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860981 2010-02-23 10:48:00 hi,

i am new to this forum as im sure you can see so if there is any info missing please tell me and ill try to fill it in.

i am having trouble getting my graphics card to work, it has worked in the past and has been stored away for about 2 months but have just pulled it out again. when i start the computer with the graphics card pluged in there is a blank screen and i cant do anything, when i pull the card out and start with the motherboard VGA it say "overclocking failed" even though im not trying to overclock it and gives me the options of "F1 to run setup" and "F2 to load default values and continue" but once i go past that all is fine again. restart the computer and i dont get the over clocking failed message its only after i pull out the card. i have flicked the CMOS battery out, updated BIOS, installed fresh copy of XP and im out of ideas

it is a AGP 7600GS graphics card
P5VDC-MX motherboard

any help would be great

thanks!
lp_faint43 (15638)
860982 2010-02-23 17:48:00 Sounds like the card could be dead or not clipped in properly gary67 (56)
860983 2010-02-23 19:49:00 when i start the computer with the graphics card pluged in there is a blank screen and i cant do anything,

when i pull the card out and start with the motherboard VGA it say "overclocking failed"
any help would be great



Take a look at why it is saying that. Set the BIOS to defaults to make sure.
If it still complains and you have altered it, I would perhaps flash the BIOS.

As for the card, what is the BIOS setting for the onboard VGA? It maybe that it is expecting the built in graphics rather than the card.
pctek (84)
860984 2010-02-24 00:22:00 Take a look at why it is saying that. Set the BIOS to defaults to make sure.
If it still complains and you have altered it, I would perhaps flash the BIOS.

As for the card, what is the BIOS setting for the onboard VGA? It maybe that it is expecting the built in graphics rather than the card.

i have set BIOS to default, played around, still the same thing no matter what.
i have tried to flash it too, i believe it worked but no change with the card. i can not find a setting for the on board card any where in the BIOS, i have a setting for primary graphcs adapter, and the only 2 are AGP and PCI
lp_faint43 (15638)
860985 2010-02-24 00:26:00 try setting the primary graphics adapter to agp, save settings then put card back in and see what happens. nedkelly (9059)
860986 2010-02-24 00:32:00 is the CMOS battery old? KarameaDave (15222)
860987 2010-02-24 00:42:00 it is always set to AGP, an i think i tried it beforem but ill try again

the CMOS battery would be old now, been the same one since i got the computer in 2006 i think it was
lp_faint43 (15638)
860988 2010-02-24 01:12:00 I would replace it then just to eliminate it from the equation. KarameaDave (15222)
860989 2010-02-24 02:17:00 After you re-installed XP did you install the chip set drivers for your motherboard. Did you install drivers for the graphics card? Sweep (90)
860990 2010-02-24 09:29:00 After you re-installed XP did you install the chip set drivers for your motherboard. Did you install drivers for the graphics card?

originally no i didnt install chip set drivers just to see if it changed anything, but still didnt work, i then installed drivers and no change. i can not install the grapics card drivers because it requires it to be pluged in :(
lp_faint43 (15638)
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