Help! Problems installing new video card!

**Lord LeRey** · May 13, 2007, 10:39 AM

I have an 3.0 pentium IVmachine, an ASrock 775i65G motehrboard and an ati radeon 9800 128 mbs. Yesterday i got the Geforce 7600 512 mb AGP XFX, but when i plugged it in it didnt gave me any image. Since the manual adviced to first uninstall the old card, i agaoin plugged back the ati and entered window with no problem. Uninstalled all drivers and the card, turned off the pc and i again exchanged the cards. Thing is,now: i dont have image with the new nvidia, i dont get image with the old ati, i have no image whatsoever. Whats wrong?!what can i dotoday quickly before having to resort to a technician ( i need to continue work on my pc, time is short for me and im working on my thesis). Please advice! Thanks.

**YD23** · May 13, 2007, 10:47 AM

Try to install the drivers for your new card, that might help.
Did the Card come with a disc? If not go on to

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

select graphics driver, GeForce 7 Series, then select your operating system, then download the driver.

hope that helps.

**Incinerate_IV** · May 13, 2007, 12:07 PM

I hope you didn't fry your graphics cards, you did remember to ground your self, right?

You should double check to see if the cards is properly inserted. When you turn the PC on, can you see the BIOS screen at all?

**YD23** · May 13, 2007, 12:31 PM

how do you ground yourself? I always touch stuff inside my PC and nothing happens...

**Lord LeRey** · May 13, 2007, 01:56 PM

I touched other stuffs before the card of course i dont thkin thats the problem. No, i dont see nothing when i turn on the pc, im writting this from my brothers pc. The thing is that now neither the new or the old card works on the pc.

**YD23** · May 13, 2007, 02:20 PM

so you mean when you turn it on, nothing happens at all?
maybe it's your powersupply, or something.

**Lord LeRey** · May 13, 2007, 02:31 PM

Weird part is that ati card now doesnt work neither. Gonna do a last test using my brothers old nvidia that doesnt require electricity cord....be back in some minutes

**YD23** · May 13, 2007, 03:52 PM

Try to start your computer without a video card, see if it boots up.
and how many watts is your powersupply?

**Erik** · May 13, 2007, 04:40 PM

That mother board has integrated graphics, correct?
Does it work? (also try without any graphics card installed, it should definitely work then).

Maybe the graphics card is disabled in BIOS.
Or maybe you connected to the integrated graphics instead of the graphics cards by accident?

Also make sure you connected the secondary power supply to the graphics card, if any is needed.

**Lord LeRey** · May 14, 2007, 12:48 PM

I connected the card on the correct port, im sure of it.

The power supply is 450, it says it runs ok with a 400 one so i dotn think im having problem there. I believe mmust have something to do with the bios but i dont manage that part very well... That and of course, i dont have image to work eith.

My last attempt was with a 3rd card, my old brothers one. Problem didnt change....

**YD23** · May 14, 2007, 02:21 PM

I don't understand why your PC won't boot up at all.....

**Erik** · May 14, 2007, 03:34 PM

What about the on-board graphics?
Does it work or not?

**Incinerate_IV** · May 14, 2007, 04:04 PM

Last time I checked the 7600 series AGP cards needs a 4 pin molex connector from the powersupply, is that plunged in?

Also reset your BIOS, it's worth a try.

**spartan_phalanx** · May 14, 2007, 04:17 PM

Additionally make sure that by chance you didn't disconnect the motherboard power cable.

**Lord LeRey** · May 14, 2007, 07:10 PM

Check to all. I think that the integrated video card is even diasbled, and i never used it before. The pc is now at the technicians, lets see what the problem was....

**Lord LeRey** · June 10, 2007, 10:36 AM

Well, its been a month and maybe i shouldnt resurrect this old thread, but, i thought that maybe later someone else would have the same trouble.

The pc went to the technician and 2 days later everything was fixed. It was indeed a BIOS conflict, he restarted it, not too sure how, and then everything went ok from there. The card is great btw, i recommend it, im playing MTW2 at high with AA 4xand normal size and no lag at all. Thanks everybody.

**Steistas** · June 11, 2007, 03:38 AM

Originally Posted by Lord LeRey

It was indeed a BIOS conflict, he restarted it, not too sure how...

Usually you need to change position of one of the jumpers on the motherboard. It resets BIOS and then put it back in to the old position and it will work.