I just bought a PC Chips P23G motherboard and I had a ATI All-in-wonder graphics card but the card wont show up at all
2007-01-31 01:32:55 · 5 answers · asked by mustplaygames2005 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
I just bought a PC Chips P23G motherboard and I had a ATI All-in-wonder 9600 graphics card but the card wont show up at all.
2007-01-31 01:35:09 · update #1
It is a ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 256mb AGP card.
2007-01-31 01:43:31 · update #2
If the motherboard has built-in video, you may need to disable that in the BIOS. Is this motherboard both AGP and PCI-E?
2007-01-31 01:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by C-Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not familiar enough with that card to know what kind of power requirements it has but I do know that the Radeon 9600 didn't need any kind of external power. You should check to see if it needs a molex power connector plugged into it, if not then keep reading.
Does it work at all, does it output any kind of display at all, if it does, try uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers... if it isn't working at all or the display is full of lines or distortions then...
The card is probably bad. Probably, I know of no way of correcting a hardware problem with a graphics card, you MIGHT have to consider buying a new one just try those few things first.
For future answerers, that motherboard has an AGP 8x slot. AGP 4x/8x slot if you want to get technical. There is no AGP 3x. There is AGP 2x/4x and AGP 4x/8x and all are all but extinct.
2007-01-31 01:48:11 · answer #2 · answered by conradj213 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check what AGP type your video card is and what type of AGP slot your mobo has on it... AGP1x, AGP2x... up to (at least) AGP8x. There is limited cross compatibiility... so an AGP1x slot won't see AGP2x or greater cards, and AGP2x will (probably) see AGP1x and will see AGP2x but not AGP3x... most board makers support at most 1 lower AGP slot type video card.
The versions determine what frequencey, what voltages the card will use... wrong card type won't be seen.
Other than that... do you know the AGP card works?
2007-01-31 01:57:28 · answer #3 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it need an extra power connection on the end, make sure its hooked up.
Then, go to your bios and make sure that its set to use the graphics card instead of the built in graphics as the main vga output.
2007-01-31 01:46:34 · answer #4 · answered by Doggzilla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the graphics card manufacturer's website and download the current drivers for it.
2007-01-31 01:45:49 · answer #5 · answered by Aggy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋