major problem with video card

[Allen Rune]

i just stuck in a new power supply which is working perfectly. but the video card isn't. when i started up, there was no welcome message on the screen or anything until it got to the desktop, and heres where things really got screwy. the wallpaper is 3/4 the size its suposed to be and the rest of the screen is blank white. whenever i try to open a program such as firefox right now it appears far off-screen to the left, and i have to bring it into view by rght-clicking the tab and selecting move. i'm pretty sure the problem is i need the drivers for it, i tried downloading them and insalling but the installer just sits there doing nothing.

now i've been waiting a long time to get a decent card and it still doesn't work, so please excuse me if i sound a little pissed in later replies.

[BaldEagl]

Did you delete your old video driver before you installed the new card?

If so then let Windows install a generic driver first to fix your immediate problem.

After that's done then manually install the correct driver off the disc.

[NOT]

did you make sure you plugged in all connectors on vid card? what card are you using??




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[Skuzzy]

If the other vide card is an onbaord video chip, you should ave removed the original drivers, rebooted, then disabled the onbaord video chip in the system BIOS, before installing the video card.

[Motherland]

did you make sure you plugged in all connectors on vid card? what card are you using??




NOT

If you don't plug in all the power connectors to the video card, you won't get any signal at all to the monitor (dunno if the computer actually works)... I know from experience 

[drdeathx]

Try uninstalling drivers and reinstalling them. Make sure your resolution is ok. What video card do you have??? The latest nvidea drivers are 177.44 I think.

[Allen Rune]

If the other vide card is an onbaord video chip, you should ave removed the original drivers, rebooted, then disabled the onbaord video chip in the system BIOS, before installing the video card.

Ahh, that may be just what I need... now, how do I do it?

[1701E]

If you don't plug in all the power connectors to the video card, you won't get any signal at all to the monitor (dunno if the computer actually works)... I know from experience 

Not always, i had my 7900GS running without the needed extra power and it simply lowered the cards performance/power output to a safe level.  It did not like it, but it worked for a few days while i got a new PSU.

 
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[FLOTSOM]

when you uninstall the drivers there is a driver/cab cleaner that will remove the residuals from you computer.      http://www.drivercleaner.net/ its an easy download and a simplistic program to run. read the read me section. trust me its simple, i did it without managing to kill anything in my computer.

then do your re-install.

did you down grade your power supply?

good luck

FLOTSOM

[drdeathx]

Not recommended to run video card under power spec. Video card may go poof! I know 3 guys who wasted a good video card. You computer has a power supply (stock is usually around 300w)and depending what you run, you may not use more than lets say 125w. That only leaves 275 left provided you have nothing else using power.

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[drdeathx]

Not necessary to run driver cleaner but It will not hurt. Save new drivers and control  panel on your desktop and then uninstall nvidea drivers and nvidea programs associated with your video card through control panel/add-remove programs . Reboot computer and reinstal new nvidea drivers and software. You will probably have to adjust your resolution and refresh rate. Then go to control panel and do your video card adjustments.

[drdeathx]

Allen if you have an ATI video card you need net 2.0/ Again what kind of video card do you have?

[BaldEagl]

Ahh, that may be just what I need... now, how do I do it?

First you'll need to uninstall the drivers.  Got to System Devices (Start/Control Panal/System/Hardware/System Devices).  Identify your on-board video.  Right click and hit properties and you should be able to uninstall the driver.  You also might be able to do so in the Control Panal under Add or Remove Programs.

Reboot.

When the computer starts to boot up you need to enter the BIOS.  You do this usually by hitting Del or F11 or some other key.  Check your computer documentation.

Once in the BIOS look for something like On Board Peripherals or something similar.  Go there and disable the on-board video.

Save the changes and let the system boot.  Windows will detect new hardare (your new video card).  When it asks you if it can find drivers click have disc.  Install the disc and the drivers.

[drdeathx]

Good point on bios bald. Drivers need to be removed and eagle has a good way but the driver package is in add/remove programs. You may not want to use the diskto re-install. There are more current drivers usually available. Download them and save them to your desktop. You can install them from desktop. The problem with using the disk is this: if there are updated drivers, you then have to go through the same process again. Updated Nvidea are 177.41(178 may be out) and I believe ATI is 8.7(may be newer one).
When you are done delete the driver file from your desktop or put them in a folder for safe keeping in case re-install does not work.
Keep your desktop clean as this will take some video memory with a saturated desktop.

ATI has an uninstall option in your add/remove programs. Again using a driver removal program will not hurt but these are easy steps.

[The Fugitive]

Good point on bios bald. Drivers need to be removed and eagle has a good way but the driver package is in add/remove programs. You may not want to use the diskto re-install. There are more current drivers usually available. Download them and save them to your desktop. You can install them from desktop. The problem with using the disk is this: if there are updated drivers, you then have to go through the same process again. Updated Nvidea are 177.41(178 may be out) and I believe ATI is 8.7(may be newer one).
When you are done delete the driver file from your desktop or put them in a folder for safe keeping in case re-install does not work.
Keep your desktop clean as this will take some video memory with a saturated desktop.

ATI has an uninstall option in your add/remove programs. Again using a driver removal program will not hurt but these are easy steps.

The guy is trying to solve a problem, don't add new ones for him. Its easier to upgrade drivers than it is to roll back drivers. Putting the newest drivers is NOT always the best way to go. He hasn't said which card he has. If its a 9800 Pro from ATI, its an older card that is still available and work well, however if you use anything other than the 4.12 drivers you run into a lot of graphic issues.

Start with the drivers your card comes with, then do a bit of research, even ask around here what people are using, then upgrade the drivers if you have to.