I have tried many things, but whenever I have the 5200 plugged into the mobo, I get a blank screen... the computer boots up, but the monitor sits in stand-by mode. I have removed the Intel drivers and running standard VGA, I have set the BIOS (before plugging video card in) to use the AGP first, and have tried the video card on another computer and it worked straight away... Now I am out of ideas.
Has anyone got any ideas that might be able to solve this issue?
Thanks
Yuley
2007-03-08 12:43:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
It looks like you're following all the right steps, but still having problems. I'm not sure if this will help but you might want to try the following.
1. Make sure that the video card is properly seated all the way in the slot. I've seen cases where the card actually works, but due to the physical design of the motherboard and PC case, the card will not properly fit all the way in the slot and sticks up just enough to cause it to lose contact. It should be flush up against the slot when you put it in.
2. If the AGP card requires a separate power connector, make sure you plug it is before powering on the system.
3. I am assuming you have an AGP slot on your motherboard and the card is also AGP, but in the event it's actually a PCI video card (some integrated i845 chipsets don't even have AGP and only have slots for PCI add-in cards), then set the primary display to PCI in your BIOS.
4. Faulty AGP port. Highly unlikely, but it could happen.
5. Unlikely but check in your BIOS for a setting to disable onboard video. Most boards will autodetect once you put an add-in card in your AGP slot.
6. Even more unlikely since your system isn't that old, but check your motherboard manual and see if there is a jumper for onboard video and disable it.
7. Power supply may not be able to handle the video card requirements. If the card requires 250W and you have a 250W power supply, you still may want to upgrade higher depending on how many other added devices you have on your system. If you suspect this to be the case, remove any add-on USB devices that rely on your PC power supply for power (scanners, webcams, joysticks, etc) and see if you are able to power it on. Hook up only a mouse and keyboard at boot up and see if works.
Also, if you are getting a blank screen at boot up (meaning a total blank screen), then it isn't drivers that are causing the problem. Windows is not the problem and formatting or changing the software isn't going to fix anything.
When you power your PC on, the light on your monitor should activate or turn on if it is receiving any kind of signal at all. If you are getting no response at all from the monitor, then it is either connection related or a hardware related.
2007-03-08 13:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by anonfuture 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.Remove the other video card from the PCI bus.
2.If the video is built into the motherboard then disable it from the BIOS. There is usually another setting in the BIOS than just using the AGP first. Look through all the menus for the onboard graphics and set it to disable.
3. Ensure that the card is seated properly in the AGP slot. If the card is not fully seated, then the screen will be blank.
4. Load the drivers that came with the FX5200. If you don't have the disc, download drivers from nVidia's website.
2007-03-08 21:04:54 · answer #2 · answered by Harbinger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is your power supply at least 250 watts? After a quick search for 'fx 5200 watts', I saw that they recommend at least a 250W PSU.
2007-03-08 20:53:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
format your system & then try for the same or else replace it or if can't do it immediatley check your voltage supply that is there any voltage fluctuations due to voltage fluctuations there may occur many problems ex:system restart,system struct etc.best way is use ups
thanking you
2007-03-08 20:58:03 · answer #4 · answered by altaf hussain 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋