So I'm building a new computer, I finally got all the parts collected and was putting them together last night. I've got an ATX motherboard with onboard graphics/sound, an I've got a PCI-E GeForce 9400GT card I've been trying to install. When I seat the GeForce card in the PCI-E slot it kills the onboard video, but I'm getting nothing from the card either. Take the card out, and the onbard vid works. Put it in and no onboard vid, and nothing from the card. It's seated all the way in and locked, its cooling fan is spinning, but I'm getting nothing on the monitor...
Should I try installing the drivers disc that came with it without installing the card first? I'm worried that might screw up the onboard video and leave me with nothing, but there's really no other way to do it...
Trouble installing Grapics Card...
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I doubt it is PSU issue as hfric suggests, cause if that card doesn't need additional power, it shouldn't require much power at all. After you boot your system with new VGA card, do you hear any new beeps? Or screen just goes black with no activity, including HDD? Also check your bios settings and see if PCI-E support is enabled and any additional VGA settings, also google motherboard name to see if someone got the same problem. Maybe you'll need to update your bios, although I highly doubt it.
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@Trey
PSU = Power Supply Unit
not
CPU = Central Processor Unit
so what PSU do you got 580W, 620W ?
so you plug in the card, plug in your monitor cable to the new card and get nothing?
and its normal that your on-board turns off, only Ati on-board cards work in x-fire
and like Virgil said do you hear bips from your PC speaker ?
oh and check one option in your bios - for what kind of gfx out put does it look first (pick PCI-E)
@Virgil
i know people that think 350W PSU i enough to run a dual core amd with 2 hdds and 2 dvd drives and a gf9600GT
and still they wonder why they system hangs when playing
PSU = Power Supply Unit
not
CPU = Central Processor Unit
so what PSU do you got 580W, 620W ?
so you plug in the card, plug in your monitor cable to the new card and get nothing?
and its normal that your on-board turns off, only Ati on-board cards work in x-fire
and like Virgil said do you hear bips from your PC speaker ?
oh and check one option in your bios - for what kind of gfx out put does it look first (pick PCI-E)
@Virgil
i know people that think 350W PSU i enough to run a dual core amd with 2 hdds and 2 dvd drives and a gf9600GT
and still they wonder why they system hangs when playing-
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Fixed!
Ha, fixed it! I read the advise given to another guy who had a similar problem with a PCI/Onboard graphics. I uninstalled the onboard graphics driver, then shut down. Inserted the card, hooked the monitor to it, and rebooted. Computer recognized it then. I guess with no graphics the board looked in the PCI slots... finally...
