video card installation

[JB18]

I have a new dell 3000, 2.8 - 512. 17 inch flat screen (E173fpf). Took the radeon 9250 i was using in the old rig and now want top put it in this.
   I get a black screen now with the card installed, and am unable to install card drivers.......
   any thought? advice? sites I can get some help at?
 
   Is the monitor to much for this card?
   Does DELL's intergrated video have anything to do with it?
     
      give my a hand if you can, ty.

[Callisto]

Integrated vid card might have something to do with it.

Make sure its disabled (bios, board jumpers, etc)..


Do you get any picuture when you turn in on? Can you access BIOS?

[JB18]

nope, no video if card is installed, monitor feed still plugged in intergrated drive plug.  Take the card out get video again.
  welcome to my life.      

                                                     NEXT?

[38ruk]

plug the card in then hook the video cable to the neew card , then go into bios and disable onboard ... 38

[FOGOLD]

New PC's will detect the arrival of an AGP or PCI-E card. You will need to plug into the new card. Still go into the BIOS and disable the onboard graphics then uninstall its driver BEFORE you install the driver for the new card.

I have a Fujitsu Siemens   machine I bought for work and put a ATI 9550 in it for LAN gaming. It recognised the new card and the onboard intel had completely dissapeared automatically from device manager and install/uninstall list.

 Clever! No problems with it.

[JB18]

thanks to all!  understand the action line for installing a new vid card.....   my problem is, if the card is within 5 ft. of my new computer the monitor gets no video feed of any sort. Of coures im being factious about the 5 ft thing, but no matter what order I install the card in the procedure. The result is the same, no video feed.  the only way i know the monitor is on is by the (yellow) light in the power button. I undrestand that the yellow light means no talkie-talkie between the monitor and vid. drivers. Think thats the root of my delema.
   DELL basically told me I was SOL, then had the nerve the call me back 30 mins later to do a service responce poll! JEEPERS!
   Tring to get in touch with the folks at ATI.....(insert) "loud sucking sound". 'Its doing what, dude? FAR-OUT!!
   
  Thanks for any further consideration on this matter, will keep this thread up-dated through out.  

  If you see me 'stick sturing" in the main, Im just beating my joy-stick against the wall  

[Fry]

I had something similar with my old Voodoo3 card and my monitor many years ago.  It seemed that my monitor's refresh rate was the culprit.  Every time I installed my voodoo drivers, nothing would appear on my screen....it was black.

What I had to do was to reduce the refresh rate on my monitor while using the default windows drivers.  Then installed the Voodoo drivers.  Once I did that, things were fine.

I think that's how it went, but again, it's been many many years since I had a voodoo card.

[AKDogg]

Refresh rate has nothing to do with it at Post.  That would only come into effect when windows is actually starting.  U need to take the card out.  When U boot up go into bios and makesure U have the video set to AGP to look there first.  Also while u there turn off the Intergrated video if possible.  After u save your settings and exit out of bios turn off the computer.  Then insert the new card in and makesure U plug and wires the card requires (ex. power supply connector).  Also makesure u plug your monitor cable to the new card, not the intergrated video port.  Turn on computer and all should be good.  If monitor still doesn't turn on could be 3 possibilities.  1. just hit the power button and monitor to bring it out of standby (green light).  2. U have a bad video card.  Motherboard agp slot is bad.