Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Video card not recognized at boot pci-e slot?

my internal videocard crapped out on my ati radeon express 200 motherboard. I can turn off the internal video via BIOS. When I insert the video card into the pci-e slot the machine will not start the boot sequence. No action on the hard drive at all. ANy ideas what setting I may need to update in BIOS to get the PCI-e slot recognized? My power supply is plenty big at 430W... that was the first suggestion form the tech guy at the cpu store.



Thanks!|||There's no need to get into BIOS to get that internal video disabled. As far as I can see, it will automatically did that for you when you had a PCI-E graphic card inserted.



Besides, if the internal graphic were down, so will be the North-bridge chip-set. You see, internal graphic card does not have a chip of its own. The graphical part is glued into the north-bridge, which controls the memory, pci-express and talks to the south-bridge. If the graphical part was down, how can you be sure it didn't take out the memory / PCI-E function as well? I mean, they were in the same air-plane when the air-plane crashed.



Should you still don't want to acknowledge the fact that your motherboard have die, you can grab yourself a Debug card. (search Debug Card on Ebay you'll find it).



A Debug Card is basically a PCI card where you plug it into your motherboard. Soon as the PC switches on, it will carried on a series of Power-On-Self-Test (POST). The progress of the POST is shown on the debug card as LED letters and digits. With the letters and digits on where it stops, do a search on Google and you'll find which part of the POST (which hardware) it failed.



Note, some debug card also shows 3.3v, 5v and 12v at the same time. Should one of these LED fail, you know its the Power Supply.



BTW, I guess you didn't bring the PC to that Computer tech guy to carry out a check before you buy that Power Supply. Cause if you did, I will never go into that shop again.



... 430w... is that Antec Earthwatt 430 or Corsair CX430? So long as it isn't Cooler Master extreme 430 then that's fine.

PC video card Problems :)?

My pc video card Doesnt want to work?

Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)



This is what i have gateway fx with a 9800GT On VISTA

64 bit !



It worked fine till one day My pc shut it off.



I reinstalled my pc reformatted it and still nothing i think its the pcs automatic update of a bad driver and i stopped driver updates but still even with my old driver that i got from the store doesnt work Driver 175.16..Newest one is 190.62 and same problem Dont work



Pls help me i dont wann spend too much money having someone firx it:)|||If you have warranty you are saved it if you don't you are screwd.

Go to System Information/Components/ Problem Devices

Or Troubleshoot it via device manager.

Maybe that can describe the problem to you better.|||Good ole' Gateway. I guess the cheap copy of the 9800gt has blown it's left nut.



If there is a warranty on the computer use it, if not a new card is probably in order.

Video Card Driver?

I want to update my video card driver and I have Windows XP. Where do I go to do this and how do I do this?|||first u need to figure out what ur card is. if its nvidia, go to their website and click on drivers to search for ur cards newest drivers and then download them. im not sure about ATI but its probably similar. some laptop manufacturers however require that u go to their own website to DL the drivers so u may have to do that too|||b4 u ask a question, plz give in detail wut your video card are..



i can hepl u.email me

Video card questions?

So, like a lot of people, I bought the Sims 3 and installed it but now it says my video card isn't supported.



1. What exactly is a video card?



2. Is it something you can buy and install into your computer yourself or must a pro do it?



3. Are there any programs or updates I can get from the internet to be able to play the game without the graphics messing up?|||The video card is a chip that fits in a slot inside your computer. You can see the back of this chip on the outside of your computer. its where your monitor plugs in. You can install the card yourself. You just have to find out how to open the left side panel of your case. Once you have it open. There's two places your video card might be. Just check where the plug for the monitor goes. If the plug goes into the back of the motherboard, (big chip that everything is plugged into) Then you just need to proceed to installing the card. If your monitor plugs into the back of a chip that is in a slot on your motherboard. You need to unscrew the slot and carefully remove the card. Pop the new card in and youre done. Remember not to screw it in too tight or too loose.



Before you buy your video card, you will need to follow the directions I explained in order to determine what type of card your computer supports. If you could tell me the model number and brand of computer I could tell you which kind.|||Hopefully you have a desktop, otherwise, you are out of luck.



The video card is responsible for outputting the images displayed on your screen.



You can easily install one yourself. All you need to know is the slot type and power supply of your computer.



Video cards are hardware, so software won't help you improve your performance.



Video cards -

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/…



System Requirements (The Sims 3) -

http://www.thesims3.com/game/systemreq

Help!! i can't find an update for my asus video card!! please tell me where to download?

my video card is geforce 6800. tnx|||http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

Just search for you card and your OS|||http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us|||goto to download.com|||If u still can't find it, I suggest u use driver checker to update ur driver. It can not ony just update ur video card, but also other drivers.

How do you update your computer's RAM and video card?

I want to get more RAM and a better video card for my computer. Below is a Direct X Diagnostic of my Computer. I want to update to be able to play better games so i need to know what good products for me to buy to do this also please. I want to be able to playnewer games so whatever products you suggest should be compatible to play the most recent ones.



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System Information

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Time of this report: 6/17/2010, 20:40:56

Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100218-0019)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion

System Model: GX615AA-ABA s3300f

BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG

Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ (2 CPUs), ~2.6GHz

Memory: 1918MB RAM

Page File: 1479MB used, 2602MB available

Windows Dir: C:\Windows

DirectX Version: DirectX 11

DX Setup Parameters: Not found



DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode





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Display Devices

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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

Manufacturer: NVIDIA

Chip type: GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_03D0&SUBSYS_2A6610…

Display Memory: 825 MB

Dedicated Memory: 121 MB

Shared Memory: 703 MB

Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (75Hz)

Monitor: HP w17e Wide LCD Monitor

Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll

Driver Version: 7.15.0011.7521 (English)

DDI Version: 9Ex

BGRA Supported: Yes

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Driver Date/Size: 5/22/2008 22:49:00, 5689344 bytes|||well first of all ur graphic card is integrated and that u have the same motherboard as me ahaha :) um, to upgrade ur video card u need to buy it. if ur a regular gamer i suggest u but the Nvidia 9800 GTX + <3 ahaha and for ram u need to buy "DDR 2" make sure u get 5-5-5 for u timing and 800mhz for the speed :) look these up on newegg.com if u want to purchase or more information. For the ram i suggest that u get it from ADATA cuz there not to pricey. hope this helps dude. don't but more than 4 gigs of ram if u running 32 bit os.|||You dont need to list all that info, the only thing you need to do is open your computer, and switch out the old RAM for the new. As for the videocard, you do the same, take out the old, and in with the new. If you have a newer video card you will need to connect an alternate power supply for it to run efficiently. hope that helped

How to improve Dell laptop video?

Recently I posted a question on here asking if it is possible to upgrade a video card in a Dell Precision M4400 and was told it cannot be done because the card is on the motherboard for good, so my response is what can I do to improve this matter? Any other upgrades/patches/updates/downloads that can help me?

Thanks alot|||Sadly, no.



You could try to over clock the card in there now but then you risk damaging if not killing your laptop for good.



Also, laptops weren't made to keep the laptop super cool so adding any more heat will not help the issue (Which is what would happen if you over clocked it)



I can recommend you uninstall any crud or sopyware or unneeded programs to speed things up a little.



goodluck!|||Hardware no.. but may be u can upgrade ur RAM and switch to XP for increased performance