GeForce FX5500 Black Screen

Mac627 · 03-27-2009, 08:18 AM

I had a 3.2 GHz Intel Celeron D. with 80.0 GB HDD. And 512 MB of RAM. After I installed the graphic card per instructions and hooking up the monitor. All I can get is a black screen.

**emosun** · 03-27-2009, 10:29 AM

Is this the pci or agp version?

Mac627 · 03-28-2009, 09:45 AM

PCI Mac627

**emosun** · 03-28-2009, 10:16 PM

You need to go into the bios and set it to use pci video instead of the agp or onboard.

Mac627 · 03-29-2009, 06:33 AM

Thank you Emosun for the help. My only problem now is I have no idea what you're talking about, or how to do it. But I deftly thank you for the information. Because it looks like I can do something about it. Without buying another card. Have a great day. Mac627.

**emosun** · 03-29-2009, 04:08 PM

When your computer firsts starts , before the windows loading screen there is a black screen that flashes by quickly , on this screen usually near the bottem it will say "to enter the bios press this key" , which is usually one of the "f" keys or the delete key. You press the key before windows loads and it will take you into the motherboard settings which are only controlled by the keyboard. From there you need to look around in it and find a setting which should change the video from using the onboard or agp slot , and change it to pci.

Mac627 · 03-30-2009, 12:33 PM

Hi Emosum.I really appreciate all your help. I guess I'm going to have to take this to a shop somewhere to have them fix this for me. I really thank you for your help. Have a great week. Mac627.

03-27-2009, 08:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mac627 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 OS: XP Pro 2	GeForce FX5500 Black Screen I had a 3.2 GHz Intel Celeron D. with 80.0 GB HDD. And 512 MB of RAM. After I installed the graphic card per instructions and hooking up the monitor. All I can get is a black screen. Last edited by Mac627; 03-27-2009 at 08:20 AM.

03-27-2009, 10:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,092 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: GeForce FX5500 Black Screen Is this the pci or agp version? __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

03-28-2009, 09:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mac627 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 OS: XP Pro 2	Re: GeForce FX5500 Black Screen PCI Mac627

03-28-2009, 10:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,092 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: GeForce FX5500 Black Screen You need to go into the bios and set it to use pci video instead of the agp or onboard. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

03-29-2009, 06:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
Mac627 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 OS: XP Pro 2	Re: GeForce FX5500 Black Screen Thank you Emosun for the help. My only problem now is I have no idea what you're talking about, or how to do it. But I deftly thank you for the information. Because it looks like I can do something about it. Without buying another card. Have a great day. Mac627.

03-29-2009, 04:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,092 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: GeForce FX5500 Black Screen When your computer firsts starts , before the windows loading screen there is a black screen that flashes by quickly , on this screen usually near the bottem it will say "to enter the bios press this key" , which is usually one of the "f" keys or the delete key. You press the key before windows loads and it will take you into the motherboard settings which are only controlled by the keyboard. From there you need to look around in it and find a setting which should change the video from using the onboard or agp slot , and change it to pci. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

03-30-2009, 12:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mac627 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 OS: XP Pro 2	Re: GeForce FX5500 Black Screen Hi Emosum.I really appreciate all your help. I guess I'm going to have to take this to a shop somewhere to have them fix this for me. I really thank you for your help. Have a great week. Mac627.