Author Topic: ati 7000 pci card now computer won't run? (Read 196 times)

rod367th · « **on:** July 17, 2003, 04:20:17 PM »

friend just got a ati 7000 pci card 64mb computer turns on but won't run any ideas?

SKurj · « **Reply #1 on:** July 17, 2003, 05:43:30 PM »

check all plugs/connections...

SKurj

Ghosth · « **Reply #2 on:** July 18, 2003, 06:24:04 AM »

Make sure he got that card fully socketed in correctly.

Have him pull it out, & carefully put it back in.

bloom25 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 18, 2003, 01:21:36 PM »

A couple other things to try if the card isn't loose:

1. If the board has onboard video, you may need to turn it off. This is done either with a jumper or in the bios. (It probably says something like "onboard VGA".)

2. Remove the PCI card and if the system works again, you might have to go into the bios and set what's typically called "primary vga bios" from AGP to PCI.

3. A primary PCI video card should typically be placed in the slot closest to the top of the board. (In some cases this doesn't matter.)