Radeon 9600 -- No Display

[Badhawk]

I follow all the instructions, uninstall all my previous drivers, put the video card in, install the drivers, blah blah blah. There is no display at all when I put in the Radeon 9600, my monitor is just black, and the orange light blinks like its not getting a signal from the card. I've tried most of everything, I'm just hoping someone here has another idea. Thanks guys

[HeadBand]

were you usind an agp , pci or onboard card before you put this card in

also what are the rest of you system specs

[Badhawk]

I was using AGP, a Geforce 2.

System specs:
640 RAM
1202 AMD Athalon processor
256 mb cache
4x AGP

[HeadBand]

do you know the mobo

[Badhawk]

No clue, compaq maybe? Its a ***** presario that I upgraded alot. How do I tell?


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[HeadBand]

it usually says on the mobo but compaq probally didnt put them on....they do not make mobos though....you might find by looking up the model number....or try cpuz http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php but i know some mobos wont show on there

[Badhawk]

It actually worked before. It did the same thing for 3 months when I first got it, but then I did something, I have no clue what, and got it to work. I just took it out to test something and something went wrong, and I'm assuming its the same problem. So I'm pretty sure its not the mobo or my computer doesnt support it.

[sweeper2]

ok, what if you put back in your other card, does it come on?

[Badhawk]

yes

[sweeper2]

try, with the old card, goto add/remove programs, remove all the video card drivers, then restart, but set your display to standard vga driver, let windows install it. then turn off, put in the new card, turn on and install new drivers . do you have cd for the card?