Need help figuring out why Graphics card isnt working!

corvus4906

Hi All,
I've recently had to buy a new graphics card for my PC as my old one has bit the bullet it seems. (with the old card i'm getting discolouration on screen and weird characters shown when booting up)

Old card: NVIDIA 8800GTX
Link: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-8800-gtx

Motherboard: BIOSTAR TPOWER i45
Link:http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=365
(I have the new card in the Orange PIC-E slot, where i had the first card)

So I'm not much of a gamer but wanted an OKish graphics card under 100€.
So I was advised to buy this card, so I had a look into it, saw it looked fine and compatible, and bought it.
New Card: MSI GT630 (N630GT-MD4GD3)
Link:http://www.msi.com/product/vga/N630GT-MD4GD3.html

When I went to install the card, the screen is showing blank consistently.
The fan on the new card is spinning, and I've tried all 3 outputs (VGA,HDMI, DVI) but the monitor inst receiving signal at all.

Can someone help me figure out why this may not be working please?
Thanks

Marsden

Have you tried it in a different monitor/tv? I had a green hue problem with an old monitor before but I never heard of it happening with a GPU. Are you getting a POST(beep when PC starts up)?

corvus4906

Thanks for the fast post.
My PC doesnt beep when it POSTs .. never has ha. It's never been a problem tho...I'm using it right now and it didnt beep when started up with the old dodgy card ( currently enduring the dodgy screen colouration and occasional blue screening) but i've no other choice.

Currently i have the PC hooked up to a large TV by HDMI, and the TV receives the signal with no problem.
With the new card it just stays saying "no signal"

I've tried it on another basic monitor with VGA but no joy.

Marsden

There's the possibility that the card is DOA, have you a friends PC you could try it with?

I wouldn't be the most knowledgeable here to help I'm afraid and can't see any reason why it won't work. If I'm stuck with something the lads on here are great help so hopefully someone else will see your thread and be able offer more suggestions. Good luck getting it to work.

corvus4906

Ok I reset CMOS and flashed the mobo with new BIOS.

Graphics card displaying now : happy days.

But.... I'm not booting now to windows. It's staying on a black page littler "hardware monitor" with a few lines of details... Like CPU temp and fan speeds etc.

Anyone know how to get passed this???

corvus4906

All sorted. Thanks Marsden



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