Geforce 8400 GS help

Jay3 · 05-07-2009, 02:08 PM

I currently have a radeon 9250 running on my old *** Dell Dimension 8250. One of the games I play has serious problems with ATI cards and does not work on this computer. I went out and bought a regular PCI Geforce 8400 GS. When I put the card in i see the dell intro screen, but before it starts to boot up I get a black screen. Is this card not compatible with this computer?

Jay3 · 05-07-2009, 02:20 PM

Looked on dell website i believe this is my motherboard info:
INTEL(r) 82801BA Bus Master IDE Controller.

Also The Radeon is 256 and the new Geforce is 512 dunno if that matters.

**emosun** · 05-08-2009, 12:02 AM

Post the model dell computer you are using and it's current specs.

Jay3 · 05-08-2009, 08:45 AM

1 0W912 Assembly, Card, Planar, NIC Dimension 8250
1 1W392 Processor, 80532, 2.4G, 512K, 533, Socket N, C1
1 7N242 Keyboard, 104 Key, UNITED STATES..., Silitek, LC, MIDNIGHT GRAY...
1 6U220 Kit, Mouse, Personal System 2, S69, Logitech
2 0W443 RAMBUS INLINE MEMORY MODULE..., 128, 533MHz, 64X16, ALTERNATING CURRENT...
2 9578D Card, Printed Wiring Board, Memory, Rambus In Line Memory Module, Continuity, Rambus
1 2R435 Compact Disk Read Write, 680M, IDE (INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS) ..., 5.25" FORM FACTOR..., 40X, Samsung, CHASSIS 2001...
1 0R533 Card, MULTI-MEDIA..., Audio, SB0203
1 5740C CABLE..., AUXILIARY..., INTERNAL..., MODEM..., 4C
1 8F217 Modem, V.92, INTERNAL..., DATA/FAX/VOICE..., Soft, Z Dimension
1 7T753 Card, Graphics, Radeon, 9700, Dimension
1 5R212 Floppy Drive, 1.44M, 3.5" FORM FACTOR..., 3MD NBZ, NEC CORPORATION..., CHASSIS 2001...
1 6K223 Kit, Software, WKS-STE2K2, F5 OEM, English
1 6W678 Kit, Software, Overpack, WXPHSP1, Compact Diskette with Documentation, English
1 9P519 Hard Drive, 80G, I, Half Height 7.2K, 40G/P, SEAGATE SNOWMASS...

That is the configuration my computer came with. I have added more ram and upgraded the video card.

**emosun** · 05-08-2009, 11:27 AM

Ok , you need to go into the bios and activate "pci video" or change the video output from agp to pci. After doing so , when you get into windows you need to remove all the ati software using driver cleaner , then install the nvidia software.

Jay3 · 05-08-2009, 02:04 PM

Thx for the reply. Still not working. I went into bios, while the old card was in and couldnt change it to pci, but I did switch it to auto. Only options were AGP and AUTO. The thing is the card I am replacing is also a PCI card. I had already upgraded once since I bought the computer. Also I noticed that with the new card in I can not even enter setup. I get the dell intro screen where I can select to enter setup or boot options. After that I get some lines of dos txt like the system is booting up then screen goes black. Same thing happens whether I try to boot it up or go into setup. I know the system is not booting up and its not just the monitor because I never here any windows sounds and also when i press the power button it just shuts off right away as opposed to taking some time and shutting the system down.

Thank you for your help. I guess it may just be time to buy a new desktop they are cheap enough anyway.

05-07-2009, 02:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jay3 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp SP2	Geforce 8400 GS help I currently have a radeon 9250 running on my old *** Dell Dimension 8250. One of the games I play has serious problems with ATI cards and does not work on this computer. I went out and bought a regular PCI Geforce 8400 GS. When I put the card in i see the dell intro screen, but before it starts to boot up I get a black screen. Is this card not compatible with this computer?

05-07-2009, 02:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jay3 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp SP2	Re: Geforce 8400 GS help Looked on dell website i believe this is my motherboard info: INTEL(r) 82801BA Bus Master IDE Controller. Also The Radeon is 256 and the new Geforce is 512 dunno if that matters.

05-08-2009, 12:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,088 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Geforce 8400 GS help Post the model dell computer you are using and it's current specs. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

05-08-2009, 08:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jay3 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp SP2	Re: Geforce 8400 GS help 1 0W912 Assembly, Card, Planar, NIC Dimension 8250 1 1W392 Processor, 80532, 2.4G, 512K, 533, Socket N, C1 1 7N242 Keyboard, 104 Key, UNITED STATES..., Silitek, LC, MIDNIGHT GRAY... 1 6U220 Kit, Mouse, Personal System 2, S69, Logitech 2 0W443 RAMBUS INLINE MEMORY MODULE..., 128, 533MHz, 64X16, ALTERNATING CURRENT... 2 9578D Card, Printed Wiring Board, Memory, Rambus In Line Memory Module, Continuity, Rambus 1 2R435 Compact Disk Read Write, 680M, IDE (INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS) ..., 5.25" FORM FACTOR..., 40X, Samsung, CHASSIS 2001... 1 0R533 Card, MULTI-MEDIA..., Audio, SB0203 1 5740C CABLE..., AUXILIARY..., INTERNAL..., MODEM..., 4C 1 8F217 Modem, V.92, INTERNAL..., DATA/FAX/VOICE..., Soft, Z Dimension 1 7T753 Card, Graphics, Radeon, 9700, Dimension 1 5R212 Floppy Drive, 1.44M, 3.5" FORM FACTOR..., 3MD NBZ, NEC CORPORATION..., CHASSIS 2001... 1 6K223 Kit, Software, WKS-STE2K2, F5 OEM, English 1 6W678 Kit, Software, Overpack, WXPHSP1, Compact Diskette with Documentation, English 1 9P519 Hard Drive, 80G, I, Half Height 7.2K, 40G/P, SEAGATE SNOWMASS... That is the configuration my computer came with. I have added more ram and upgraded the video card.

05-08-2009, 11:27 AM	#5 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,088 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Geforce 8400 GS help Ok , you need to go into the bios and activate "pci video" or change the video output from agp to pci. After doing so , when you get into windows you need to remove all the ati software using driver cleaner , then install the nvidia software. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

05-08-2009, 02:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jay3 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp SP2	Re: Geforce 8400 GS help Thx for the reply. Still not working. I went into bios, while the old card was in and couldnt change it to pci, but I did switch it to auto. Only options were AGP and AUTO. The thing is the card I am replacing is also a PCI card. I had already upgraded once since I bought the computer. Also I noticed that with the new card in I can not even enter setup. I get the dell intro screen where I can select to enter setup or boot options. After that I get some lines of dos txt like the system is booting up then screen goes black. Same thing happens whether I try to boot it up or go into setup. I know the system is not booting up and its not just the monitor because I never here any windows sounds and also when i press the power button it just shuts off right away as opposed to taking some time and shutting the system down. Thank you for your help. I guess it may just be time to buy a new desktop they are cheap enough anyway.