k guys i got the 7600 gs and now im sooo confuuusedd look When i put everything in and stuf my computer lags i cant close any program I dont know why any help??? Im using my old graphics card now so thats why im here....ooh and it has 512 mb and i got 1gb on computer is that maybe why its slow? but i dont thikn so because heres what happened......
I plugged in video card WITHOUTH plugging in fan :X everything was okey i played bf2 fine, then my bro is like dude your supose to plug in fan so i did and everything is screwed up, now if i remove fan it still is slow and says power not good or something hellllpp
2007-01-20 13:53:36 · 3 answers · asked by AJH 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
it works without video card and this card is brand new.... i left it without a fan for less then 30 mins....
2007-01-21 01:35:56 · update #1
Sadly though, the reason the video card is now slow it probably because your video card is now broken. Because running a video card (Especially modern video cards) without a fan will slowly but surely destroy it.
However to make sure, I suggest uninstalling it's drivers and downloading a new one and installing it.
2007-01-20 14:09:50 · answer #1 · answered by venereal_madness 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That can be for a couple of reasons,
1.You didn't install the drivers for the Video card. You would have to contact the Manufacturer (preferable online) or use the disk that came with it (if any did).
2.Its not compatible with the motherboard. You should look up and make sure the motherboard supports a Nvidia chip. Problem is, is that it can be in-compatible in many ways.:
a.If the Chipset of the video card is compatible with the motherboard.
b.You have to check what type of interface it is (ex: AGP 8x, PCI, PCI E, etc....). Then check if the mother board supports it.
The fan should be important to have connected, otherwise you might burn it out. And the amount of Memory RAM and the Graphic card Memory shouldnt affect each other.
3. if the first two fail then you problaly burnt out the card when you left the fan off. I'm not sure why it would screw up when you connected the fan in but that might of been becuase of some power problem in your computer. In which case you need to increase your power supply.
2007-01-20 22:20:00 · answer #2 · answered by Andy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Overheated the card and its damaged.Hence the problem. Or you need a bigger power supply to basically prevent brown out and provide adequate power to all your components.
2007-01-20 22:17:37 · answer #3 · answered by klacan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋