Nvidia Geforce FX 5500 No Video

TheNoodlez · 07-23-2008, 11:50 AM

I had an old Nvidia Geforce 2 card, so I thought it was tiem to upgrade.
I bought an Nvidia Geforce FX 5500 Card and put it in the computer in place of the old one, and I get no video, ever. From startup the screen is black, and I can't even access the menu on my monitor.

Any suggestions?

wrench97 · 07-23-2008, 01:00 PM

What are your specs?
If OEM ie Dell, HP brand and model
If custom built Motherboard,power supply brand and models

christseeyore · 08-06-2008, 01:00 AM

I am having the same problem. Installed the card just fine and the when I tried to start up the computer it wouldn't show anything. I switched over to my on-board video and updated the drivers that way thinking that would help. Unfortunately now when I start the computer I get a message on my monitor stating "Frequency out of reach". I did some research on this in forums and found that that is usually an issue when the settings are too high for the monitor. So I tried to get into the Nvidia control panel to change the resolution. Lo and behold, I can't even get into the control panel. So if I run my video through the card it doesn't show anything and if I run it through the on-board I can't run Nvidia's control panel. I also can't change the settings in the system control panel, it won't save any changes.

The computer is a gateway. Has over 2 gb of ram but still has the included power supply unit with a max of only 250 w. The system meets all the specs required by the video card, and though it's on the low end as far as PSU I thought there would be no problem in running it. Is this a problem with the card, the drivers, or the computer?

wrench97 · 08-06-2008, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by christseeyore

I am having the same problem. Installed the card just fine and the when I tried to start up the computer it wouldn't show anything. I switched over to my on-board video and updated the drivers that way thinking that would help. Unfortunately now when I start the computer I get a message on my monitor stating "Frequency out of reach". I did some research on this in forums and found that that is usually an issue when the settings are too high for the monitor. So I tried to get into the Nvidia control panel to change the resolution. Lo and behold, I can't even get into the control panel. So if I run my video through the card it doesn't show anything and if I run it through the on-board I can't run Nvidia's control panel. I also can't change the settings in the system control panel, it won't save any changes.

The computer is a gateway. Has over 2 gb of ram but still has the included power supply unit with a max of only 250 w. The system meets all the specs required by the video card, and though it's on the low end as far as PSU I thought there would be no problem in running it. Is this a problem with the card, the drivers, or the computer?

Remove the Nvidia video drivers while your hooked to the onboard video, then reboot > in the Bios set up program set video to agp or Pciex which ever you have > shut down and hook the monitor to the video card> turn on tapping F8 select Vga mode disable antivirus/malware programs install video drivers.

07-23-2008, 11:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
TheNoodlez Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 11 OS: XP SP3	Nvidia Geforce FX 5500 No Video I had an old Nvidia Geforce 2 card, so I thought it was tiem to upgrade. I bought an Nvidia Geforce FX 5500 Card and put it in the computer in place of the old one, and I get no video, ever. From startup the screen is black, and I can't even access the menu on my monitor. Any suggestions?

07-23-2008, 01:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,413 OS: XPSP2	Re: Nvidia Geforce FX 5500 No Video What are your specs? If OEM ie Dell, HP brand and model If custom built Motherboard,power supply brand and models __________________

08-06-2008, 01:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
christseeyore Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP (SP2)	Re: Nvidia Geforce FX 5500 No Video I am having the same problem. Installed the card just fine and the when I tried to start up the computer it wouldn't show anything. I switched over to my on-board video and updated the drivers that way thinking that would help. Unfortunately now when I start the computer I get a message on my monitor stating "Frequency out of reach". I did some research on this in forums and found that that is usually an issue when the settings are too high for the monitor. So I tried to get into the Nvidia control panel to change the resolution. Lo and behold, I can't even get into the control panel. So if I run my video through the card it doesn't show anything and if I run it through the on-board I can't run Nvidia's control panel. I also can't change the settings in the system control panel, it won't save any changes. The computer is a gateway. Has over 2 gb of ram but still has the included power supply unit with a max of only 250 w. The system meets all the specs required by the video card, and though it's on the low end as far as PSU I thought there would be no problem in running it. Is this a problem with the card, the drivers, or the computer?