Put in card, won't connect to monitor. Take card out - won't connect to monitor!

ATHighlander · 04-16-2009, 09:00 PM

Hello there,

Thank you for looking and seeing if you can help.

Two months ago, I put together this system:

AMD Phenom 9500 Processor HD9500WCGDBOX - 2.20GHz, 4 x 512KB Cache, 1800MHz (3600 MT/s) FSB, Agena, Quad-Core, Retail, Socket AM2+, Processor with Fan

4x Kingston 2048MB PC5400 DDR2 667MHz Memory

XFX GeForce 8200 Motherboard - NVIDIA GeForce 8200, Socket AM2 / AM2+, MicroATX, Audio, Video, DVI, HDMI, PCI Express 2.0, Hyrbid SLI, USB 2.0, eSATA, RAID, CMOS, LED Display

HITACHI 1TB SERIAL ATA HD 7200/16MB/SATA-3G

Ultra LS500 Lifetime Series 500W Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-Express

This morning I put in this card:

Sparkle GeForce 9600 GT Video Card - 2048MB GDDR2, PCI Express 2.0, DVI, HDTV

I plugged in power, put it in the slot, booted up.

No signal from MOBO VGA
No signal from MOBO HDMI
No signal from either of card HDMI.

Usually heavy hard drive access ends within 3 minutes of startup. Constant HD access, no stop.

Turned off manually since there was no way to see what the computer was thinking about.

Unplugged card and removed. Started up

No signal from MOBO VGA
No signal from MOBO HDMI
Constant HD access.

My computer is still out of touch, constant HD access for last hour. What do I do next?

Thanks again for listening.

**emosun** · 04-17-2009, 09:56 AM

Try a bios reset to see if you can get video from the motherboard.

dai · 04-17-2009, 11:38 AM

boot from the onboard
in the device manager disable the onboard
if the card is listed uninstall it
turn the computer off
install the card
change the video cable from the onboard to the card
reboot into the bios
check to see if you can disable the onboard in there and set it to detect pcie first
save and exit the bios tapping f8 and choose vga mode
when windows finishes booting
disable a/virus
install your drivers for the card
reboot the computer

04-16-2009, 09:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
ATHighlander Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Win XP Home SP3	Put in card, won't connect to monitor. Take card out - won't connect to monitor! Hello there, Thank you for looking and seeing if you can help. Two months ago, I put together this system: AMD Phenom 9500 Processor HD9500WCGDBOX - 2.20GHz, 4 x 512KB Cache, 1800MHz (3600 MT/s) FSB, Agena, Quad-Core, Retail, Socket AM2+, Processor with Fan 4x Kingston 2048MB PC5400 DDR2 667MHz Memory XFX GeForce 8200 Motherboard - NVIDIA GeForce 8200, Socket AM2 / AM2+, MicroATX, Audio, Video, DVI, HDMI, PCI Express 2.0, Hyrbid SLI, USB 2.0, eSATA, RAID, CMOS, LED Display HITACHI 1TB SERIAL ATA HD 7200/16MB/SATA-3G Ultra LS500 Lifetime Series 500W Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-Express This morning I put in this card: Sparkle GeForce 9600 GT Video Card - 2048MB GDDR2, PCI Express 2.0, DVI, HDTV I plugged in power, put it in the slot, booted up. No signal from MOBO VGA No signal from MOBO HDMI No signal from either of card HDMI. Usually heavy hard drive access ends within 3 minutes of startup. Constant HD access, no stop. Turned off manually since there was no way to see what the computer was thinking about. Unplugged card and removed. Started up No signal from MOBO VGA No signal from MOBO HDMI Constant HD access. My computer is still out of touch, constant HD access for last hour. What do I do next? Thanks again for listening. Last edited by ATHighlander; 04-16-2009 at 09:12 PM.

04-17-2009, 09:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,942 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Put in card, won't connect to monitor. Take card out - won't connect to monitor! Try a bios reset to see if you can get video from the motherboard. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

04-17-2009, 11:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,569 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Put in card, won't connect to monitor. Take card out - won't connect to monitor! boot from the onboard in the device manager disable the onboard if the card is listed uninstall it turn the computer off install the card change the video cable from the onboard to the card reboot into the bios check to see if you can disable the onboard in there and set it to detect pcie first save and exit the bios tapping f8 and choose vga mode when windows finishes booting disable a/virus install your drivers for the card reboot the computer __________________