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Title: ati 7000 pci card now computer won't run?
Post by: 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?

Title: ati 7000 pci card now computer won't run?
Post by: SKurj on July 17, 2003, 05:43:30 PM

check all plugs/connections...  


SKurj

Title: ati 7000 pci card now computer won't run?
Post by: Ghosth 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.

Title: ati 7000 pci card now computer won't run?
Post by: bloom25 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.)