I have an HP computer with a AMD Athlon(T) XP 3000+ 2.167 GHz CPU with no graphics card. In July of last year I bought a Geforce FX 5200 graphics card and it was working well for a good 4 months until I had to get a new monitor the the damn thing didn't work anymore.
Now I thought it was the graphics card until I bought another one today(5 months later), the same one, and that card wouldn't work nether. Everytime I turn on the computer with the card in it the computer shows the start up screen then the monitor goes to sleep. The computer still runs and you can even hear it come on through the speakers (you know that startup sound). So now I know that it's the computer or a monitor problem. I don't know if something is turned off or not. Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!
2007-03-14 16:59:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
I did disable the onboard bios but nothing happened
2007-03-14 17:19:56 · update #1
using the onboard video, install updated drivers for the new card, then disable the onboard video, and restart.
2007-03-14 17:30:15 · answer #1 · answered by Jimmy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first time you boot your pc, it will take a while for it to click back over after going "sleep". Just let it go for about 5 mins. if it still dont work, Check to make sure you have the right kind of card installed, Also you can boot into safe mode,(F8 after the keyboard lights flash when booting) Then go to the control panel and system, click the little icon that looks like a monitor, and then highlight whats directly below it, (should be your graphix card drivers) uninstall it and then reboot.
2007-03-14 18:32:47 · answer #2 · answered by ntlgnce 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check your bios settings I think you have to disable the onboard video.
2007-03-14 17:03:19 · answer #3 · answered by Dave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋