I have a PIII 450 MHZ processor,VIA VT82C692BX model,mainboard model 693-596-W977,96MB RAM,SIS 6326 AGP graphics card and a 48x CD ROM DRIVE(with multimedia etc..).
1) The problem I am facing is that recently due to voltage fluctuations my computer suddenly turned off.The next time when I booted it nothing happened.I repeatedly did the booting but nothing happened and only monitor light was flickering.I thought it was porblem with AGP card and brought a PCI graphics card from my frined and plugged montior into it.Everything just worked fine after that.But as you know the PCI card si much slower than AGP.What can be the possible cause for that problem.I checked the AGP card and it is fine.If there is a porblem with AGP slot can it be reapired or can I get a motherboard which supports the current config or should I upgrade to a higher rig since my system is old also.
2) The second problem is that sometimes after I had to switch to PCI card when I boot my computer the above mentioned problem again happens ie the same flickering of light of monitor,no hard disk detection etc.The CPU is on and then I leave it for 5 minutes in the same position.After that when I try to start the system the system starts.What can be the possbile cause for that.Please help as I am not able to decide that if I upgrade the problem of point 2 will persist or there is a sloution.Also suggest whether to upgrade or not and if yes to what rig?
1) The problem I am facing is that recently due to voltage fluctuations my computer suddenly turned off.The next time when I booted it nothing happened.I repeatedly did the booting but nothing happened and only monitor light was flickering.I thought it was porblem with AGP card and brought a PCI graphics card from my frined and plugged montior into it.Everything just worked fine after that.But as you know the PCI card si much slower than AGP.What can be the possible cause for that problem.I checked the AGP card and it is fine.If there is a porblem with AGP slot can it be reapired or can I get a motherboard which supports the current config or should I upgrade to a higher rig since my system is old also.
2) The second problem is that sometimes after I had to switch to PCI card when I boot my computer the above mentioned problem again happens ie the same flickering of light of monitor,no hard disk detection etc.The CPU is on and then I leave it for 5 minutes in the same position.After that when I try to start the system the system starts.What can be the possbile cause for that.Please help as I am not able to decide that if I upgrade the problem of point 2 will persist or there is a sloution.Also suggest whether to upgrade or not and if yes to what rig?