[SOLVED] Problems with Video Card.

dxj · 09-11-2008, 08:50 AM

My old card (an Geforce FX5200 128MB) recently died, due to heatsink issues, so I have been running my onboard graphics for now, today I managed to get a hold of a Geforce 5700 256MB.
I have plugged it into the VGA slot and plugged my monitor in and nothing, my monitor stays on stand by, windows is not even detecting a new graphics card in place.
I have tried installing the drivers (I have already uninstalled the old ones) and it's not letting me, giving me a message along the lines of "Drivers cannot detect any hardware"
It's strange because once I turn the PC on the fan on the Graphics card starts spinning, so it's getting some power.
It just seems like the card can't be found at all.

So does it seem like my VGA slot is damaged?
I'm running Windows XP SP2, a P4 with 2.93GHZ, and 1GB of RAM

Thanks in advance.

dai · 09-11-2008, 10:16 AM

more likely underpowered what power supply
brand
wattage

dxj · 09-12-2008, 02:01 AM

My PSU is by Enhance Electronics and is 240 watts.

Last night a friend brought me his old Nvidia 6200 128MB,(which is heatsinked, not fan powered) once plugged into the AGP slot and powered up, the monitor is turning on but all I'm getting is a flickering white screen with bit of black flickering too, which is my advent loading screen I imagine.

dai · 09-12-2008, 02:18 AM

see if you can borrow a larger wattage psu to try in it putting out a min of 18amps on the 12v+ line

dxj · 09-12-2008, 08:47 AM

Thanks for the info.
I've managed to track down a FX5200 128mb with a fan, and it seems to work just fine!

dai · 09-12-2008, 08:57 AM

glad you have it sorted

09-11-2008, 08:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
dxj Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 276 OS: XP Pro, Mac OS X	[SOLVED] Problems with Video Card. My old card (an Geforce FX5200 128MB) recently died, due to heatsink issues, so I have been running my onboard graphics for now, today I managed to get a hold of a Geforce 5700 256MB. I have plugged it into the VGA slot and plugged my monitor in and nothing, my monitor stays on stand by, windows is not even detecting a new graphics card in place. I have tried installing the drivers (I have already uninstalled the old ones) and it's not letting me, giving me a message along the lines of "Drivers cannot detect any hardware" It's strange because once I turn the PC on the fan on the Graphics card starts spinning, so it's getting some power. It just seems like the card can't be found at all. So does it seem like my VGA slot is damaged? I'm running Windows XP SP2, a P4 with 2.93GHZ, and 1GB of RAM Thanks in advance.

09-11-2008, 10:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,664 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Problems with Video Card. more likely underpowered what power supply brand wattage __________________

09-12-2008, 02:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
dxj Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 276 OS: XP Pro, Mac OS X	Re: Problems with Video Card. My PSU is by Enhance Electronics and is 240 watts. Last night a friend brought me his old Nvidia 6200 128MB,(which is heatsinked, not fan powered) once plugged into the AGP slot and powered up, the monitor is turning on but all I'm getting is a flickering white screen with bit of black flickering too, which is my advent loading screen I imagine.

09-12-2008, 02:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,664 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Problems with Video Card. see if you can borrow a larger wattage psu to try in it putting out a min of 18amps on the 12v+ line __________________

09-12-2008, 08:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
dxj Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 276 OS: XP Pro, Mac OS X	Re: Problems with Video Card. Thanks for the info. I've managed to track down a FX5200 128mb with a fan, and it seems to work just fine!

09-12-2008, 08:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,664 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: [SOLVED] Problems with Video Card. glad you have it sorted __________________