Video Card Problem

[GoldenEagle]

I just installed a new video card on one of my computers and I am having a bit of a problem with it. I have inserted the video card into a PCI slot. I plug in the monitor and boot up. It works fine but the display is off. I update the driver and reboot. The monitor then (after I see the Windows XP screen) is just simply black, with no picture what-so-ever.

Any suggestions?

[MizzouRah]

PCI slot? Are you sure it's not the AGP slot? Maybe it's an old pc?

[MizzouRah]

To add, if it is indeed a PCI graphics card, chances are you need to go into BIOS and disable the onboard video adapter.

[Surtt]

I assume you mean a PCIe slot.

Try booting in safe mode and uninstalling the current vidio driver.
Re-boot and let windows discover the new card.

[MizzouRah]

I assume you mean a PCIe slot.

Try booting in safe mode and uninstalling the current vidio driver.
Re-boot and let windows discover the new card.

Must be. :D

What Surtt said.

Usually when installing a new video card you would:

1. Boot pc with old card and uninstall the drivers to it and then the card from device manager.

2. Shut pc down, install card.

3. Boot pc and then load drivers from CD.

[GoldenEagle]

No, it is a PCI card. It is an older computer. I think I need to disable to on board graphics. I will see if I can figure out how to do that.

[MizzouRah]

No, it is a PCI card. It is an older computer. I think I need to disable to on board graphics. I will see if I can figure out how to do that.

Either by a jumper on the motherboard or in the BIOS.