8800GT can't install

Erone · 03-29-2008, 06:22 PM

Hi, my friend's been building his own PC and has run into a problem. He can't seem to get his monitor (Viewsonic 22inch VA2235WM Widescreen Black LCD Monitor) to detect his video card (Leadtek nVidia GeForce 8800GT GTB 512Mb PCI Express 2.0). He hasn't got the PC to run yet because the motherboard has no onboard video adapater. (Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Socket 775 Motherboard )

I'm wondering what the problem is. Is it that the 8800GT won't run untill an operating system with barebones drives is booted? I asked him if he could install the drivers on another PC then switch the hard drive in, but the driver installation yields a "could not detect hardware" error.

Kind of stumped as to what he can do without being able to get to the BIOS screen.

HawMan · 03-29-2008, 06:29 PM

He could be under powered - What psu does he have?

The PC should boot up fine, you wont need onboard.

Erone · 03-29-2008, 06:35 PM

550w cooler master.

dai · 03-29-2008, 06:55 PM

the problem may be this
PCI Express 2.0
http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...therboard.html

03-29-2008, 06:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Erone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windowx XP	8800GT can't install Hi, my friend's been building his own PC and has run into a problem. He can't seem to get his monitor (Viewsonic 22inch VA2235WM Widescreen Black LCD Monitor) to detect his video card (Leadtek nVidia GeForce 8800GT GTB 512Mb PCI Express 2.0). He hasn't got the PC to run yet because the motherboard has no onboard video adapater. (Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Socket 775 Motherboard ) I'm wondering what the problem is. Is it that the 8800GT won't run untill an operating system with barebones drives is booted? I asked him if he could install the drivers on another PC then switch the hard drive in, but the driver installation yields a "could not detect hardware" error. Kind of stumped as to what he can do without being able to get to the BIOS screen. Last edited by Erone; 03-29-2008 at 06:23 PM.

03-29-2008, 06:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
HawMan Liam Join Date: May 2006 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 2,943 OS: Win XP My System	Re: 8800GT can't install He could be under powered - What psu does he have? The PC should boot up fine, you wont need onboard. __________________ Please Consider Donating to keep the site free.

03-29-2008, 06:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
Erone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windowx XP	Re: 8800GT can't install 550w cooler master.

03-29-2008, 06:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,785 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: 8800GT can't install the problem may be this PCI Express 2.0 http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...therboard.html __________________ Last edited by dai; 03-29-2008 at 06:56 PM.