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| Thread ID: 103996 | 2009-10-13 05:16:00 | Graphics Card Compatibility | SmurfWorks (15347) | Press F1 |
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| 820144 | 2009-10-13 05:16:00 | Hey guys, I'm Smurf, New guy that's here to ask some help of you. So I've been on a mission for a little bit to get my computer upgraded for both work and entertainment purposes. I'm an aspiring web Developer so it's vital that I get my computer running smoothly. For the most part, my computer is optimum for web development, except when it comes to flash. Now, I've installed xp myself when I got this computer - so it's not cluttered with useless software and files, and is guarded by NOD32 and Spybot S&D (With Teatimer) so it's not a software issue. So I looked into it perhaps being the video memory, running on standard onboard, so I went out and researched cards. Turns out, I need 1 single x16 slot on my motherboard for the card (Which I have) and a 500w psu and 1gb of ram. So I went out and upgraded my ol' 300 Watt psu to a 700w OCZ StealthXtreme. It's pretty quiet and I've seen a performance increase from it already. But still not enough. Now my video card arrived recently, it's an XFX HD4870 1GB, which is the one that has the requirements above. Now the card itself says it requires a single x16 slot, which my mobo has, but it also says it supports PCI-E 2.0, which I do not have. Now I hooked it all in, and plugged in Both PCI-E power connectors, but the system did not post at all. I've already checked the bios to make sure it's graphics priority is PCI-E and it is, so I'm slowly running out of ideas. I think it might be the card, which I'll test later this week [Because i'm not gonna be paying $20 to a computer shop for something so simple] But I'm just wondering if anyone knows what it could be - I've reseated my Ram and ordered a 4GB upgrade (from my 1GB) so it'll be more than enough. I'm wondering if anyone might know what I'm doing wrong. I've spoken to a computer tech who says it doesn't make much sense. So yeah, Thanks in advance - I'm really puzzled, all I can think of is my PCI-E being incorrect. Current specs: PSU: OCZ 700w StealthXtreme Mobo: ASUS P5VD2-VM SE Processor: Intel® Pentium® D CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs) Ram: 2x512mb [Until tomorrow] GFX: XFX ATI HD4870 1GB Thanks again. |
SmurfWorks (15347) | ||
| 820145 | 2009-10-13 05:31:00 | So the PC turns on at least? Anything displayed on the monitor? | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 820146 | 2009-10-13 06:01:00 | Hey, no, when the card's inserted the fans activate, but there is no signal from any video output, and the speaker on the motherboard doesn't beep. | SmurfWorks (15347) | ||
| 820147 | 2009-10-13 06:59:00 | I reckon the card is faulty. | Blam (54) | ||
| 820148 | 2009-10-13 07:22:00 | If you boot the computer with the graphic card plugged in, but plug the monitor into the onboard vga plug, does anything show up on the screen? In the bios, can you see the motherboard pick up the hd4870? All seems to be compatible, so either the motherboard has a faulty slot or the gpu is faulty. |
WarNox (8772) | ||
| 820149 | 2009-10-13 07:28:00 | Have you turned off the onboard graphic card in the bios. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 820150 | 2009-10-13 07:29:00 | I've already checked the bios to make sure it's graphics priority is PCI-E and it is, so I'm slowly running out of ideas. :) |
Blam (54) | ||
| 820151 | 2009-10-13 07:45:00 | Spybot S&D (With Teatimer) system did not post at all. I've already checked the bios [Because i'm not gonna be paying $20 to a computer shop for something so simple] But I'm just wondering if anyone knows what it could be - I've reseated my Ram . Turn off Teatimer. It is useless. So, no problem until you plug the card in. Then its the card. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 820152 | 2009-10-13 09:09:00 | Thanks for the help guys . I just updated my bios, but alas, no luck . I'm going to test the card this Friday . And just to help you guys with those questions, no signal on either output (onboard & pci-e) when the card is inserted . It's $20 to get the card tested at a computer shop, so I'm going to have to wait for my mate to bring his gaming beast around . :thanks again guys, much appreciated . |
SmurfWorks (15347) | ||
| 820153 | 2009-10-13 09:56:00 | Check out the forum (vip.asus.com). Like this post (vip.asus.com). There's a few people having probs with PCI-E cards. By the looks of it its got compat probs with some Nvidia and ATI cards. Because of the VIA chipset. I would get a better mobo. So, save the $20. Youre better off reading about people who actually use the mobo (who have the same prob) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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