My video card is not being detected?

Question

I have had a Sony Viao RB53X for about a year and a half now. Last December for Christmas I recieved 1gig of RAM to install. When I did, my BIOs chip went bad and I had to get a secondary hard drive installed and a new BIOS chip.

Well I've had problems with the onboard video chip, (Intel Graphics Media Accelerater Driver) and got a GeForce 5400FX last February. About 5 months ago it went bad and my computer was having problems and would overheat and shut-down.

I replaced the 5400FX with an nVidia GeForce 8500GT about 4 months ago.

Today I restarted my PC and it beeped twice as usual, but the monitor gave me a "cable not connected" error. I unplugged the monitor form the video card and into the onboard Intel chip and it came on.

So now I have the same problem that I had with my bad 5400FX and it won't register the 8500GT card. I've tried installing newest drivers but it tells me it cannot locate the hardware.

Any ideas on what the problem might be, and how to fix it?

Answer 1

Pretty obvious answer: your video card is DEAD.

And since this is the 2nd card to die, AND other things have died in your PC, I'd check just how clean is your power, as having two video cards fry in the same PC is freakishly uncommon.

Answer 2

It sounds just like the video card is nice, simply now not decided on as most important. There is a most important decision within the BIOS that controls which show is most important for the duration of boot up and there's a decision in Windows that controls which show is most important as soon as Windows begins. If they range, the show will move clean as soon as Windows begins, however the show can be at the different controller. You can set the BIOS most important video gadget at the BIOS. You can set Windows most important video by means of proper-clicking on an empty spot for your laptop, opting for houses, then clicking the settings tab. Then pick the track you desire to be most important within the higher pane after which clock 'Use this gadget because the most important track' within the cut back pane.