NVIDIA card not working
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- yarsrevenge
Can anyone point me in a better direction? I bought a new motherboard/cpu combo... and new memory that the company recommended. I already had the other parts to build a computer except for the video card which I bought. For some reason it wont pick up on the video card when I fire up the machine. Has anyone had this sort of problem before? This is the second computer set for me where the video card is not responsive. I hope i did not buy a lemon. Here are my specs:
2.4 ghz processor/ASUS mb
512mb RAM
NVIDIA 128mb 5700 card
- toastie0
what do you mean doesnt pick up? you cant see anything at all?
- yarsrevenge0
yeah man... sucks.. it wont display anything on the monitor. The fan on the video card turns on but nothing will display.
- toastie0
do you have an onboard video card on the mobo?
- yarsrevenge0
no sir. Just my AGP slot. Only onboard thing is audio.
- toastie0
try pulling everything out (PCI cards, harddrives), and just starting it up with only the video card and RAM.
- yarsrevenge0
ok... so you think maybe the HD or the network card can hinder the output?
This would obviously take me a while till id get back on here... what are my options from there?
- toastie0
well, sometimes there can be otehr problems, especially with PCI cards, that would make your box not boot up at all. If you have soem other video card, try it with that, if you dont, try it with the barebones, just to see if it IS your video card thats fucked up. If it boots fine with another video card, and it doesnt boot with ONLY the nVidia card, then its probably the card and you should try to RMA it, if it does boot with only the card in, start adding stuff in until it doesnt work again. If it doesnt boot with another video card and nothing else, then it's probably your mobo or maybe memory.
- sparker0
does your nvidia card type match the agp/pci version accepted by your mobo?
there are different card versions, ya know...and some mobo's don't agree with some cards.
have you tried a different video card?
have you made sure your bios settings are correct?
does the mobo recommend a certain type of card?
- sparker0
do you know if your mobo is agp type 1 or 2? and remember to check the nvidia card voltage. you don't want to use the wrong card type, you could cause damage to both the card and the mobo.
- yarsrevenge0
well... I can say its not the video card that is bad. I put this card into another box and it worked. So I'm thinking it will prolly be that my video card is not compatible :(
sparker: How can I see if its compatible? I've looked at every spec on this darn thing and I can't find anyting. I tried calling the dealer and nada :(
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This sucks
- yarsrevenge0
man... I can't find the voltage type on the video card. Is this on the NVIDIA site?
- toastie0
what mobo do you have?
- sparker0
dunno. you just have to dig around on each website. you might want to check the alt newsgroups for nvidia and your mobo to see if anyone else has a problem.
without model numbers i don't really have an answer for you.
i've had this happen before at the office when building/upgrading boxes. some older agp type 1 cards wouldn't work in the new mobo...took me a good week to resolve my problems.
- yarsrevenge0
MB is an ASROC P4V88
VIA PT880 Chipset
Hyperthreading technology, Dual Channel support
FSB 800 MHz, DDR400
AGP8X
Hybrid Booster, Serial ATA (1.5GB/s)
RAID 0,1, JBOD
- yarsrevenge0
ASROCK* ... sorry
- yarsrevenge0
oh poop.. Vid Card is:
GeForceFX 5600 128mb
- sparker0
as far as voltage is concerned...the card is usually only keyed to fit in the correct agp slot. but, there are cards out there that fit in both. if the card physically fits in the slot, then you're probably ok.
most older cards are 3.3V, newer cards are 1.5v. agp 8x/3.0 cards are 1.5v or 0.8v. that could be your problem...the mobo is agp 8x? your nvidia card may simply be too old.
what model card do you have?
sounds like you need a nvidia card that is 1.5v and 8x compatible.
- toastie0
5700 should definately be 8x, and even if its not, it shouldnt really matter, it will work at the maximum speed of the slot (or card) if they're different. Not sure about the voltage, though ive never heard of that being a problem with modern motherboards.
- yarsrevenge0
its a GeforceFX 5600 AGP 8x
- sparker0
most of the time, it's a non issue. but, every once in a while it can creep up.
might try nvidia's forums (if they have any) or an irc channel/alt newsgroup for nvidia cards.
they'll have more answers than me. i mainly use ati cards.