I'm the new guy!

phalam · 01-14-2006, 01:31 AM

Hi folks, i've just joined the forum(my first ever)so bear with me if I get it wrong. Thanks.
O.k. help please. I have a pc (obviously) which is about 5 years old and the on board graphics card was, up till now adequate.My kids were given some pc games for xmas and hello, the card isn't up to it. I have fitted an ati radeon 7000 agp and the screen is totally messed up, I can't see "device manager" to set the thing up. Any clues? As soon as the agp card was installed it bumped the onboard one (intel 82815) out of the way and took over. I have, I believe, made whatever changes are required in the bios but to no avail. The card did not have drivers with it but I believe I scored the correct one from the ati website. Any suggestions?

sonicolin · 01-14-2006, 05:05 AM

yeah
what monitor r u useing couse if ur using up too date graphic cards then ur monitor won't take it
u need to know if ur monitor is a vga or better

Xer0x · 01-14-2006, 11:46 AM

I might sound like a jerk saying this but make sure the vga cord (if it is one) is hooked up to the vga port (blue usually) on the video card, not the original onboard device.

phalam · 01-14-2006, 01:24 PM

My monitor is vga but it is quite old so I am going to try a newer one, hey, it might make the difference.Yes, the blue lead is connected is to the monitor
and everything is where it should be.
Thanks.

01-14-2006, 01:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
phalam Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2 OS: winxp pro sp2	I'm the new guy! Hi folks, i've just joined the forum(my first ever)so bear with me if I get it wrong. Thanks. O.k. help please. I have a pc (obviously) which is about 5 years old and the on board graphics card was, up till now adequate.My kids were given some pc games for xmas and hello, the card isn't up to it. I have fitted an ati radeon 7000 agp and the screen is totally messed up, I can't see "device manager" to set the thing up. Any clues? As soon as the agp card was installed it bumped the onboard one (intel 82815) out of the way and took over. I have, I believe, made whatever changes are required in the bios but to no avail. The card did not have drivers with it but I believe I scored the correct one from the ati website. Any suggestions?

01-14-2006, 01:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
phalam Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2 OS: winxp pro sp2	My monitor is vga but it is quite old so I am going to try a newer one, hey, it might make the difference.Yes, the blue lead is connected is to the monitor and everything is where it should be. Thanks. Last edited by phalam; 01-14-2006 at 01:30 PM. Reason: a bit vague

01-14-2006, 05:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
sonicolin Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: salisbury Posts: 37 OS: xp professional	yeah what monitor r u useing couse if ur using up too date graphic cards then ur monitor won't take it u need to know if ur monitor is a vga or better

01-14-2006, 11:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
Xer0x Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 68 OS: Windows XP My System	I might sound like a jerk saying this but make sure the vga cord (if it is one) is hooked up to the vga port (blue usually) on the video card, not the original onboard device.