properties tab of the device, click Troubleshoot to start the Troubleshooting Wizard.

from the Microsoft knowledge base. me thinks it's a hardware problem

[j.o.s.h.1408]

does that mean my agp card is on its last legs?

[Lucio]

I don't think the card is dying, there's a big list here of things to check http://www.duxcw.com/dcforum/DCForumID3/423.html

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Thanks i will try this out and see