graphics card problem

Discussion in 'Video Cards, Displays and TV Tuners' started by pixofile, Jul 27, 2006.

  1. pixofile

    pixofile Geek Trainee

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    i started upgrading my system and i got a K8 triton motherboard and i have to use my old graphics card which is a saphire pro 9200 128MB.
    and when i try to boot it my tft keeps cuming up sayin no pc signal to make sure it wasnt my monitor i tried my old crt monitor and i has the same message
    i was wondering if anyone could help me out?
     
  2. Dwarfer

    Dwarfer Guest

    hi i presume your not seeing the post screen this can happen for a number of reasons

    1. if the gpu is faulty or not inserted properly
    2. if the bios /motherboard is not starting post due to cmos or hardware fault

    does your pc appear to be starting up (or is there one beep from the pc speaker) if there are 2 or more beeps there are problems. if you see activity with the HDD or you do hear 1 beep then i believe it has to be a GPU problem, check to see if its fit in properly.

    if there is no activity or several beeps check your ram, cpu, gpu etc etc. if you hear beeps check in your manual what they mean or just reply with how many beeps
     
  3. pixofile

    pixofile Geek Trainee

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    it will boot up and it doesnt show the post screen and i only get one beat and i have also made sure that the ram graph card and others are plugged in correct
     
  4. Dwarfer

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    hmm have you tried changing the gpu
     
  5. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    Does your motherboard have built in graphics? if so try the onboard and if you still get no post screen your proberbly looking at faulty ram or possibly somthing aint plugged in correctly.
     
  6. LORD

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    Could be the new gfx card taking more juice from your PSU. That happened to me once. What is the make and wattage of your current PSU? If there is not enough power to the PC it wont boot and therefore you will get no signal to your monitor.
     
  7. Dwarfer

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    he said it boots but both monitors he tried does not work (no pc signal)
     
  8. LORD

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    misread, oops
     
  9. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    Maybe thats becouse there aint enough power going to the Graphics cards though, it looks like a preety old graphics card, it may be dead.
     
  10. Dwarfer

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    id try changing the gpu pixo
     
  11. pixofile

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    yeah i will but im a bit tight on money so i will have to wait a bit till next payday lol and also my motherboard is a AGP 8X and my G card is a 4X would that cause any problems and not make the monitor not work
    and my PSU is a 350W and it stock it came with my case
     
  12. Dwarfer

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    i think ive solved your problem

    ive found out your mobo has onboard video like willz mentioned. plug your monitor into the back of the motherboard and see if it works (if your a bit lame wiv pcs its the BLUE connector)

    if it fails remove the GPU and use the onboard motherboard vga. if this works (which im sure it will) then go into bios and look for the option where it asks you which FIRST VGA SORCE (something like that) and change the option to 'AGP'. Iot may currently be set to "onboard graphics" or something of a sort. then re-install the gpu and try that again. if it still doesnt work then your mobo is having trouble detecting the gpu, poss mobo or gpu fault
     
  13. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    I remember back in the first days of using PC's for me, i had this problem, i used Intergrated 4mb graphics on my Emachines 150DVD(there 32mb now :s) and i went and bought a GeForce FX5200 128mb PCi, and first, the comp booted up, but when entering windows, the screen went black, and then, booting up, no screen, entering windows, it came up, all i did was went to, Display Properties, Settings, Advanced, Adapter, Properties, and disable it, at first i had to take out my graphics card to do this though.
     
  14. pixofile

    pixofile Geek Trainee

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    and i had a look at the back of my mobo and there is no way that the monitor will connect to the onboard graphics card bcoz they both have pins if that makes any sense
     
  15. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    ah, then you dont have onboard graphics, that connection on your mobo sounds like a Com port or w/e its called.
     
  16. Dwarfer

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    reet pixo try changin ya gpu laddy
     

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