I have a dell dimension 2400, I know it has PCI slots and they suck but it's all I have to work with. I bought a Nvidia Geforce FX 5200. I've tried to install it about 5 times each time trying different ways that I've read on the net. Everytime after disabling the onboard card and installing the new one I plug the monitor into the card but the screen is black, I try the other slot then plug it into the normal slot on the tower and it's fine (except for preception issues from disabling the onboard). I go to install the drivers on the CD that came with the card but it says "No hardware found". Please help.
2007-03-20 14:14:58 · 2 answers · asked by Omar B 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Could be a defective card. First make sure PCI-video or something of the like is set as the primary display in BIOS. It may also say "first video device". Choose PCI. Also, get a better video card. The FX 5200 has been outdated for 2 years. The GeForce 7700GT is nice and cheap now.
2007-03-20 14:39:33 · answer #1 · answered by robinbatteau 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try searching online for "Omega driver" it is generic just slightly tweaked reference drivers from ATI and NVidia. That should help.
I looked around online and once came upon an article detailing the market had counterfeit cards with much lesser pedigree targeting some early genuine NVidia GeForces that's why I recommand a try of referential drivers.
2007-03-20 23:19:56 · answer #2 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋