Unclassified Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 I just got a Geforce fx 5200 and im trying to put it in a pcchips M754 but when its all set up there is no display at all. I have disabled the onboard video i think and with the geforce in the onboard has no display even if it is enabled. Anyone know whats wrong?
ripken204 Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 are you sure that the vid card even works? and do u have it plugegged into the pci slot?
Unclassified Posted February 17, 2006 Author Posted February 17, 2006 Yeah its plugged into the pci slots, its all i have and the card is brand new so im guessing it works.
LordFett Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 Do you have another computer or a friend's computer (without onboard) you can try hooking it up to? Just because it is brand new doesn't mean it works.
Unclassified Posted February 17, 2006 Author Posted February 17, 2006 (edited) Well i have no motherboards without onboard but i tried it in a old pentium166 and it did the same thing but when it booted up the speaker beeped two times. It works fine on a Abit SG-80. Edited February 18, 2006 by Unclassified
LordFett Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 Did you go into BIOS and disable onboard video there? Some boards automatically do it when it detects a vid card, some don't. Depending on your BIOS you might need to.
Unclassified Posted February 18, 2006 Author Posted February 18, 2006 I have disabled it as far as i can tell. I just found out it needs a 300w powersupply, i have a lc-300atx which is 300w i dont know if its a generic or not but could it be that the graphics card isnt getting enough power.
LLXX Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 Most likely. At least 350 is recommended, 400 is even better.
Unclassified Posted February 18, 2006 Author Posted February 18, 2006 Im a bit confused now, it says on the box it needs 300w but i just checked the psu in my sisters pc which it worked fine in and it says the psu is 220w. This happened with a different video card as well, i think i tried a mx4000 or something and it did exactly the same thing as the fx5200
LLXX Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 It depends how much power the rest of the hardware needs.What are your system specs?
Unclassified Posted February 18, 2006 Author Posted February 18, 2006 At the moment itsCPU:Celeron 433mhzMB:Pcchips M754lmrHarddrive:Maxtor 2.67gbModem:hspc56Ram:Generic 376mbOnboard video:Alladin TNT2I have tried without any thing plugged in but it still didnt work.
ssmokee Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 I just got a Geforce fx 5200 and im trying to put it in a pcchips M754 but when its all set up there is no display at all. I have disabled the onboard video i think and with the geforce in the onboard has no display even if it is enabled. Anyone know whats wrong?If I understand that correctly, the board does not work regardless of wether that new fx5200 is installed? If yes then I suggest stripping the board down to the bare minimum components (motherboard, cpu, ram, video, power supply). If it doesnt work with the bare minimum, then start swapping components until you get it to POST.
Unclassified Posted February 19, 2006 Author Posted February 19, 2006 No the board works fine but when i put in the fx5200 there is just a blank screen when i start it up, it sounds like it boots into windows but i cant tell.
ssmokee Posted February 19, 2006 Posted February 19, 2006 It could be that the motherboard is just too old for that video card. There are many revisions of the PCI specification and the older socket 7/370 motherboards were made to meet a much older version of the PCI spec then (for example) that newer lga 775 board you tested and had it work in. The shorter version of that is they just might not be compatible.
trickytwista Posted February 19, 2006 Posted February 19, 2006 yep, sounds like a compatibility issue
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