video card woes
ok, deal is, my roommate got himself a fancy new video card:
ATI Radeon X1300 (PCI)
256mb DDR2
Core: 450 MHz
....and it won't work. When we plug his monitor in the video card, the screen is black. Nothin'. Sometimes it's black when plugged into the default input (the on-board). He's installed all of the proper drivers (I think). He disabled the on-board 3d accelarator, however, the new video card says there are not enough resources it to function. What resources? He's got over 512Mb of RAM (PC3200 I think...?). Is it a power thing? If it makes any difference, he's got one of those skinny Dell desktops that can be laid on it's side, with a PCI extension thing plugged into the mobo. That's the only place the video card will fit.
ATI Radeon X1300 (PCI)
256mb DDR2
Core: 450 MHz
....and it won't work. When we plug his monitor in the video card, the screen is black. Nothin'. Sometimes it's black when plugged into the default input (the on-board). He's installed all of the proper drivers (I think). He disabled the on-board 3d accelarator, however, the new video card says there are not enough resources it to function. What resources? He's got over 512Mb of RAM (PC3200 I think...?). Is it a power thing? If it makes any difference, he's got one of those skinny Dell desktops that can be laid on it's side, with a PCI extension thing plugged into the mobo. That's the only place the video card will fit.
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just plain PCI or PCI-Express? There's quite a difference, and I looked around and there's both released for the Radeon X1300...
Yeah, PCI, I know. I recommeded he just get a new comp, but he was impatient. we'll see what happens now.
mucho thanks.
This might be a factor too. If nothing else, try making sure all the connectors are clean, and reseat the card a couple times just to make sure its all the way in and all the way connected.
I was close to going insane when my brother just happend to remember that the monitor had a slight loose connection in the cable