my video card had broken and i just bought a new video card and power supply thats more than enough to power my new card......now when i turn on my computer i see no picture......everything is connected tightly and i took the CMOS battery out and it did nothing.....my moniter isnt broken because i tested it on my other computer.....please help
2007-12-04 09:32:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
the video card WORKS tested it on my other computer
2007-12-04 09:47:46 · update #1
If there is no single beep, problem may not be with the graphics card. Try reseating the 4 pin 12V ATX power connector on the motherboard. Processor may not be properly powered at all.
Also try a bare minimum set up. No FDD, HDD and CD drive. Bare set up should be able to beep once, display POST and open BIOS menu. If still no single beep and display, motherboard or PSU may have a problem.
2007-12-04 10:55:18 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure that the new video card is seated securely. Also if your motherboard has on board graphics, i.e., there is a monitor connector on the back of it, usually just below the keyboard and mouse connectors, try using this one and see if you get a picture.
If you do, then load into windows, install the drivers that came on the CD with the card, and then shut down when it says you need to reboot. Swap the monitor lead over to the new card and try it now.
Oh and don't forget most newer graphics cards need extra power, so make sure that any power connectors on the video card are connected properly to your PSU.
2007-12-04 17:39:08 · answer #2 · answered by Knight_Times 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may need to switch the connector back to the onboard video so you can see what is going on, and then go to device manager and disable the onboard video. The exact same thing happened to me, and the instructions for the video card were pretty sketchy. It only mentioned going into bios, and not a word about device manager. Once I disabled the onboard video, the computer then switched to the video card, so I swapped the cable back to the card and everything worked great.
2007-12-04 18:25:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like it could be the PCI-E, AGP or PCI slot (whichever one your video card uses) on the motherboard could be bad or your new video card was DOA.
2007-12-04 17:42:27 · answer #4 · answered by TurtleHead 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋