ok the other day i bought a graphics card (Geforce fx 5200) to be percise and i opened my processor grounded myself and got the card popped it in the brown slot which is where it was supposed to go. then i plugged in the monitor to the graphics card however when i turned on my processor the monitor would turn on for a little then it would go off. ??? anyone know why that is ???
2007-01-12 11:27:01 · 3 answers · asked by rockerdude08 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
you need to download the drivers for your new graphics card.. if you restart your comp hit "del" to enter your bios setup screen..
if you are using a pci or agp card you may need to switch that in your bios change to pci or agp.. if your bios wont let you change your start up settings you may restart computer and hit f10 to enter safemode with networking and log on to the internet and install your gpu drivers and restart your computer. hope this helps.
2007-01-12 11:35:28 · answer #1 · answered by ininjai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you didn't have a card in that slot before? Are you sure you bought the right kind of card? If you have an AGP slot, can it handle the speed of the card you purchased? (4X vs 8X?)
If you had it plugged into the motherboard's built in video before, you may need to go into the BIOS on your system and deactivate the built in video card in order for the motherboard to recognize the card.
Other than that... sorry... not sure. It could be a bad card.
2007-01-12 12:45:51 · answer #2 · answered by Krista 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well. you do not have the driver installed yet, or do not have your graphics card set as your default video driver. What you need to do is keep your G-card in still but instead plug the cord back into your old video card, or whever it was b4. then right click on your desktop and click properties, the settings tab, and from the drop down menu, choose your knew G-card. if it is not there, you have to install the software first.
2007-01-12 12:13:07 · answer #3 · answered by michaelchavez07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋