Does this mean my graphics card is blown? (Again) this is my 4th ATi card in a row to fail (2 x1550`s and 2 x1650pros)

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1. Did the card ever work?

2. Can you try the card in a different slot?

3. If you have had other cards fail on you, have you checked the power supply?

The card was working fine til this morning, then wouldnt boot up, only have the one slot on my motherboard and its a different motherboard that the other cards failed on, 2 of those cards had fan failures ond one was DOA

I have been down Maplins for the last 2 hours arguing with the manager who didnt want to refund me even tho its the 2nd card in a row from there thats failed so I rang my business manager to get the skinny on consumer law from him the manager backed down and gave me a free upgrade to an ATi HD2600

After you install your new card, suggest you check this out...

Open your Device Manager
click on View ... Show hidden devices

Click on and Delete (with the Delete key) any devices that have a ? or ! in front of them.
If the Device Manager has an "Other" device category, open it and Delete any devices in the "Other" category.
Now, reboot.

The reboot will force Windows to refind the deleted devices and hopefully see them for what they are.
After rebooting, give Windows time to locate and properly install the deleted devices.

Go to the Device Manager and verify that all your devices are listed correctly.

Unfortunately I dont get the new card til friday because they were out of stock but in the meantime I have reset my BIOS and I`ll try another card in it later (I steal it out of the kids PC)

Edit: No missing drivers in Device Manager at the minute

Update: Fitted an old radeon 9250 and it booted straight up! So Its not a MB problem which is good... unfortunately theres no vista drivers for this card so it looks like i`ll be running off the onboard graphics til the weekend