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FitFreak asked me:
> What is a "shot" motherboard ?

If your motherboard proper doesn't have an HTML port . . .
Pull out your AK-47, aim for the center of the board & fire.

> I could buy a DVI to usb, or DVI to VGA cable and see 
> if that resolves the issue, if it is the graphics card that's going bad.

No, you need a new motherboard,
one that accepts M.2 NVMe memory cards.

If you can't afford it, there are places that recycle/refurbish old PCs.
مع السلامة